India opposition party names Modi to head campaign
NEW DELHI — India's main opposition party announced Sunday that a deeply divisive Hindu ideologue will head its 2014 election campaign, indicating he would likely be its choice for prime minister if the party were to win. The appointment of Narendra Modi to head the key campaign committee was so divisive that even some top leaders of his own Bharatiya Janata Party declined to attend the three-day party conference where he was awarded the post. Modi, the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat, is known for pushing a hard-line Hindu nationalist agenda. He was the…
Army leaders walk fine line as Afghan advisers
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FINLEY-SHIELDS, Afghanistan (AP) — — In previous years, the U.S. Army would have helped the Afghan National Army if their troops had run out of fuel or money or run into some other logistical problem, but with the U.S. getting ready for a significant withdrawal, the Americans are teaching the Afghans to rely on themselves.
Army chief Gen Bikram Singh to visit Nepal on Monday
Kathmandu: Army chief Gen Bikram Singh arrives here Monday on an official visit to mark the successful ascent of Mount Everest by a joint Indo-Nepal army team…
Heavy Monsoon Rains, Winds Kill 24 in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s government says the death toll from strong winds and monsoon rains has risen to 24, and another 22 fishermen are missing. A spokesman for the government’s disaster management center, Lal Sarath Kumara, says fishermen have been hardest hit by the extreme weather that has lashed the country since Saturday. He said Sunday that 23 of the dead were fishermen and the…
Afghan president visits Qatar to discuss peace
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s president landed in Qatar Sunday to discuss his country’s stalled peace process and the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state, officials said. Foreign Ministry spokesman Janan Mosazai said President Hamid Karzai will not hold any talks with Taliban representatives now in Qatar. He will meet with Qatari officials on the sidelines of an annual conference on relations between the United States and the Muslim world. “As we have already said, any official negotiations regarding peace with the Taliban can take place…
Sikh pilgrims from India hope for better Indo-Pak ties
Lahore: Nearly 400 Indian Sikh pilgrims, who arrived in Pakistan to observe the 407th death anniversary of Guru Arjun Dev, hoped that ties between the two neighbouring nations would get better with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government coming to power. The Pakistan government…
Army Leaders Walk Fine Line as Afghan Advisers
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FINLEY-SHIELDS, Afghanistan — — In previous years, the U.S. Army would have helped the Afghan National Army if their troops had run out of fuel or money or run into some other logistical problem, but with the U.S. getting ready for a significant withdrawal, the Americans are teaching the Afghans to rely on themselves. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors The U.S. military’s new role of trying to train and mentor a young Afghan army comes after nearly 12 years of war. U.S. troops have borne most of the fighting over the past decade, but now the Afghan military is taking the…
2 Koreas talk in border village after tensions
Officials from North and South Korea meet at a "truce village" trying to ease tensions.
In business, Pakistan’s government bleeds
ISLAMABAD (AP) — With every flight, Pakistan's state-owned airline demonstrates the economic challenges facing the country's new government.
Man fatally stabbed in South Los Angeles identified
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