India says Punjab attackers came from Pakistan
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The gunmen who stormed a police station and killed seven people in India’s Punjab came from Pakistan, according to preliminary evidence, India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh told parliament on Thursday.
Taliban disavows Afghan peace talks after leader declared dead
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban’s official spokesman disavowed peace talks with the Afghan government on Thursday, throwing fledgling efforts to negotiate an end to 14 years of war into disarray.
India hangs Mumbai blasts convict 22 years after attack
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India hanged Yakub Memon on Thursday for his role in the country’s deadliest bombings, which killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993, after the Supreme Court threw out his final plea for a stay of execution.
Landslide in Nepal kills 20 after heavy rain, toll may rise
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Landslides triggered by torrential rain in Nepal swept through two villages on Thursday killing at least 20 people, the home ministry said.
Landslide in Nepal kills 20 after heavy rain, toll may rise
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Landslides triggered by torrential rain in Nepal swept through two villages on Thursday killing at least 20 people, the home ministry said.
Kuwait says uncovers Islamic State network
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait has uncovered a network of Islamic State militants who fought in Iraq and Syria and detained several of its members, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
Independent media battle on in Putin’s Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexei Venediktov, one of Russia’s most prominent journalists, does not go out without a bodyguard and does not answer mobile phone calls for fear of being tracked.
Israel authorizes force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament on Thursday passed into law the ability to force-feed prisoners on hunger strike, a move that has met vehement opposition from the country’s medical association.
U.S. says Europeans could help more in South China Sea dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a rare admonishment of a close ally, the United States urged the European Union on Wednesday to speak out more forcefully to support Washington in its dispute with China over building and militarization of man-made outposts in…
Afghanistan says Taliban leader dead, urges peace talks
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan said on Wednesday that Mullah Omar, the elusive leader of the Taliban movement fighting to topple the government, died more than two years ago.
