Car bomb blast kills at least eight in Iraq’s Mosul

MOSUL: A car bomb exploded inside a residential complex housing displaced Shia Muslims in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding four, hospital and police sources said. The bombing was the latest in a series of attacks on Shia pilgrims and other targets since a political crisis erupted a month ago in Iraq’s fragile power-sharing government, split among Shia, Sunni Muslim and Kurdish blocs. “The hospital received eight bodies including four women, three children and a man and another four wounded,” said Laith Habbaba, manager of the Hamdaniya Hospital in Mosul. Police confirmed the number of casualties. On Saturday, a suicide bomber disguised as a policeman killed at least 53 people and...

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India, China resume border talks in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese officials on Monday began fresh talks on sensitive border issues after discussions last year were cancelled over a speech in India by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Shiv Shankar Menon, India’s national security adviser, and Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo led the two delegations at the meeting in New Delhi, the Indian foreign ministry said in a statement. The 15th round of the cross-border talks will last two days, and cover the range of long-standing territorial disputes and other issues, officials said. “While working hard to develop itself, China is fully committed to developing long-term friendship and cooperation with India,” Dai wrote in The Hindu newspaper on Monday. “There...

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