Naypyitaw : Daily protests have been ongoing for a month and a half in towns and cities across Myanmar after the military seized control of the Southeast Asian country in a coup on February 1. Security forces, made up of police and military personnel and under the command of coup leader Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, […]
Baghdad : It was not immediately clear who carried out the attacks, which appeared coordinated, but Sunni Muslim insurgents including the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq have significantly stepped up bombings this year. More than two years of civil war in neighboring Syria have aggravated deep-rooted sectarian divisions in Iraq, fraying the country’s uneasy […]
New Delhi : Lieutenant Ganeve Lalji–a young intelligence officer–is set to create history by becoming the first woman to be appointed as a key aide to an Army Commander as part of Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh’s efforts to provide more avenues to women in the force.She will become the aide-de-camps (ADC) of Central Army […]
Islamabad: Rescue workers have recovered some bodies of Pakistani soldiers who were buried alive at the Siachen Glacier early Saturday when an avalanche smashed into their camp, the military said. An avalanche smashed into a Pakistan army camp Saturday burying at least 100 soldiers in the area on the de facto border with India, the […]
Damascus : At least 200 people were killed and hundreds wounded in Homs in the most brutal government crackdown till date in the 11-month old uprising in Syria, activists have said. Two main opposition groups, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees claimed that the death toll was over 200 […]
Beijing : About 30 Tibetans injured after Chinese police fired into a crowd of protesters in a restive southwestern region were seeking shelter Tuesday in a monastery while military forces surrounded the building, a Tibetan monk said. Chinese authorities said Monday’s unrest was caused by a “mob” and that overseas advocacy groups were twisting the […]
