NEW DELHI, Mar 06 (Reuters): Indian opposition parties are launching a united attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what they see as his politicization of the armed forces as he tries to ride a patriotic wave into a second term in office at a general election.It is a high-risk...
Read moreISLAMABAD, Mar 06 (AP): Pakistan's Interior Ministry says authorities have arrested dozens of suspects, including the brother of the leader of the outlawed Jaish-e-Mohammad group that India has blamed for the Feb. 14 suicide bombing in Indian Kashmir that killed 40 troops.That bombing last month triggered a dangerous escalation that...
Read moreGENEVA, Mar 06 (AFP): Sanctions have "exacerbated" the crisis in Venezuela, the UN human rights chief said on Wednesday, after the United States warned it may expand the measures it has imposed targeting President Nicolas Maduro's government.In her annual report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, rights chief Michelle...
Read moreCOLIGNY, Mar 06 (Al Jazeera): A South African court has handed lengthy jail sentences to two white farmers who murdered a black teenager they suspected of stealing sunflowers in a remote farming community.Pieter Doorewaard, 28, and Philip Schutte, 35, were found guilty of killing 15-year-old Matlhomola Mosweu in April 2017...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Mar 06 (Xinhua): US President Donald Trump responded to lawmakers that he fully agrees on keeping US forces in Syria, US media reported on Tuesday.A bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives wrote to Trump on Feb. 22, praising his decision to keep a small group of troops in Syria...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Mar 06 (AFP): A military academy that Donald Trump attended as a teenager concealed his academic records in 2011 in response to pressure from Trump allies, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.The New York Military Academy came under such pressure after Trump challenged then president Barack Obama to release his...
Read moreJALALABAD, Mar 06 (AFP): At least 16 people were killed in a suicide attack on Wednesday on a construction company in eastern Afghanistan, an official said, the latest bloody assault in the war-torn country.The hours-long attack in Jalalabad began early Wednesday when at least two blasts were heard, an AFP...
Read moreMore migrants crossing US border in large groupsWASHINGTON, Mar 06: The number of migrant families crossing the southwest border is again breaking records, and the crush is overwhelming border agents and straining facilities, officials said. More than 76,000 migrants crossed the US-Mexico border last month, more than double the number...
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