Mumbai: From farmers who swapped fields for cash to 20-something CEOs that inherited the family business, hot new money is flooding India's luxury car market as roaring sportscar engines announce the country's growing wealth on its roads. No senior Indian executive feels complete without his sleek German-made saloon, while Italian sportscars are the new calling cards for the country's rich young things at exclusive nightclubs that screen guests at the main gate, not at the door. "There is a rush...
KABUL, Afghanistan-As the drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan steps up in 2012, NATO military planners are trying to figure out the logistics of how to ship out the massive quantities of alliance vehicles, weapons and other equipment from the mountainous landlocked country. The operation...
MANILA, Philippines-At least five foreign extremists have been hiding on a remote southern Philippine island and could help link Filipino radicals to potential overseas financiers and combat trainers like the al-Qaida terrorist network, a military commander said Tuesday. The five, who have been...
" />" /> The number 39 is associated with prostitution in Afghanistan and, carrying strong connotations of scandal, it is treated like a cursed number. Most Afghan's refrain from association with the number. Last month, at the traditional Loya Jirga or grand assembly of tribal elders, divided into...
The Taliban has confirmed it has come to an "initial agreement" to open a political office overseas as part of peace talks with the US, according to a statement. In a statement published on their purported website Voice of Jihad on Tuesday, the Taliban said it had held "preliminary talks with...
Oil prices jumped to over $101 a barrel Tuesday amid concerns that rising tensions between Western powers and Iran could lead to crude supply disruptions. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for February delivery was up $2.67 to $101.50 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York...
Indian activists have reacted in anger after 12 doctors were fined just 5,000 rupees ($94) each for conducting secret drug trials on children and patients with learning disabilities. The Madhya Pradesh state government said the tests had not been cleared by health authorities, and it added that the...
DAVAO, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military says communist guerrillas have resumed attacks after a self-imposed Christmas cease-fire. Regional military spokesman Col. Leopoldo Galon says about 50 New People's Army guerrillas assaulted a government militia outpost guarding a village in Agusan...
