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India slams Canada for linking minister to plots
Published on 02/11/2024
» NEW DELHI - India’s foreign ministry says it has lodged a protest with Canada for linking its home minister to alleged plots against Sikh separatists on Canadian soil.
Canada links Indian minister to murder plots
Published on 30/10/2024
» Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah authorised a wave of violence across Canada that included extortion and homicides, a senior Canadian government official has said.
Canada-India row worsens with diplomatic expulsions
Published on 15/10/2024
» Canada has expelled six Indian diplomats including the high commissioner (the equivalent of ambassador), linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader and alleging a broader effort to target Indian dissidents in Canada.
India's evictions of forest dwellers fuels Kashmir fears
AFP, Published on 08/03/2021
» PAHALGAM, India: Ghulam Khatana's family lived half their lives in a simple log hut in Kashmir's forests, until around 200 men brandishing guns and iron rods chased them out of their home and into the blistering cold.
Symbolic swearing-in for Sri Lanka's new strongman
AFP, Published on 18/11/2019
» ANURADHAPURA (SRI LANKA) - Sri Lanka's new president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in Monday at a Buddhist temple revered by his core Sinhalese nationalist supporters, following an election victory that triggered fear and concern among the island's Tamil and Muslim minority communities.
Maldives arrests ex-leader Yameen over witness tampering
AFP, Published on 18/02/2019
» MALé (MALDIVES) - Maldives authorities on Monday detained former strongman president Abdulla Yameen after he was accused of trying to bribe witnesses in his money laundering trial, officials said.
China's Silk Road isn't so smooth
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 12/07/2018
» You may not have noticed, what with the outbreak of trade war with the US and all, but China's economic diplomacy has had a bad few weeks. The country's flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is dealing with ever-greater resistance, slowing a momentum that once seemed unstoppable. In fact, I'd argue that the BRI is stalled.
I lived next to Erawan Shrine bomb suspects
News, Mark Hughes, Published on 04/12/2016
» The former next-door neighbour of four people implicated in the fatal Erawan Shrine bombing on Aug 17, 2015, has exclusively revealed to the Bangkok Post details of their activities and behaviour prior to the arrest of two of them.
Maldives foreign minister quits over death penalty
AFP, Published on 06/07/2016
» MALé (MALDIVES) - The Maldives' foreign minister resigned Tuesday, citing "irreconcilable disagreements" with the president over a proposed implementation of the death penalty in the politically troubled nation.
Maldives president slams foreign 'meddling' in island affairs
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» COLOMBO - Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has lashed out at perceived foreign interference in the honeymoon island's affairs, following Western pressure over the controversial conviction of former president Mohamed Nasheed for terrorism.