Japan-Korea relations in the freezer even as Tokyo and Beijing shake hands
Seoul: Kim Bok-dong was 14 when she was abducted and forced into eight years of sexual slavery in the Japanese army barracks of southern China and South-east Asia. “There are no words that can describe what soldiers did to me,” she recounted. “At the end of each day I could not... read more »
Cabinet reshuffle: Technocrats in Team Modi for reforms push
In the coming months, the government has promised to move on big-ticket issues such as land acquisition, infrastructure, skill development and also to step up growth in industry and agriculture. Suresh Prabhu, 61, the new railway minister, is also the PM’s sherpa for the G-20 summit later this... read more »
Fate of Isis leader remains unclear after US airstrike in Iraq
Officials in Baghdad and Washington remained unclear on Sunday about the fate of the Islamic State (Isis) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after a key aide was killed in a US air strike near Mosul. A senior Iraqi official confirmed to the Guardian that the aide, Abdur Rahman al-Athaee, also known as Abu... read more »
Mexico Says Guerrero Evidence Shows Mass Student Murder
Forty-three college students kidnapped by police in southern Mexico in September were probably killed by a drug gang that tried to destroy all the evidence of the crime, according to investigators. Criminal suspects rounded up in the probe said police in Iguala, Guerrero, less than three hours’... read more »
