NEW DELHI – –India has sent a team of foreign ministry officials to Afghanistan for the first time following the Taliban takeover of the country last August. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi hosted the Indian delegation for a meeting focusing… Continue Reading
The Italian government has approved a plan to furnish Rome’s ancient Colosseum with a new floor, giving visitors the chance to stand where gladiators once fought. Culture Minister Dario Franceschini announced the project to build the wooden, retractable floor on… Continue Reading
High school students are among 30 people killed in a car bombing in Afghanistan, local officials say. The bomb went off late on Friday close to a guesthouse where the students were reportedly staying in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of eastern… Continue Reading
At least 31 people have been killed, scores injured and 10,000 evacuated after a water dispute led to some of the worst clashes in years on a disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. Clashes started on Wednesday when people from both sides hurled… Continue Reading
US, British and Nato combat forces are leaving Afghanistan this summer. The Taliban are growing stronger by the day while al-Qaeda and Islamic State groups are conducting ever more brazen attacks. So how can they be contained now that the… Continue Reading
INDIA is in the midst of a cataclysmic Covid-19 nightmare that has unleashed unimaginable suffering on its people. The stats are getting grimmer by the day; after claims earlier in the year that the government had ‘beaten’ the virus with… Continue Reading
The head of the Myanmar military is set to meet international leaders, in what will be his first known foreign trip since the army took power in a coup. General Min Aung Hlaing is scheduled to attend an Asean regional… Continue Reading
Response to second wave is warning to other countries The blindspots in India’s response to its second, devastating wave of coronavirus infections serve as a stark warning to other countries In retrospect it was clear that the figures for new… Continue Reading
PRESIDENT Joe Biden has announced that all US troops will be unconditionally withdrawn from Afghanistan by Sept 11. He has also stated that the US will continue to support the Afghan National Defence Security Forces (ANDSF), provide the already pledged… Continue Reading
Activists call for a week of protests against military coup over Myanmar’s traditional New Year holiday. The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday it fears the military clampdown on protests in Myanmar risks escalating a civil conflict into… Continue Reading