8-member group also to move against sympathizers of independence movement among government workers, including teachers Indian administrators have formed a new eight-member group to further crack down on pro-independence activists and sympathizers in the disputed Kashmir region, according to a Home Ministry order on Friday. The “terror monitoring group” has been formed to “ensure synergised […]
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KARACHI – At a historic market commissioned by Queen Victoria in Pakistan’s southern metropolis of Karachi, third-generation spice seller Mohammad Shakeel Abbasi complains that a move to clear illegal encroachments has left poor shopkeepers jobless. “My own business has been cut in half,” said Abbasi of the modernization drive ordered by the country’s Supreme Court […]
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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s king has stripped fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of his royal decorations, citing his 2008 flight to escape serving a two-year prison term on a conflict of interest conviction and other legal cases against him. Thai media reported that the royal command from King Maha Vajiralongkorn was published Saturday in […]
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(ASIAONE) – A Chinese man found himself in hot water after he was caught slipping a dead rat into his soup, in a ploy to extort 5 million yuan (S$1 million) from hot pot restaurant chain Haidilao. In a report by Shanghaiist, the man surnamed Guo, went to a Haidilao outlet in Beijing with his […]
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NEW DELHI – Indebted Indian carrier Jet Airways will pay December salaries to pilots and aircraft maintenance engineers but for now cannot pay more recent overdue wages, its chief executive said on Saturday after pilots threatened to strike over payment delays. Jet Airways has delayed payments to pilots, suppliers and lessors for months and defaulted […]
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s vice president, Abdul Rashid Dostum, escaped unhurt from an attack that killed one of his bodyguards on Saturday, dodging death for the second time since returning from exile last year. Attackers ambushed Dostum’s convoy on the way from Mazar-i-Sharif, a city in Balkh province, to Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan, […]
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HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Flash floods have killed at least 32 people in western Afghanistan, destroyed homes and swept through makeshift shelters that housed displaced families, a government official said on Saturday. Flooding caused by heavy rains started spreading on Thursday and left a trail of devastation across seven provinces, said Hasibullah Shir Khani, a […]
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China’s Huawei’s net profit grew 25 percent last year, the telecom giant said on Friday, as it vowed to “shake off outside distractions” amid a global US campaign to blacklist the company over espionage fears. Net profit rose to 59.3 billion yuan ($8.8 billion) last year, the company said in a statement. “Moving forward, we […]
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Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations on Friday. Peace talks between U.S. and Taliban officials began late last year. However, some women fear the freedoms eked out […]
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LONDON A court in London has rejected bail for diamond tycoon Nirav Modi, whose jewels once adorned stars from Bollywood to Hollywood. Judge Emma Arbuthnot decided on Friday that Modi was a flight risk. The 48-year-old was detained more than a year after Indian authorities alleged he was involved in a $1.8 billion bank fraud. […]
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