Day: May 4, 2019

Lanka suicide bombers visited Kashmir, Kerala for ‘some sorts of training’: Army chief

7:21 pm May 4, 2019

Colombo: Sri Lanka Army’s chief has said that some of the suicide bombers who carried out the country’s worst terror attack on Easter Sunday visited Kashmir and Kerala for “some sorts of training” or to “make some more links” with other foreign outfits. It is the first time that a top Sri Lankan security official has confirmed the militants’ visit to India which had shared intelligence inputs with […]

Pak backs anti-India terror groups, has paid no price for its perfidy, US lawmakers told

2:58 pm May 4, 2019

Washington: Pakistan continues to sponsor terror outfits that launched deadly attacks in India because Islamabad has “paid no price for its perfidy”, a prominent think-tank expert has told American lawmakers. Pakistan continues to sponsor terrorist groups that launched deadly attacks in India. It has paid no price for its perfidy,” Bill Roggio, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies told lawmakers during […]

US targets Iran uranium but lets nuclear deal stay alive

2:52 pm May 4, 2019

Washington: The United States said Friday it would start imposing sanctions over Iranian exports of enriched uranium allowed under a nuclear deal rejected by President Donald Trump, even as it granted waivers to allow the accord to survive. The move comes amid growing Iranian frustration with the nuclear deal, with which UN inspectors say Tehran is complying but which has not […]

Main UK parties suffer Brexit battering in local elections

2:44 pm May 4, 2019

London: Britain’s two main parties suffered a drubbing Friday in English local elections, with Prime Minister Theresa May’s governing Conservatives bearing the brunt of voter frustration over the prolonged Brexit deadlock. May’s Conservatives lost control of several local authorities and well over a thousand seats, performing far worse than even the gloomiest predictions. But the main opposition Labour Party also lost ground, with voters instead […]

Rama X of Thailand set for coronation filled with ritual

2:38 pm May 4, 2019

Bangkok: Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn will be crowned Saturday in an elaborate show of pageantry, marbled by Hindu and Buddhist ritual, two years after ascending the throne following his father’s death. At the auspicious time of 10:09 am the public will be given a rare window into the cloistered halls of Thai power as the key rituals of the […]