
Contents: India Muslims attacked and lynched by Hindus over cow slaughter; Cow slaughter cases surging in India’s state of Uttar Pradesh; Garry Kasparov’s analysis of Vladimir Putin’s strategy in Syria
by John J. Xenakis12 Oct 2015, 7:12 AM PST0

The group of religious sisters founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta is shutting down its thirty orphanages in India as a protest, rather than comply with new state regulations requiring that they place children with single parents. It’s a religious liberty case eerily familiar to Americans.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.12 Oct 2015, 4:32 AM PST0

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — India has demanded answers from Saudi Arabia after a maid there reportedly had her hand chopped off while trying to escape being harassed by her employer. The Twitter account of Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma
by AP9 Oct 2015, 2:09 AM PST0

A villager in India reportedly beheaded a four-year-old boy to appease the Goddess Kali. He hoped she would bestow “divine powers” on him.
by Mary Chastain6 Oct 2015, 7:27 AM PST0

SAN JOSE — Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on the United Nations to define exactly what terrorism is for once and for all.
by Adelle Nazarian28 Sep 2015, 3:40 PM PST0

GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina’s spokesperson Sarah I. Flores sent out an email blasting GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s advisor for claiming Fiorina outsourced her campaign work to India, calling that claim bizarre.
by Alex Swoyer22 Sep 2015, 8:47 AM PST0

Majed Hassan Ashoor, First Secretary at the Saudi Arabia Embassy in India, escaped into the night only days after he was accused of using two Nepali maids as sex slaves. Activists descended upon the embassy when the news broke.
by Mary Chastain17 Sep 2015, 8:37 PM PST0

SIMI VALLEY, California — Republican presidential contender Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana told Breitbart News on Wednesday evening in the spin room of the GOP Debate that he sees the importance of fostering a stronger relationship between the United States and India, particularly as China’s influence grows in the region.
by Adelle Nazarian17 Sep 2015, 4:59 AM PST0

The number of routers affected doesn’t give a true picture of how serious this hack is, because each of those routers provided Internet traffic to numerous companies and government agencies, and the virus has reportedly been in place for more than a year. The volume of potentially compromised traffic is staggering.
by John Hayward16 Sep 2015, 8:08 AM PST0

Those who survived recent deadly attacks on Christians in India are demanding the president do more to bring the people responsible to justice. Despite the violence, though, Christianity is growing in India.
by Mary Chastain9 Sep 2015, 6:39 PM PST0

In Hindu-controlled India, over 1,000 Muslim leaders and scholars have sanctioned a religious ruling, or fatwa, against the Islamic State as contrary to the true teachings of Islam.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Sep 2015, 9:58 AM PST0

Greenpeace India has been banned from receiving foreign donations in a bid by the government to curtail its activities. Government officials have accused the charity of trying to stall India’s economy by campaigning against large infrastructure projects including nuclear power
by Donna Rachel Edmunds5 Sep 2015, 6:51 AM PST0

China is consolidating its newfound authority over the international South China Sea by declaring it controls international waters off the coast of independent Vietnam.
by John Hayward4 Sep 2015, 5:42 PM PST0

India’s Army Chief Gen. Dalbir Singh declared that, if needed, his country is ready to face hostile military action at its borders, comments that will likely increase tensions between India and Pakistan.
by Edwin Mora2 Sep 2015, 8:36 PM PST0

While much of today’s political debate—and rhetoric—is focusing on Mexican immigrants, pundits and politicians alike have overlooked a very interesting statistic. According to US Census Bureau research released in May 2015, immigrants from China and India, many with student or work visas, have overtaken Mexicans as the largest groups coming into the US.
by Sylvia Longmire2 Sep 2015, 6:28 AM PST0

The BBC has debunked a story, picked up by human rights NGO Amnesty International, alleging that two sisters in India were sentenced to rape because their brother eloped with a married woman.
by Mary Chastain1 Sep 2015, 9:21 PM PST0

The first-ever planned national security-level talks between India and Pakistan were called off this week after Pakistan refused to back down from meeting with separatists from the disputed, Indian-controlled region of Kashmir.
by Adelle Nazarian26 Aug 2015, 6:09 PM PST0

Wind is blowing China’s air pollution over and across the Pacific and into the United States–and the West Coast is receiving the brunt of its smoggy emissions.
by Adelle Nazarian17 Aug 2015, 4:16 PM PST0

Iran’s Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, paid a visit to Pakistan on Thursday before heading to New Delhi, India, on a string of trips to nations Iran is attempting to strengthen ties with following the successful completion of the nuclear accords.
by Adelle Nazarian15 Aug 2015, 1:13 PM PST0

A planned Tuesday visit to Turkey by Iran’s Foreign Minister, and top nuclear negotiator, Mohammad Javad Zarif has reportedly been “postponed” due to “scheduling problems.”
by Adelle Nazarian12 Aug 2015, 10:13 AM PST0

Contents: China shocks the world with sharp currency devaluation; Yuan devaluation a humiliating setback for ‘China dream’
by John J. Xenakis12 Aug 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

An alleged Pakistani terrorist from the Lashker-e-Taiba (LT) Islamist militant group was apprehended in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday after he and an accomplice carried out a deadly attack and hours-long gun battle exchange which killed two members of
by Adelle Nazarian6 Aug 2015, 12:15 PM PST0

21-year-old Afghan pilot Niloofar Rahmani says she has been driven to the verge of quitting by the Taliban and her own extended family.
by John Hayward6 Aug 2015, 11:28 AM PST0

“Morality” reforms have led to the Indian government ordering internet companies to ban 857 Indian porn websites. The government’s ministry for telecommunications made the order on the back of a Supreme Court judgement last month which said access to the
by Oliver Lane4 Aug 2015, 2:21 PM PST0

Despite losing a Supreme Court case in which he argued that pornography is “worse than Hitler,” an Indian lawyer has managed to get the nation’s Department of Telecommunications to block 857 pornographic websites nationwide, sparking an uproar from free speech supporters.
by Frances Martel4 Aug 2015, 7:20 AM PST0