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In "Opinion / Editorial"
April 07, 2018
Social media visas
April 06, 2018
Labor unrest returns to France
April 05, 2018
The Sino-American trade war
April 04, 2018
Winnie Mandela’s mixed legacy
WHILE the international media have focused on the Israeli killing of 17 Palestinians, the latest violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir has been little remarked. Twenty people have been killed and more than 200 injured, many of them seriously, in the latest confrontation between Indian security forces, militants and angry crowds.Since 1947 when the subcontinent was partitioned into India and Pakistan, the two powers have been at odds over Jammu and Kashmir. Its Hindu ruler, the Maharaja Hari Singh, seeing little chance of emerging as an independent state, favored Indian rule while Pakistan believed it should take over because of the territory’s Muslim majority population. When Islamabad sent in troops, Singh appealed to New Delhi for help, which the Indians were not slow in providing. The...
April 03, 2018
Yet more Kashmir violence
April 02, 2018
Kandy riots, a warning signal
April 01, 2018
Gaza burning
March 31, 2018
El-Sisi’s second term
March 30, 2018
The high price of cheating at cricket
March 29, 2018
Is Beijing now calling the shots in North Korea?
