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December 15, 2018
China vows to help Pakistan, Afghanistan bridge divisions
By Rupam JainKABUL — China pledged to help Afghanistan and Pakistan overcome longstanding suspicions, as officials from the three nations met on Saturday in the latest round of diplomacy aimed at opening talks with the Taliban to end the Afghan war.China, a close ally of Pakistan, has lately deepened its economic and political ties with Kabul and is using its influence to try to bring the two uneasy South Asian ...
December 15, 2018
Bangladesh’s Mashrafe harbors no Imran-like ambitions
DHAKA — He may be Bangladesh’s biggest cricket star, but Mashrafe Mortaza insists he is not another Imran Khan, Pakistan’s cricketing superhero-turned-prime minister.Contesting a seat in the national parliament for the ruling Awami League party in the Dec. 30 elections, Mashrafe says he just wants to do more for sports and charity.“To be honest, the level where Imran Khan has reached, people cannot always reach there even if they want ...
December 15, 2018
Rajapakse backs down
COLOMOBO — Sri Lanka’s crisis looked over on Saturday as strongman Mahinda Rajapakse bowed out of a power battle that had crippled the island nation for seven weeks and sent it heading for a possible debt default.Rajapakse held a multi-religious service at his home where he signed a letter backing down from the post of prime minister controversially conferred on him on Oct. 26.Hours after the receiving blessings from the ...
December 15, 2018
11 dead as gunfight sparks protests in Indian Kashmir
SRINAGAR — Seven civilians were killed as Indian troops fired on protesters Saturday after a gunfight left three armed rebels and a soldier dead in the disputed region of Kashmir, police and hospital officials said.The fighting erupted soon after troops laid siege to a house in the southern Pulwama area in Indian-administered Kashmir where the militants were hiding, a police officer said.Three armed militants — including a former soldier who ...
December 14, 2018
Rajapaksa ends standoff as Sri Lanka risked shutdown
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s strongman leader Mahinda Rajapaksa will step down on Saturday from his disputed position of premier, his son said on Friday, signaling an end to the seven-week long power-struggle that threatened to shut the government.“To ensure stability of the nation, former president ...(Rajapaksa) has decided to resign from the premiership tomorrow after an address to the nation,” his legislator son Namal said.The announcement came shortly after the ...
December 14, 2018
Six security officials killed in attack in southwestern Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan — Six security officials were killed in an attack in southwestern Pakistan on Friday when their convoy came under heavy firing in a mountainous area near the border with Iran.Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province has been hit by a number of attacks on security personnel but the number of large-scale incidents has decreased significantly since 2016.The province’s information minister Zahoor Ahmed Buledi said that six members of the Frontier ...
December 14, 2018
Indian court backs Modi over French jet deal
NEW DELHI — India’s top court dismissed Friday calls for an investigation into a French military jet deal that was threatening to damage Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of elections next year.Critics had accused Modi of using the 2016 multibillion dollar accord between India and French aircraft manufacturer Dassault for Rafale aircraft to favor a key billionaire backer.In an eagerly awaited judgment on a slew of petitions brought by activists ...
December 14, 2018
Veteran Bangladeshi opposition leader attacked as poll tensions surge
DHAKA — Ruling party activists in Bangladesh attacked a veteran opposition leader on Friday as he travelled through the capital, he opposition said, injuring about 12 supporters and inflaming tension just over two weeks before a general election.Kamal Hossain, an octogenarian Oxford-educated international jurist now heading an opposition alliance, was not hurt when his convoy was attacked by men wielding sticks and stones as he returned from placing flowers on ...
December 13, 2018
India’s ruling party seeks to energize workers after state losses
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP will try to canvass and galvanize its activists across India before a general election due next May, after losing power in three heartland rural states, senior leaders said after a meeting on Thursday.Disgruntled voters blamed the slow pace of job creation and weak farm prices for the Hindu nationalist party’s defeat in the states, two of which it had ruled for ...
December 13, 2018
Court rules against Sri Lanka president, impeachment edges closer
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court opened the way for potential impeachment proceedings against the president on Thursday, ruling that he broke the law by dissolving parliament last month.The verdict is a major blow to Maithripala Sirisena, seven weeks into a political crisis in the Indian Ocean island nation that has sparked alarm abroad and concern over its finances.The seven-judge bench unanimously agreed that Sirisena violated the constitution when he ...
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