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October 18, 2018
Sri Lanka boosts leader’s security over alleged death plot
COLOMBO — Security for Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has been stepped up following the discovery of an alleged plot to assassinate him, two of his advisers said on Thursday.An Indian national, named by Indian and Sri Lankan media as M. Thomas from the southern state of Kerala, was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the plot on Sept. 22. Former Sri Lankan defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was also a ...
October 18, 2018
Top Afghan official killed in shooting, US general unhurt
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Gen. Abdul Razeq, one of Afghanistan’s most powerful security officials, was killed on Thursday when a bodyguard opened fire following a meeting in the governor’s compound in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said.Gen. Scott Miller, the top US commander in Afghanistan who had been at the meeting with Razeq only moments earlier, was uninjured in the attack, but the local commander of the NDS intelligence service ...
October 18, 2018
Maldives court frees ex-leader Gayoom
COLOMBO — A Maldivian court overturned the 19-month jail term of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Thursday, a month after the former president’s estranged half-brother and jailer suffered a shock election drubbing.Gayoom, 80, ruled the largely Muslim island nation for 30 straight years until he was defeated at the country’s first multi-party elections in 2008.He was arrested in February and accused of participating in an alleged coup during a crackdown on ...
October 18, 2018
India looks to tighten sexual harassment laws: Government officials
NEW DELHI — India is considering tightening sexual harassment laws, government officials said on Thursday, after an avalanche of complaints of abuse lodged by women in recent weeks thrust the issue to the forefront of politics.Changes to the laws are being considered as the government weighs different proposals to tackle harassment, one of the officials said.“The official announcement could come next week,” said the official, who works in the prime ...
October 18, 2018
Afghan Taliban issue fresh call to boycott elections
KABUL — The Taliban issued a fresh call for Afghans to boycott this week’s parliamentary elections on Thursday, denouncing the vote as a foreign-imposed process that went against both Islam and Afghan culture.The statement was the third such call and followed a similar message on Wednesday telling teachers not to participate as election workers in polling stations, many of which are located in schools.It said the elections “have no Islamic ...
October 18, 2018
Party of incoming Maldives president seeks travel ban on Yameen
MALE — The party of the incoming president of the Maldives has urged police to impose a travel ban on outgoing President Abdulla Yameen so he can face investigations in connection with graft cases that the party aims to launch.Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won a surprise presidential election victory on Sept. 23 and Yameen is due to hand over power on Nov. 17, even though he had petitioned the ...
October 18, 2018
As tensions mount, Mattis seeks more resilient US ties with China’s military
SINGAPORE — US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told his Chinese counterpart on Thursday that the world’s two largest economies needed to deepen high-level ties so as to navigate tension and rein in the risk of inadvertent conflict.Mattis saw firsthand last month how mounting Sino-US friction can undermine military contacts when Beijing up-ended plans for him to travel to China in October to meet Defense Minister Wei Fenghe.It was retaliation for ...
October 18, 2018
Sri Lanka reverses $300m China housing deal ahead of PM’s India visit
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka has reversed a decision to award a $300-million housing deal to China in favor of a joint venture with an Indian company, the government said, ahead of a visit by the prime minister to its South Asian neighbor.Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will meet his counterpart Narendra Modi on Saturday in New Delhi, the Indian capital, for talks. The two countries have long-standing ties, partly because of ...
October 18, 2018
Tickled pink: Cherry blossoms bloom unexpectedly in Japan
TOKYO — Cherry blossoms across Japan have bloomed six months early after two powerful typhoons pummeled the country in September, stripping leaves, bringing a warm snap and turning the trees unseasonably pink.“We get reports every year of cherry blossom blooming early, but those are confined to specific areas,” Toru Koyama, a senior official with the Flower Association of Japan, said.“This time we are hearing about it from all over the ...
October 18, 2018
Hindu hardliners step up campaign to block women entry to Indian temple
NILAKKAL, Kerala — Hindu hardliners blocked intersections, threatened drivers, threw stones at buses and ordered a 12-hour strike on Thursday as they stepped up their campaign to bar women from one of India’s holiest temples.The Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in the southern state of Kerala was meant to allow women from Wednesday following an order by India’s highest court last month.But hundreds of traditionalists, throwing stones at baton-wielding police, ...
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