Long queues continue outside banks and several ATMs have run out of cash in India, three days after 500 ($7) and 1,000 rupee notes were withdrawn as part of anti-corruption measures. The BBC visited many ATMs of big banks in Delhi and Mumbai but found them either shut or not dispensing cash. ATMs opened at midnight after being shut for… Read more »
After reading this article it made me happy that the Prime Minister is taking action to try and prevent these natural disasters such as earthquakes. I think that the Prime Minister is striving to keep his country safe and I think they should build more structured buildings, but then there is the part of where they will get the money… Read more »
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed on building elements of disaster risk reduction into all development projects, global risk mapping for all type of disasters and use of social media for disaster risk management, as part his 10-point agenda for renewing efforts for disaster risk reduction.
Out of the four articles I chose, the most interesting one was the article called “India wants to contain tensions with Pakistan, focus on economy.” I feel this article is very interesting since it kind of goes with our past lesson on how many nations will act based on the self interest of their nation and not on the interest… Read more »
When I was reading this article I saw on there that it was a act of regalement for the death of one of their leaders it was said by Nader Shah Bahr, who is a member of Parliament from Ghor. To me this shows just how strong Isis really is, it is almost like they are (ISIS) trying to “whip us… Read more »
KABUL, Afghanistan — Gunmen who claim to be followers of the Islamic State killed 23 civilian hostages in a remote province in western Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. The killings on Tuesday in Ghor Province were the most recent indication that the extremist organization, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has been gaining adherents in new parts of the country,… Read more »
Grieving worshippers Wednesday described desperately trying to shelter their children against a hail of gunfire in Kabul that killed at least 18 people gathering to mark Ashura, one of the most important festivals of the Shiite calendar. Officials said they were still confirming casualties Wednesday as witnesses described gunmen firing “indiscriminately” on men, women and children as they tried to… Read more »
A blast outside a mosque in northern Afghanistan Wednesday killed at least 14 Shiite worshippers a day after gunmen targeted a Kabul mosque packed with pilgrims marking a Shiite holy day. The Islamic State group claimed the Kabul attack. An explosion ripped through a crowd of worshippers gathered to mark Ashura – one of the holiest days for Shiite Muslims… Read more »
The United States on Tuesday demanded the release of an Iranian-American businessman and his 80-year-old father who were handed tough sentences in Tehran on espionage charges. Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer Namazi, were sentenced to 10 years in prison, a state-run judicial news agency reported earlier in the day, drawing swift condemnation from the US State Department…. Read more »
At least 59 people were killed and more than a hundred critically wounded when gunmen stormed a police training academy in the Pakistani city of Quetta overnight Tuesday in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group. The brazen assault on the highly secured site was claimed by the IS group’s Amaq news agency, which released a photograph of… Read more »