Lottery to decide participants at Modi’s public reception
A lottery system would decide the participants who would get to attend the public reception of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 28 at the prestigious Madison Square Garden in New York City, organisers of the event have said. The Indian-American Community Foundation, set up recently for the... read more »
11 killed in Pakistan building collapse
At least 11 people, including two women and two children, were killed and 18 others injured when a three-storey building collapsed in Pakistan’s Sindh province. The building located in Choori Mohalla of Hyderabad city was in dilapidated condition and local authorities had issued warnings for its... read more »
US strikes target al-Shabab leader in Somalia
Al-Shabab’s top leader was in one of two vehicles hit on Monday night by a U.S. military strike, a member of the Somali Islamic extremist group said on Tuesday. The rebel commander would not say whether Ahmed Abdi Godane, the group’s leader, was among the six militants killed. The two vehicles... read more »
910 militants killed since June, Pakistan military says
Pakistan’s military on Wednesday said it has killed 910 suspected militants and lost 82 soldiers in a major offensive launched in June in a restive tribal region near Afghanistan. The military statement said it has cleared the main towns of Miran Shah, Mir Ali, Datta Khel, Boya and Degan, all... read more »
