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February 21, 2019
India reiterates plan to stop sharing of excess water with Pakistan: Minister
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD — An Indian government minister reiterated on Thursday the country’s plan to restrict the flow of water to Pakistan from its share of rivers, the latest effort by New Delhi to pressure its neighbor after a militant attack in Kashmir.“Our government has decided to stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan,” Nitin Gadkari, transport and water resources minister, said in a tweet. He added ...
February 21, 2019
Pakistan bans groups linked to Mumbai attack suspects
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Thursday banned two groups believed to be fronts for the group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, amid heightened pressure on Islamabad to act against militants.Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation were designated “proscribed organizations”, the interior ministry said in a statement, adding that Prime Minister Imran Khan had ordered officials to accelerate action against banned groups.The statement did not provide further details.JuD and FIF are considered ...
February 21, 2019
India presses for Pakistan to stay on terrorism financing list
NEW DELHI — India is pressing for Pakistan to be kept on a terrorism financing watch-list following an attack in disputed Kashmir that was claimed by a Pakistan-based militant group, three Indian government officials said on Thursday.The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global body created to counter terrorism financing and money laundering, has been meeting in Paris this week and Pakistan has been hoping to get off a “gray ...
February 21, 2019
‘Nut rage’ Korean Air heiress accused of child abuse by husband
SEOUL — The husband of a Korean Air heiress known for a “nut rage” tantrum that sparked uproar in South Korea has accused his wife of abusing him and their young children, police said on Thursday.Cho Hyun-ah shot to international infamy in 2014 when she lost her temper over the way she was served nuts in first class before takeoff from New York.She was sentenced to a year in prison ...
February 21, 2019
New Zealand ex-PM denies writing article in China’s official paper
WELLINGTON — New Zealand’s former prime minister has denied writing an article attributed to her by the official newspaper of China’s ruling communist party that praised the Asian giant’s economic development at a time of strained ties.The first-person opinion piece, headlined “We need to learn to listen to China”, was published under Jenny Shipley’s name on the website of the People’s Daily on Monday. It had become its top-read English-language ...
February 21, 2019
Kashmiri students flee Indian backlash after suicide attack
SRINAGAR, India — Junaid Ayub Rather cowered alongside 30 other students in a small room for two nights while mobs chanted for their blood outside, before finally escaping the rage sweeping India after last week’s suicide bombing in Kashmir.Similar scenes have played out across the nation as Kashmiris living away from home flee violent reprisals following the latest attack in the restive Himalayan region, which killed at least 40 Indian ...
February 21, 2019
Former Foreign Minister Bishop retires in new blow to Australian govt
SYDNEY — Former Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced her retirement from politics on Thursday in a fresh blow to the conservative government already struggling just months ahead of general elections.Bishop, widely considered the most popular politician in the ruling Liberal Party of Prime Minister Scott Morrison, stunned her parliamentary colleagues with the decision not to re-contest her West Australian seat in elections due by mid-May.“I will leave this place, ...
February 21, 2019
Dozens killed in major Bangladesh inferno
DHAKA — As many as 78 people died in a major fire that engulfed several buildings in a centuries-old neighborhood of the Bangladesh capital, a fire official said on Thursday, warning the toll could climb as fire fighters scour the rubble.Lax regulations and poor enforcement of rules in impoverished Bangladesh have often been blamed for several large fires that have led to hundreds of deaths in recent years.The city’s worst ...
February 20, 2019
Saudi Arabia raises India’s Haj quota to 200,000, releases 850 Indian prisoners
Saudi Gazette reportNEW DELHI – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, for increasing the quota for Indian Haj pilgrims from 170,000 to 200,000.The prime minister also hailed the decision to release 850 Indian prisoners from Saudi jails.This was contained in the India-Saudi joint statement issued on Wednesday at the end ...
February 20, 2019
Saudi Arabia, India in each other’s DNA
5 MoUs inked; Kingdom’s joining of International Solar Alliance announcedTerrorism a common concern; KSA ready to share intelligence with IndiaSaudi Gazette reportNEW DELHI — India rolled out the red carpet for Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, who said at a grand welcome ceremony at President House on Wednesday that the two countries were in each other’s “DNA”.“Today we want to be sure this relationship ...
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