Uzbekistan has been plunged into political uncertainty as the nation mourns the death of its veteran leader, Islam Karimov, who died on Friday without naming a successor after ruling his country for 27 years. How the power vacuum is filled in Uzbekistan is of urgent concern to Russia, the United States and China, all powers with interests in the volatile… Read more »
Militants attacked an Indian army brigade headquarters near the de factor borde with Pakistan on Sunday, killing 17 soldiers in one of the most deadly attacks in the northern region of Kashmir in a quarter-century-old insurgency. Four “fidayeen” – or commando-style gunmen willing to fight to the death – were confirmed killed after penetrating the base in Uri near the… Read more »
We invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 with the purposes of bringing peace to a war-stricken country and preventing another 9/11–scale attack on U.S. soil. Fifteen years, thousands of lives, and hundreds of billions of dollars later, the Taliban still controls roughly half the country. There is a concern that the Afghan government could fall by October, thereby plunging the… Read more »
In the article Kyrgyzstan: Islam and Secularism Clash Again, it talks about how religion and politics are starting to create controversy. This is interesting to me because this isn’t the first time Kyrgyzstan has had problem with religion and government. Despite being known as a majority Muslim country, Kyrgyzstan’s constitution gives equal rights to all citizens and it has secular basis; which… Read more »
By Stephanie Nebehay | GENEVA U.N. war crimes investigators said on Monday it had become increasingly difficult to interview newly arrived Syrian refugees in European countries and urged them to improve access to help document fresh abuses. The panel says it has compiled a confidential list of suspects on all sides that have committed war crimes or crimes against humanity…. Read more »
India said on Monday it had the right to respond when and where it chose to a deadly attack on an army base in Kashmir, after blaming Pakistan for the raid that killed 18 soldiers. The assault, in which four gunmen burst into a brigade headquarters in the town of Uri before dawn on Sunday, was among the deadliest in… Read more »
September 9, 2016 – 11:50am Uzbekistan On his first day in charge in Uzbekistan, Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev made it clear that he does not intend to make any immediate breaks from the policies of his deceased predecessor. Mirziyoyev was formally appointed Uzbekistan’s interim president on September 8, assuming power from Islam Karimov, whose death was announced six days earlier. In… Read more »
Indrani Bagchi| NEW DELHI: After the first round of talks between India and China on the NSG+ , both countries may hold a second set of discussions in October in Beijing. The talks, between Wang Qun and Amandeep Gill, which for the first time saw India and China+ engaging each other on such an important issue, ended with China agreeing… Read more »
Written by Yubaraj Ghimire “Will the Nepal government start recruiting Madhesis into the army?” An Indian journalist had asked the visiting Nepali Prime Minister, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, in June 1990. “Why don’t you ask your Prime Minister if he would start recruiting Madhesis from Nepal into the Indian Gorkha regiment,” he replied, pointing towards his Indian counterpart, V P Singh,… Read more »
By: Express News Service INDIA is yet to receive a response from Pakistan to a letter from Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar to his Pakistani counterpart, which was handed over last week, suggesting ways to expedite the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case trial, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Noting that the trial was “happening at a snail’s pace”,… Read more »