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Tensions Rise In Kashmir After Suicide Car Bomb, Gun Battles

7:30am February 19, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

Violence has erupted in Kashmir, the Himalayan valley split between India and Pakistan. Kashmiris are mostly Muslims and India has a Hindu majority. There are fears sectarian violence could break out.

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Tensions Between India And Pakistan Are High After Bombing In Kashmir

4:32pm February 18, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

Tensions between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan have skyrocketed after a suicide car bombing in disputed Kashmir. Tensions are also high inside India, as some mourners call for revenge.

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Experts Pessimistic About Value Of Another Trump-Kim Summit

5:54pm February 17, 2019

by Anthony Kuhn

Some Korea experts question the wisdom of a second summit meeting, planned for this month between president Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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Students hold placards as they shout slogans during a protest at the state university in Manila, Philippines, on Thursday in support of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, who was arrested a day earlier.

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Journalist's Arrest In Philippines Sparks Demonstrations, Fears Of Wider Crackdown

2:50pm February 15, 2019

by Ashley Westerman

Maria Ressa, the CEO of the news outlet Rappler, which has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested earlier this week and charged with violating the country's cybercrime law.

A mob in India set fire to vehicles on Friday, in protest of Thursday's attack on a paramilitary convoy in Kashmir.

India Vows 'Befitting Reply' After Attack On Security Forces In Kashmir

12:45pm February 15, 2019

The government says it is taking steps to isolate Pakistan, which it blames for Thursday's fatal bombing. Pakistan calls the violence a result of "brutalities of Indian occupied forces in Kashmir."

Mourners carry the coffin of Ko Ni, a prominent Muslim lawyer who was shot dead in 2017. Ko Ni's killer was sentenced to death on Friday.

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Gunmen Sentenced In The Death Of Myanmar Democracy Advocate Ko Ni

12:16pm February 15, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Ko Ni pushed for reform of the country's military-drafted constitution. A Muslim in the predominantly Buddhist country, he had just returned from a Jakarta visit to study interfaith peace.

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A Crackdown On Journalism In The Philippines

5:13am February 15, 2019

by Julie McCarthy

Journalist Maria Ressa has been released on bail after she was arrested on Wednesday on charges of "cyber libel." Her arrest came amid fears of a broader crackdown on the press in the Philippines.

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Indian security forces inspect the remains of a vehicle following an attack on a Central Reserve Police Force convoy that killed at least 44 officers and injured several others in Kashmir south of Srinagar on Thursday.

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Car Bomber Kills 44 Police Troops In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

7:12pm February 14, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

"The blast was so powerful that one cannot recognize whether the [police] vehicle was a bus or a truck. Just pieces of mangled steel," a police force spokesman said of the attack on Thursday.

The markhor, pictured above, is a species of wild goat found in Pakistan as well as places like Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the Himalayas.

A U.S. Hunter Paid $110,000 To Shoot A Pakistani Goat

4:42pm February 14, 2019

by Marc Silver

A trophy hunting program aims to protect the national animal, a goat called the markhor. Local social media was full of protests. But there's another side to the story.

In this 2015 photo, Koyuki Higashi (left) and Hiroko Masuhara celebrate and hold up their same-sex marriage certificate in Tokyo. Today 13 gay couples filed a lawsuit arguing the country's general rejection of same-sex marriage rights violates the constit

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Same-Sex Couples Sue For The Right To Marry In Japan

11:30am February 14, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

They say the constitution's language on marriage should be reinterpreted. It's the first lawsuit challenging the country's rejection of same-sex marriage.