Ferry service has resumed between Sri Lanka and India for the first time in more 25 years after it was halted due to the island nation’s civil war. The 1,044-passenger Scotia Prince docked at Colombo’s port Tuesday after leaving the southern Indian port of Tuticorin. The Indian ferry will initially make two trips per week, […]
Sri Lanka-India Ferry Service Resumes After 25 Years
Posted June 14th, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
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Violence Escalates in Pakistan’s Karachi
Posted June 14th, 2011 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
Authorities say at least 12 people have been killed in “targeted” killings in Karachi, the latest violence to hit Pakistan’s southern port city. Officials said Tuesday those gunned down in the last 24 hours include activists with both the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, or MQM, and its rival, the Awami National Party. The MQM is part […]
Death Sentences for Men Involved in Afghan Bank Attack
Posted June 14th, 2011 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
Afghanistan’s top court has sentenced two men to death for killing 38 people in a February attack on a bank in the eastern city of Jalalabad. A group of militants armed with guns and suicide bombs stormed a branch of Kabul bank in the capital of Nangarhar province four months ago, triggering a gunbattle with […]
Pakistani Security Official Removed Over Beating Death
Posted June 14th, 2011 at 3:10 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani leaders have removed the regional head of a security force because of a controversial videotape that appears to show his men shooting an unarmed young man and allowing him to bleed to death. Reports say that Major General Ijaz Chaudhary was removed from his post Tuesday, several days after a judge ordered the move. […]
US Praises Afghan-Pakistani Trade Agreement
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has welcomed the announcement by Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, to fully implement the June 12 Transit Trade Agreement between the two countries. In a statement Monday, the State Department said the announcement is a concrete demonstration of the common vision of development, prosperity and peace […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 1 in Pakistani Capital
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a bank in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, Monday, killing a security guard and wounding four other people. Police say the attacker detonated his explosives after the security guard stopped him from entering the bank. It was the first such attack in Islamabad since December 2009, when a bomber […]
Indian Journalists Protest Killing of Crime Reporter
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of Indian journalists demonstrated in the streets of Mumbai Monday to protest the killing of a prominent crime reporter working for the Mumbai daily Midday. Reporters and editors led the march to the office of the chief minister of Maharashtra state, Prithviraj Chavan, demanding that federal authorities investigate the death of Jyotirmoy Dey, who […]
Suicide Bomber Hits Pakistani Capital, 1 Dead
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber struck an Islamabad bank on Monday, killing one person in the first such attack in the Pakistani capital in more than a year and a half. Police say the attacker detonated his explosives after being stopped from entering the bank by a security guard. The guard was killed in the blast and […]
Suicide Bomber Hits Pakistani Capital, 1 Dead
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber struck an Islamabad bank on Monday, killing one person in the first such attack in the Pakistani capital in more than a year and a half. Police say the attacker detonated his explosives after being stopped from entering the bank by a security guard. The guard was killed in the blast and […]
Suicide Bomber Hits Pakistani Capital, 1 Dead
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber struck an Islamabad bank on Monday, killing one other person in the first such attack in the Pakistani capital in more than a year and a half. Police say the attacker detonated his explosives after being stopped from entering the bank by a security guard. The guard was killed in the blast […]
