Kurdish-led group says last of militants cleared from stronghold of Baghuz After almost five years, the battle to dismantle Islamic State’s brutal “caliphate” has ended with an announcement from US-backed forces that the militants have been driven out of their last stronghold of Baghuz, deep in the Syrian desert. Isis had held out for months against the Syrian Democratic Forces …
Arley Titzler India and Pakistan were separated at birth, established in 1947 when they gained independence from Britain. Since then, these two countries have been engaged in a violent, 70-year-long dispute over control of Kashmir, waging three wars, countless skirmishes, attacks, and subsequent retaliations. Today, India occupies 45 percent of Kashmir, Pakistan occupies 35 percent, and China occupies the remaining 20 percent. …
Family of apps, WhatApp, Instagram and Messenger — appear to be recovering from most severe outage ever around the world. Company spokesman says it is not a cyber attack A partial Facebook outage affecting users around the world has stretched beyond 14 hours, but was showing some signs of ending early Thursday. It’s believed to be the biggest interruption ever suffered by …
The two men went missing on February 24 while ascending the mountain Herald Report Rescuers have found the bodies of the two European climbers who went missing almost two weeks ago on the Himalayan mountains in Gilgit-Baltistan, the Italian ambassador to Pakistan has said. Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo said the search team had confirmed that silhouettes spotted on the mountain were the …
Struggles past and present show the left how we can make the connection between the fight for women’s rights and the struggle for economic and social equality. FOR YEARS, International Women’s Day on March 8 would pass by without notice in the U.S. beyond a small number of leftists. Most people who noticed on their calendar probably assumed it had …
Search party flown to Nanga Parbat Base Camp to help find missing British climber and his Italian partner Herald Report A search for two climbers missing on the world’s ninth-highest mountain resumed on Monday after being hampered by bad weather, media outlets reported. Basque climber Alex Txikon and three of his team, together with Pakistani climber Ramatullah Baig, finally …
Herald Report Hopes of tracing two climbers on Nanga Parbat dimming as the rescuers did not find any clue of the duo who went missing Sunday last on the second highest mountain peak in Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan army helicopters have scuppered the mountainside for Italian climber Daniele Nardi, 42, and his British partner Tom Ballard, 30, though inclement weather and tensions …
Tom Ballard, 30, was trying to reach the summit of the ‘killer mountain’ with a friend, Daniele Nardi, 42. HAH Report A British climber and his Italian friend have been reported missing on Nanga Parbat, dubbed as the “Killer Mountain” in the Himalayan Range of Gilgit-Baltistan, according to media reports. Tom Ballard, 30, and his Italian climbing partner, Daniele Nardi, 42, set out their journey …
By Gerry Shih NEAR SHAYMAK, Tajikistan — Two miles above sea level in the inhospitable highlands of Central Asia, there’s a new power watching over an old passage into Afghanistan: China. For at least three years, Chinese troops have quietly monitored this choke point in Tajikistan just beyond China’s western frontier, according to interviews, analysis of satellite images and photographs, …
Google has paid tribute to the “the Marilyn Monroe of Bollywood” with a doodle by Bengaluru-based artist Muhammed Sajid Legendary Bollywood actor Madhubala would have been 86-years-old had she been alive today. Google has paid tribute to the “the Marilyn Monroe of Bollywood” with a doodle by Bengaluru-based artist Muhammed Sajid. “While her breathtaking appearance earned comparisons to Venus, Madhubala …
