The Paraguayan government fired a senior official after he signed a deal with the fictional country created by a Hindu cult leader who had fled India. “They came and expressed a wish to help Paraguay,” Arnaldo Chamorro, chief of staff for the
An Indian national has been charged with allegedly orchestrating a thwarted murder-for-hire plot that sought to execute a U.S. citizen and Sikh activist on U.S. soil in New York City. Nikhil “Nick” Gupta, 52, of India, is charged with murder for hire,
Rescuers in India have broken through to the 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a tunnel for 16 days with officials saying they are on the verge of pulling the men to safety, in what would be a dramatic end
The race to save 41 construction workers trapped in a tunnel in northern India has hit yet another setback as the drilling machine rescuers have been using has broken down and cannot be repaired – bringing the entire rescue operation to a
A frantic battle to rescue 41 construction workers trapped in a tunnel in northern India has faced fresh delays due to a problem with a drilling machine, with officials warning that the next 24 hours could be critical to their chances of
Five Indian soldiers were killed in gunbattles with rebels fighting against New Delhi’s rule in disputed Kashmir, officials said Thursday. The Indian army said two suspected militants were also killed. The fighting started Wednesday, days after Indian troops started searching for militants
Mohamed Muizzu was sworn in Friday as the Maldives’ president, succeeding Ibrahim Solih. Muizzu, a conservative Islamist largely seen as sympathetic to China, defeated Solih in an upset in September’s election. Muizzu vowed upon inauguration that the archipelagic nation’s “lines of independence
Rescuers in northern India supplied food and medicine to 40 construction workers on Thursday as officials started drilling through the rubble to reach the men who have been trapped since a portion of the tunnel they were working on collapsed over the
Rescuers were digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed road tunnel Monday to reach 40 workers trapped by a landslide at the construction project in northern India. All of the construction workers are safe, police officer Prashant Kumar said, adding that
The move would further solidify Beijing’s influence in the Indian Ocean and place Chinese submarines closer to UK and US military assets in Chagos, Diego Garcia and the Seychelles, not to mention India itself. It follows victory by China-leaning Mohamed Muizzu, who