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BUENOS AIRES — Argentina has asked Interpol to issue an arrest notice for the Iranian interior minister Ahmad Vahidi.The request comes less than two weeks after a court in Argentina held Iran responsible for the 1994 attack on a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people ...

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is eyeing a historic third consecutive term in general elections being held in April and May.A nationwide poll by India Today magazine last August showed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader’s popularity remained intact after a decade in power: more than ...

ISLAMABAD — Unseasonal rainfall has lashed Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past few days, killing more than 100 people across the neighboring countries, authorities said.In Afghanistan, heavy rain and floods in 23 provinces killed 66 people and wounded 36 others, according to preliminary reports from Mullah Janan Sayeq, a ...

NEW DELHI — On 19 April, Indians will begin choosing a new parliament for the next five years, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a third consecutive term. Opinion polls put his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies ahead. They are up against the Indian National Developmental Inclusive ...

ISLAMABAD — At least 39 people have been killed in Pakistan after days of unusually heavy rains battered the country's southwest.Some of those killed were farmers struck by lightning while harvesting wheat, authorities said.Images online show swathes of farmland engulfed by rainwater. Flash floods have also disrupted power supplies ...

SYDNEY — The man who went on a stabbing rampage in a Sydney shopping center appears to have targeted women, police say.Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex into panic on Saturday when he began stabbing people with a long blade.Five of the six people who ...

ISLAMABAD — Lightning, thunderstorms and heavy rains have killed 30 people in Pakistan amid predictions of more rough weather in the South Asian country, DPA reported.Several others were reportedly injured in rain-related incidents in the last 48 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Sunday.At ...

Preliminary Examination: General issues on Environmental Ecology and biodiversity. Mains Examination: GS III: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. What’s the ongoing story- The management of Ross Island, also known as the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, has asked the Wildlife Institute of India for assistance in ...

KARACHI — At least 17 Pakistanis have died in a bus crash while traveling to a shrine in Balochistan for Eid-al-Fitr celebrations.The accident occurred late on Wednesday officials say, when the vehicle lost control before falling into a ravine.More than 40 are also being treated for injuries in Karachi ...

OTTAWA — A busload full of Chinese high school students coerced into voting for a Liberal candidate. An opaque cash injection of thousands of dollars from China. A proxy agent of India's government providing illegal financial support to pro-India politicians.These allegations and more surfaced during two weeks of testimony ...