Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts

Sunday, 15 September 2019

Kashmir: The controversial deaths causing tension

There have been conflicting accounts of the number of deaths in Indian-administered Kashmir, and how they were caused, since the region was stripped of its autonomy six weeks ago. The BBC's Yogita Limaye looks at some cases in the city of Srinagar. Seventeen-year-old Asrar Ahmad Khan was on the street outside his home on 6 August when he received an injury that led to...

Thursday, 5 September 2019

US woman who hid baby in bag charged with human trafficking

A US woman has been charged with human trafficking in the Philippines after she allegedly attempted to smuggle a newborn baby out of the country. Jennifer Talbot, 43, was arrested at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on Wednesday. A six-day-old boy was reportedly found in her carry-on bag as she attempted to board a plane to the US. Authorities allege...