With the SAARC boycott, India takes the strongest diplomatic action against Pakistan after Uri and other top stories.

• With the SAARC boycott, India takes the strongest diplomatic action against Pakistan after Uri

  

  Amid worsening ties with Pakistan, India has decided to boycott a south Asian regional summit to be hosted by its neighbour. This would be the first time ever that India will not be at such a meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), a grouping India helped found 31 years ago. The summit was scheduled for November in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital. SAARC was founded in 1985 by India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Maldives. Since then Afghan..

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• Rebels Could Become Tour Guides, Cheese Makers in Post-War Colombia

  

  Veterans of Colombia's FARC guerrilla army could soon be making a living as eco-tourism guides, beef processors or cheese makers under plans by the Marxist group to invest in economic projects once a peace deal takes hold. Vast swathes of rural land abandoned for decades because of war will be open to development, including by ex-fighters from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) working on communal farms and other initiatives funded by the group. President Juan Manual Santos ..

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• Indonesia Evacuates Tourists After Mount Barujari Eruption

  

  JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities are searching for several hundred tourists after Mount Barujari on Lombok island spewed a massive column of ash into the atmosphere and have evacuated more than 1,100 others, the country's disaster agency said Wednesday.The volcano, also known as the Child of Rinjani because it sits within the Mount Rinjani caldera, erupted without warning on Tuesday afternoon, delaying flights from airports on the islands of Lombok and Bali. The ash column reached..

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• PM Modi Won't Go To Pak, 3 Other Nations Join India In Boycott: 10 Facts

  

  PM Narendra Modi has said he will not attend SAARC summit in Pakistan (file photo)

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• Labour conference: Jeremy Corbyn to urge end to 'trench warfare'

  

  Image copyright PA Image caption Jeremy Corbyn - seen preparing his conference speech - will urge his party to prepare for a general election Labour will not "fan the flames of fear" by offering "false promises" on immigration numbers, Jeremy Corbyn will tell the party's conference later.The Labour leader will say a new fund for high-migration areas will address "the real issues of immigration".Closing the conference in Liverpool, Mr Corbyn will also ..

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• MH17: Dutch-led team to pinpoint Buk missile launch site

  

  Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ukrainian government forces were involved in heavy fighting with pro-Russian separatists when the incident occurred An international team of prosecutors investigating the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 will release its findings on Wednesday.All 298 people on board the Boeing 777 died when it broke apart in midair flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. An earlier inquiry by the Dutch Safety Boa..

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