Frenchman has no regrets after Afghan hostage ordeal
KABUL : Charles Ballard left a career in finance to do aid work in Afghanistan. Back home in France after being held hostage for 71 days in a toilet, he says he has no regrets.
On January 27, the finance director in Kabul for French charity [...]
At least 15 trapped as India hospital roof collapses
BHOPAL, India : Up to 15 people, mostly patients, were feared trapped after part of a hospital roof caved in on Friday in the central Indian city of Bhopal, officials and eyewitnesses said.
Rescuers moved in heavy machinery to cut through [...]
India predicted to receive normal monsoon rains
NEW DELHI : India will receive normal monsoon rains this year, the government said on Friday, boosting prospects of a stronger performance this year by Asia’s third-largest economy.
The pounding rains that sweep across the continent [...]
Bomb blast near Pakistan party office kills six
KARACHI : A car bomb exploded outside a secular party’s election office in Pakistan’s commercial hub Karachi late Friday killing six people, officials said, the latest violence ahead of historic polls next month.
The bomb went [...]
India alleges China troops far inside Indian territory
NEW DELHI : New Delhi on Friday alleged Chinese soldiers have advanced nearly 20 kilometres (12 miles) into Indian-claimed territory after intruding across the disputed border earlier this month, a report said.
Defence Secretary Shashi Kant [...]
Indian spy seriously hurt in clash with Pakistani prisoners
LAHORE, Pakistan : An Indian national facing the death penalty in Pakistan on espionage charges was rushed to hospital on Friday after suffering serious injuries in a clash with fellow prisoners, officials said.
Sarbajeet Singh was wounded [...]
Garment workers protest as Bangladesh toll nears 300
SAVAR, Bangladesh : Garment workers who sew clothes for Western brands clashed with Bangladeshi police Friday at a mass rally over the death of nearly 300 colleagues in a collapsed building as rescuers raced against time to find survivors.
Police [...]
India arrest businessman over rape of US charity worker
KOLKATA : Police in eastern India have arrested a local businessman for allegedly raping a US charity worker, an official said on Friday, as anger grows over the high incidence of sexual crime in the country.
“Dinesh Burman, 40, was [...]
Afghan bus, tanker crash ‘kills 30′
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan : A passenger bus collided with a fuel tanker in Afghanistan before dawn Friday, killing at least 30 people, many of them heading for the poppy harvest, officials said.
The accident happened in the Maiwand district of [...]
Bangladesh rescuers find 45 alive, toll at 272
SAVAR, Bangladesh – Bangladeshi rescuers have hauled another 45 people alive from the rubble of a collapsed complex housing garment factories, although the death toll has risen to 272, officials said Friday.
“We have rescued 45 [...]
