Sri Lanka votes as Rajapaksa eyes comeback
Sri Lankans began voting on Monday in parliamentary polls with former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa eyeing a political comeback as prime minister months after being toppled as president by Maithripala Sirisena. Mr. Sirisena has vowed not to make Mr. Rajapaksa premier even if his United People’s... read more »
Death toll in Pakistan’s Attock suicide attack rises to 20
The death toll in a brazen suicide attack that killed Pakistan’s Punjab province Home Minister at his ancestral home in Attock district on Monday rose to 20. Home Minister Shuja Khanzada, 71, and a DSP were among 20 people killed when two suicide bombers attacked his political office on Sunday in... read more »
One trillion dollar investment possible in India”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off day two of his UAE trip by visiting Masdar City, a hub of cleantech and S&T innovation. He also met with a delegation of investors immediately after Masdar. In the evening, all roads in Dubai will lead to the Dubai International Cricket Stadium where... read more »
Missing Indonesian plane: Search team finds wreckage, no word on survivors
Jayapura (Indonesia): A search team has spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger plane that went missing with 54 people on board, rescue officials said on Monday. There was no immediate word if there were any survivors from the crash, which happened in bad weather yesterday in... read more »
Babri Masjid demolition case: Supreme Court issues notice to LK Advani, Joshi, 18 others
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani and 19 others over a petition filed by Haji Mehboob in the Babri masjid case. Top BJP... read more »
Live AAP crisis: Party set for a split?
Talks between the embittered factions of the Aam Aadmi Party seemed to fall apart without any hope of salvation, Thursday night. Dissenting AAP leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav... read more »
Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew wanted India in leadership role in SE Asia
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who personally knew many Indian leaders, wanted India to take a leadership role in South East Asia. Lee, who died this week... read more »
Yemen: Saudi strikes rebels; Iran warns of ‘dangerous step’
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition kept up raids against Huthi Shiite rebels on Friday in support of Yemen’s embattled president, who headed to an Arab summit to garner support as... read more »
New York fire, building collapse injure 12; gas blast blamed
An apartment building collapsed in a fiery burst of rubble on Thursday and flames spread to nearby buildings in what officials said appeared to be a gas-related explosion, injuring at least a dozen... read more »
