The explosion in the city of Srinagar happened as Indian officials were inspecting bomb-making material seized in an investigation into a terror network allegedly involving doctors.
At the annual meeting of the world’s major economic powers, U.S. objections are blocking the usual policy statements, highlighting the president’s distaste for multilateralism — and compromise.
The coalition was on course to form a government in Bihar, a state of 130 million people, where the opposition had claimed foul play over deletions from voter lists.
Some law enforcement officials say they think organized crime rings from South America, in particular from Colombia, are responsible for the crime sprees.
The State Department’s search for leftist groups to designate as terrorist organizations appears rooted in President Trump’s executive order on domestic groups that he calls antifa.
The Trump administration wants the Security Council to adopt a resolution that has the 20-point U.S. plan annexed, effectively making it international law.
The worst rainy season in decades caused flooding around much of the city. Fat from its many taco shops, restaurants and markets was a major reason for blocked drains, officials say.
Palestinians see the violence, and its tolerance by right-wing Israeli officialdom, as part of a broader campaign to harass them and make life so unbearable that they will abandon their villages.