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India’s crackdown in Kashmir: is this the world’s first mass blinding?

9 Nov, 2016 96 views

A bloody summer of protest in Kashmir has been met with a ruthless response from Indian security forces, who fired hundreds of thousands of metal pellets into crowds of civilians, leaving hundreds blinded. by …

Yemen troops kill six Al-Qaeda suspects outside port city

9 Nov, 2016 27 views

ADEN, Yemen: Yemeni troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike killed six suspected Al-Qaeda fighters outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla Tuesday, a security official said. Mukalla was the most populous Yemeni city …

Philippines trimming, not scrapping, military work with U.S.: minister

9 Nov, 2016 50 views

President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to retain the Philippines’ security alliance with former colonial power the United States, according to the country’s defense minister, but joint military activities will be scaled back and less …