NEW DELHI After three high-profile attacks on Indians in the United States in 10 days two of them being investigated as possible hate crimes concerns about travel to the country are rising in India.

A Sikh man was shot in the arm Friday outside his home in the Seattle area by a man who reportedly shouted, Go back to your own country! the Seattle Times reported. The man, Deep Rai, is expected to recover; authorities are investigating the incident as a suspected hate crime.

The Seattle-area shooting follows the Feb. 22 attack on two Indian computer engineers Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani in a Kansas bar that left one dead and was condemned by President Donald Trump as an act of hate about a week later. On Thursday, a convenience store owner was fatally shot in South Carolina. An investigation is ongoing, but authorities said they have not seen evidence of a hate crime.

The attacks have prompted some in India seeking to visit, study or work in the United States to cancel or change their plans.

Erdogan accuses Germany

COLOGNE, Germany A series of canceled campaign rallies planned by Turkish politicians in Germany has incurred the wrath of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who Sunday accused Germany of Nazi practices.

Officials in various German localities called off planned events this week at which Turkish ministers were scheduled to rally support for an upcoming referendum that would greatly empower Mr. Erdogan and weaken Parliament.

About 1.4 million Turks living in Germany are eligible to vote in the referendum, which is set for April 16.

The Netherlands has banned a planned rally of Turks in Rotterdam later this week, and Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern Sunday called for a European Union-side wide ban on all such campaigning.

Ties between Turkey and Germany have been strained over Mr. Erdogans crackdown on opponents following the failed attempt to topple him in July.

Crisis on border

KABUL, Afghanistan Pakistan has kept its border crossings with Afghanistan sealed for more than two weeks, with thousands of Afghan visitors stranded in Pakistan and traders unable to move their vegetables and fruit across.

After a suicide bombing in Pakistans Sindh province on Feb. 16, which killed more than 80 people, the Pakistani military shut its borders with Afghanistan, saying the terrorists behind the attack had sanctuaries in the country. It also carried out cross-border shelling into Afghanistan.

Omar Zakhilwal, Afghanistans ambassador to Pakistan, said Sunday that if the border did not open soon, his government would be forced to airlift its stranded citizens.

Hunger in Venezuela

Venezuela has been teetering on the brink of political meltdown and economic collapse for months. Food shortages have now grown so severe that religious leaders are urging people to label their tossed out food for those scavenging to fill their empty stomachs.

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