My first article was about poisoned bootleg alcohol in India. A large amount of illegal alcohol, or otherwise known as hooch, was made and mass distributed. Most of the people that bought it cannot afford legal alcohol so they turn to this bootleg one. It was sold to poor, underpaid tea plantation workers. 150 people have died so far and… Read more »
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – At least 150 people have died from drinking toxic bootleg liquor in a northeastern state of India, the second such tragedy in the country this month, with many more hospitalized as authorities try to pinpoint the source and round up perpetrators.The wife of a tea plantation worker, who consumed bootleg liquor, looks on as she stands… Read more »
BALAKOT, Pakistan/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said its warplanes killed “a very large number” of fighters when they struck a militant training camp inside Pakistan on Tuesday, raising the risk of conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors, although Pakistan officials denied there had been casualties. Pakistan said it would respond at a time and place of its choice, with a military… Read more »
CHACHWAL VILLAGE, India (Reuters) – India is building more than 14,000 bunkers suitable for families living along its border with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir state, hoping to keep them safe near their homes instead of evacuating them as artillery shells scream over.Workers construct a concrete bunker in a residential area near the border with Pakistan in Samba sector near… Read more »
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A downed Indian fighter pilot who was attacked by a mob and then paraded on video by Pakistan’s army has become a social media sensation and a hero in his homeland amid a spiraling crisis between the nuclear-armed neighbors.Indian pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan captured by Pakistan is seen in this handout photo released February 27, 2019…. Read more »
My first article was on the recent State of the Union address by Donald Trump where he declared his plan to take troops out of Afghanistan. The United States has been intervening in the Middle East for seventeen years now, America’s longest war. Trump argued the case that the United States troops have almost completely defeated all of the Islamic… Read more »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s top court on Wednesday warned the military and intelligence agencies they must not exceed their mandate and meddle in politics, an apparent rebuke over their handling of Islamist protests in 2017.FILE PHOTO: Paramilitary soldiers stand guard outside the Supreme Court building in Islamabad, Pakistan January 29, 2019. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir/File Photo The judges’ comments were a rare… Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Americans on Tuesday his administration had accelerated talks for a political settlement in Afghanistan and would be able to reduce U.S. troops there as negotiations advance to end America’s longest war. “Great nations do not fight endless wars,” Trump said in his annual State of the Union address to Congress, in which he… Read more »
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Protesters in northeast India claimed victory on Wednesday after a bill that the government says will help Hindus in neighboring countries settle in India lapsed before it could be ratified by parliament.Students shout slogans during a protest to demand the withdrawal of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, a bill passed by India’s lower house of parliament that… Read more »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An India state will give gold worth about $530 to every bride from a poor family, the latest budget giveaway ahead of a general election that must be held by May.FILE PHOTO: People walk inside the premises of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo The… Read more »