India Opens Its Longest Bridge
India has inaugurated a 9.15km (5.68-mile) bridge over the Lohit river, easily its longest ever, which connects the disputed state of Arunachal Pradesh with the north-eastern state of Assam. China...
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US Probe Finds Over 100 Civilians Killed In Mosul Air Strike
Pentagon officials on Thursday said at least 105 civilians died in a strike targeting Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Mosul in March, but blamed the high toll on an unexpected secondary...
US Probe Finds More Than 100 Civilians Killed In Mosul Air Strike
A US strike targeting Islamic State fighters in a Mosul building in Iraq in March killed at least 105 civilians when the blast caused IS weapons to explode, a US general said Thursday. 'The secondary...
US Probe Finds More Than 100 Civilians Killed In Mosul Air Strike
A US strike targeting Islamic State fighters in a Mosul building in Iraq in March killed at least 105 civilians when the blast caused IS weapons to explode, a US general said Thursday. "The secondary...
NDC MP Chides Lands Minister For Citing Military In Galamsey Fight
The Member of Parliament for Adaklu Constituency in the Volta Region, Kwame Governs Agbodza, says it is dangerous for the Lands and Natural Resources Minister to accuse some personnel of the Ghana...
Defence Minister, Deputy ‘disagree’ Over Soldiers In Galamsey
The Deputy Minister of Defense, Maj. Rtd. Derek Oduro seems to disagree with his boss, Dominic Nitiwul that some military personnel may be protecting illegal miners in the country. The two in...
We’ll Investigate Soldiers Protecting ‘galamseyers’ – Nitiwul
The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has instructed the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Obed Akwa to immediately begin investigations into allegations of some military men protecting illegal...
India Launches Assault On Pakistan Army Posts To Deter Infiltration
India has announced that it has fired mortars at Pakistani army posts across their disputed border in Kashmir, a rare public disclosure of such a pre-emptive assault against its neighbour. Troops...
No Soldiers Deployed To Protect Galamseyers – Derrick Oduro
The Deputy Defence Minister, Derrick Oduro has emphatically told Citi News that the Ghana Armed Forces has not deployed any military personnel to the mine where the foreigners were arrested on...
We’ll Investigate Soldiers Protecting ‘galamseyers’
The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has instructed the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Obed Akwa to immediately begin investigations into allegations of some military men protecting illegal...
India Fires On Pakistani Military Posts, Army Says
India announced Tuesday it had fired mortars at Pakistani army posts across their disputed border in Kashmir, a rare public disclosure of such a pre-emptive assault against its neighbour. Troops...
Iraq Forces Launch Anti-IS Push In Western Desert
Iraqi forces have launched a broad operation to root out fighters from the Islamic State group who have been harassing security forces in remote border areas, officers said Thursday. The army, backed...
Jihadists Snaring Starving Civilians In Mosul Death Trap
Jihadists preparing for a desperate last stand in Mosul are booby-trapping homes with civilians inside and welding doors shut on starving families to prevent the population from fleeing, residents...
Car Bomb Hits Thailand’s Troubled South, Injures 51
More than 50 people including children were injured on Tuesday when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, police said, the largest attack for months on a...
Car Bomb Hits Thailand’s Troubled South, Injures 40
At least 40 people were wounded Tuesday when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, police said, the largest attack for months on a civilian target in the...
British Drug ‘kingpin’ Arrested In Thailand After Years On the Run
A British drug trafficker convicted over a £1million ($1.3million) narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after years on the run, police said on Tuesday, in the latest example of global...
British Fugitive Drug ‘kingpin’ Nabbed In Thailand
A British drug trafficker convicted over a $1.3 million narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after years on the run, police said Tuesday, the latest example of global underworld figures using...
Little Big Things
When a president has to run a whole motherland, economy, politics, religion, culture, societal issues and all, it is easy to overlook little things. Indeed, when a president is busy trying hard to...
Mr X and the Cartels Hooking SE Asia On Pills
The downfall of millionaire "Mr X", long shielded by cash and contacts in Laos, has highlighted the role of the secretive, communist country in showering pills across Southeast Asia. Allegedly a key...
Pakistan Says Inflicted Heavy Losses On Afghan Border Forces
Pakistan's military on Sunday said it had killed more than 50 Afghan soldiers in a clash on a major border crossing two days earlier, a claim quickly rejected by Kabul. The skirmish took place Friday...