Month: February 2019

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has begun a hearing over the fate of an Indian citizen sentenced to death in Pakistan. …

Iran says it has arrested six people suspected of involvement in last week’s deadly suicide bomb attack on security forces in the southern province of Sistan-Baluchistan. …

An Armenian politician stirs a long-simmering pot with a call for the country’s national hymn to be replaced by its Soviet analog. …

Australia says a “sophisticated state actor” was responsible for a cyberattack on Australian lawmakers earlier this month, most likely carried out by a foreign country. …

The former acting director of the FBI says U.S. President Donald Trump may have committed a crime if he fired a previous chief of the law-enforcement agency in an attempt to end the probe into his campaign’s alleged ties to Russia. …

Militants have killed at least four soldiers in India-administered Kashmir.  A gunfight between the two factions erupted Monday when the militants opened fire on troops conducting a search operation.  Two people were also wounded in the shootout.  The Pakistan-based Islamist group Jaish-e-Mohammad has taken responsibility for a suicide car bombing that targeted a paramilitary convoy …

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At least four Indian soldiers, including a top officer, and one civilian have been killed in a gunfight with rebels in Indian-administered Kashmir, just days after a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 41 paramilitary officers in the disputed territory. …

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, visiting the Colombia-Venezuela border on Sunday, warned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of severe consequences if he takes action against the country’s opposition leader and self-declared president or U.S. citizens. In a televised interview, Rubio declined to say if he would support U.S. military action against Venezuela, which is mired in a …

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Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe says Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was “absolutely” supportive of the decision to launch investigations into whether President Donald Trump was inappropriately aligned with the Russians or whether he had obstructed justice.   McCabe also said in an interview aired Sunday on “60 Minutes” that the FBI had good …

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Thousands of Serbian antigovernment protesters have marched for the 11th consecutive Saturday. Part of the February 16 march in Belgrade was the collection of signatures for the “Covenant With The People” — a petition initiated by opposition groups to call for fair elections and more public control over the state. The rallies started after the …

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Iran’s parliament speaker said Sunday that an attack that killed 27 members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard was “planned and carried out from inside Pakistan,” which he said should answer for it. Ali Larijani’s remarks, carried by the state-run IRNA news agency, came after Iranian officials initially accused Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates …

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Paris authorities opened an investigation Sunday into anti-Semitic remarks hurled at a noted philosopher during a yellow vest protest in the capital, an incident that raised national concerns about the movement’s ascendant radical fringe. The Paris prosecutor’s office said Sunday an investigation was launched into “public insult based on origin, ethnicity, nationality, race or religion.” …

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A team of Australian paleontologists and volunteers has saved a once-in a lifetime fossil discovery from devastating floods in Queensland state. The dinosaur tracks give a rare insight into an ancient world.  Found on an outback farm near the Queensland town of Winton, 1,100 kms from Brisbane, they are estimated to be almost 100 million …

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Iranian President Hassan Rohani says that Tehran wants to improve ties with all countries in the Middle East, where Iran has been involved in proxy wars with Saudi Arabia for years. …

Living with disabilities in Central Asia presents many challenges. Tight state budgets and social stigmas make integratingin society tough for many disabled people. …