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SHEIKH SAALIQ

The sun rising behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, April 18, 2026. (Asghar Besharati/AP)
April 28, 2026, 8:23 am
20,000 seafarers stranded in Persian Gulf as Strait of Hormuz stays shut despite ceasefire
Mariners, mostly from India, endure fear and isolation amid missile blasts and food shortages as they remain trapped at sea since the Iran war began two months ago
By CHAN HO-HIM, SHEIKH SAALIQ and Niniek Karmini
Officials inspect the site of an Air India plane crash that killed at least 260 people, on the roof of a building in Ahmedabad, India, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
July 12, 2025, 8:21 am
Air India plane’s fuel was cut moments before crash that killed at least 260, probe finds
Findings of official Indian report said to deepen the mystery; pilot transmitted ‘MAYDAY’ when plane failed to turn upward after switches were turned back from ‘cutoff’ to ‘run’
By SHEIKH SAALIQ
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks in a video broadcast at the start of the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference, a meeting of religious leaders in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala on July 2, 2025. (Sanjay BAID / AFP)
July 2, 2025, 10:20 am
Leader of Tibetan Buddhism says he won’t be last Dalai Lama as he plans to reincarnate
Exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual, 90, stresses only India-based trust can identify next reincarnation, in bid to foil Chinese control
By SHEIKH SAALIQ
Indian army personnel stand next to explosives, carried by a drone, after it was intercepted by India, on the outskirts of Amritsar, on May 10, 2025. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
May 10, 2025, 10:49 am
India, Pakistan indicate willingness to pull back from brink as conflict escalates
Nuclear-armed neighbors carry out cross-border strikes on military bases; Pakistani forces seen mobilizing toward the frontier; Rubio speaks to both sides, urges calm
By Munir Ahmed, AIJAZ HUSSAIN, SHEIKH SAALIQ and RAJESH ROY
Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard along a street in Srinagar, on the Indian-administered side of Kashmir, on April 30, 2025. (Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)
April 30, 2025, 3:38 pm
Pakistan says it has ‘credible evidence’ India set to strike after Kashmir massacre
Pakistani citizens are scrambling to leave India before deadline set by New Delhi, which blamed Islamabad for a cross-border attack last week that killed 26 people
By PRABHJOT GILL and SHEIKH SAALIQ
People hold candles during a candlelight protest in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, April 23, 2025, a day after an attack killed at least 26 people, most of them tourists. (AP/Mukhtar Khan)
April 23, 2025, 11:47 pm
India blames Pakistan for Kashmir terror attack, suspends a key water treaty
Previously unknown group Kashmir Resistance claims responsibility for killing 26 Indian tourists, as New Delhi downgrades diplomatic ties with Islamabad, withdraws envoys in anger
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and SHEIKH SAALIQ
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters as he arrives at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
June 5, 2024, 7:15 pm
India’s Modi seals third term, but sees his Hindu nationalist party lose majority
Populist leader’s hope for a sweeping victory is dented by stronger than expected showing by opposition, amid his mixed economic record and polarizing politics
By Krutika Pathi, SHEIKH SAALIQ and David Rising
Rescuers scour the crash site in the wreckage of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan.16, 2023..(AP Photo/Yunish Gurung)
January 16, 2023, 6:08 pm
Voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site; all 72 onboard believed dead
Rescuers confirm deaths of 69 passengers, searching through debris for remains of remaining 3; investigators looking for cause of country’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years
By ANISH BHATTARAI, Krutika Pathi and SHEIKH SAALIQ
A woman cries as the body of a relative, victim of a plane crash, is brought to a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, January 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Yunish Gurung)
January 15, 2023, 11:56 pm
68 dead, 4 missing in Nepal’s deadliest aviation disaster in 3 decades
Onlookers throng to crash site in resort town of Pokhara, as rescue workers comb the wreckage on edge of cliff and in ravine below
By UPENDRA MAN SINGH, SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANISH BHATTARAI
Rescuers gather at the site of a plane crash in the resort town of Pokhara, Nepal, January 15, 2023. (Yunish Gurung/AFP)
January 15, 2023, 11:45 am
At least 32 killed in plane crash at Nepal vacation town
Rescuers search wreckage of 72-seat craft that came down in Pokhara; at least 10 foreigners on board; Foreign Ministry says unaware of any Israelis involved, but still checking
By UPENDRA MAN SINGH and SHEIKH SAALIQ
Indian army vehicles move in a convoy in the cold desert region of Ladakh, India, Sept. 20, 2022. Nestled between India, Pakistan and China, Ladakh has not just faced territorial disputes but also stark climate change. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
December 13, 2022, 2:38 pm
Indian, Chinese troops clash on disputed border in fresh face-off
India says Chinese troops ‘encroached’ into its territory on Friday in the eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh; no immediate comment from China
By SHEIKH SAALIQ
Search and rescue work is going on as a cable suspension bridge collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP/Ajit Solanki)
October 31, 2022, 5:17 am
Death toll in India bridge collapse soars to at least 132
More feared dead with officials unsure how many people were on century-old span when it fell into river after apparently becoming overloaded with festival traffic
By Ajit Solanki, Krutika Pathi and SHEIKH SAALIQ
Indian Muslims shout slogans as they react to the derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad made by top officials in the governing Hindu nationalist party during a protest in Mumbai, India, Monday, June 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
June 7, 2022, 5:37 am
Muslim nations slam India over insulting remarks about Islam, Prophet Muhammad
New Delhi struggling to contain diplomatic fallout over comments made by members of PM Modi’s BJP party, which has seen protests from key regional allies
By SHEIKH SAALIQ
Illustrative: Logos of US online social media and social networking service Facebook. (AFP Photo/Loic Venance)
October 24, 2021, 5:24 am
Facebook dithered in curbing hateful anti-Muslim user content in India
Internal company documents show the social media giant has been aware of the hate speech, misinformation, and inflammatory posts for years
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and Krutika Pathi
Illustrative: In this Septsember 14, 2020, file photo, Ramananda Sarkar, 43, who has cremated more than 450 COVID-19 victims stands by burning funeral pyres of COVID-19 victims in Gauhati, India. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
July 20, 2021, 10:28 pm
India’s true pandemic death toll could be in the millions
Report estimates excess fatalities to be at least 3.4 million, says true number likely ‘an order of magnitude greater than the official count’ of some 414,000
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and Krutika Pathi
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