The lone surviving gunman from the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks has asked the Indian Supreme Court to overturn his death sentence, a judicial source told AFP. He had already appealed to the state High Court, which had upheld the verdict in February.
Kabul, Karachi, Mumbai. The Indian city is popular with tourists, and yet it ranks very closely behind the Afghan and Pakistani cities in terms of terrorism. Two and a half years after gunmen killed 174 people here, another 20 were killed in three bomb attacks last week. But for locals, there's no question of leaving their hometown to go elsewhere.
US President Barack Obama is starting his six day tour across Europe. First stop: Ireland, a country dealing with massive government debt...
A country that was also home to one of Obama’s ancestors.
As India and Pakistan prepare for their cricket semi-final showdown, home secretaries from both countries met for peace talks in New Delhi on Monday in a further sign that their historically frosty diplomatic relations are warming.
India’s High Court has upheld the death sentence for the sole surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people and brought relations between India and Pakistan to a new low.
Heralding a "new chapter" in their relationship, India and Pakistan announced Thursday they would resume peace talks that stalled following the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, blamed on Pakistan-based militants.
On his last stop on a four-day trip to India, French President Nicolas Sarkozy directly attacked Pakistan in a speech concerning the 2008 suicide bombings in Mumbai, branding Islamabad’s counter-terrorism efforts “unacceptable”.
The travel alerts issued by the US, UK and Japan are vague on details, but intelligence reports and analysts agree that there is a clear possibility of a Mumbai-style “swarm” attack on soft targets in a European city. (Photo: France's GIGN)
Arch-rivals India and Pakistan are trying to clear the air nearly two years after the deadly attacks in Mumbai. The Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers agreed to keep talking, but two main obstacles lie in the way: the disputed territory of Kashmir, and the struggle for influence in Afghanistan.
An Indian court has sentenced Pakistani national Mohammad Ajmal Kasab to death over the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. Kasab was the sole surviving gunman of the attacks that shocked India and froze peace talks with rival Pakistan.
