Indian authorities are going after a fourth Iranian in connection with a plot to attack Israeli diplomats. The Press Trust of India reports Indian authorities Saturday issued an arrest warrant for Masoud Sedaghatzadeh. Malaysian authorities arrested Sedaghatzadeh last month in connection with a failed bomb plot in Bangkok. Read more: VOA News
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake has rattled India’s capital. People ran into the streets of New Delhi and its suburbs Monday afternoon after tremors shook buildings for at least 10 seconds.
BANGKOK, 1 March 2012 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health is becoming more vigilant as cases of avian flu which is transmitted among humans have been discovered in Thailand’s neighboring nations. President of Influenza Foundation and Chairman of the Ministry of Public Health Advisory Committee Professor Emeritus Dr. Prasert Thongcharoen said even though no […]
The Buddhist holy sites of Bodh Gaya in India and Lumbini in Nepal – two of the religion’s most sacred pilgrimage locales, are becoming the dual epicenters of a Great Game between India and China. Bodh Gaya is considered the undisputed heartland of the Buddhist world. However, Bodh Gaya’s eminence is being challenged by the […]
BANGKOK, 14 February 2012 (IRIN) – With 60 percent of the world’s population, Asia has one of the largest concentrations globally of aging persons, creating a host of potential challenges, experts warn. “Asian countries, besides Japan perhaps, need to plan now. These countries have grown older before they have grown rich,” said Somnath Chatterji with […]
BANGKOK, 15 February 2012 (NNT) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs insists that the bombing incidents, which took place in Bangkok on Tuesday, were not a terrorist attack, and that Thailand is not a terrorist target. The Ministry has invited foreign ambassadors as well as members of international organizations in Thailand to hear clarifications on […]
BANGKOK, Feb 15 – A senior Thai security official said on Wednesday that the bomb-making materials used in three Bangkok blasts bear the hallmark of similar attacks targeting Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. On Monday, an Israeli diplomat’s wife and driver were wounded in New Delhi when a bomb attached to their minivan exploded, […]
Journalists from Danish public broadcaster DR have been allegedly blacklisted by India. The news came out on February 1 after award-winning investigative journalist Tom Heinemann was denied a visa by the Indian Embassy in Copenhagen. The immediate trigger was said to be the broadcast of a documentary series “Blood, sweat and T-shirts”, which shows the […]
