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Blast from seized explosives kills 9 in Indian police station
The New York Times, Published on 15/11/2025
» SRINAGAR, India — At least nine people were killed and 32 injured late Friday in Indian-administered Kashmir in an accidental blast that happened while officials were inspecting bomb-making materials recently seized as part of an investigation into a terror network, police said.
Trump thumbs nose at decades of India courtship
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - India once united US policymakers like few issues. For nearly three decades, US presidents of both parties courted New Delhi as an emerging ally, politely overlooking disagreements for the sake of larger goals.
India's Covid-19 oxygen crisis: why is there a deadly crunch?
AFP, Published on 29/04/2021
» NEW DELHI - A devastating surge in coronavirus infections has exposed India's dilapidated health infrastructure and a deep shortage of oxygen -- a key treatment for seriously ill Covid-19 patients.
Sex workers finally get 'honourable' funerals in Bangladesh
AFP, Published on 12/02/2020
» DAULATDIA, Bangladesh: Often treated as less than human in life, there has been little dignity in death for the sex workers of one of the world's biggest brothels: their bodies frequently tossed into unmarked graves or dumped in the river.
'Unnecessary rescues' soar in Nepal on profits from insurance payouts
AFP, Published on 28/06/2018
» LUKLA (NEPAL) - Tourists hiking in Nepal's Himalayan mountains are being pressured into costly helicopter evacuations at the first sight of trouble by guides linked to powerful brokers who are making a fortune on "unnecessary rescues", industry insiders say.