Sun 24 July 2022: A Hindu woman who had earlier accused a Muslim businessman, Prince Qureshi of raping her has made a u-turn and said that she was hired by two persons to frame the man. Earlier, the woman, aged 24 years, had said that the Qureshi, aged 27 years, made a false marriage promise […]
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Sat 23 July 2022: Large-scale protests against what they referred to as a “theft” of the Punjab provincial assembly vote for the party of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan have taken place in Pakistan’s major cities. Despite winning a by-election there earlier this week, Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party lost a crucial vote on […]
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Sat 23 July 2022: Myanmar’s preliminary objections to a case alleging genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority have been rejected by judges at the United Nations’ highest court. The decision made on Friday makes it possible for The Gambia’s contentious case—which could take years to resolve—to proceed fully at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). […]
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Fri 22 July 2022: In light of the threat letter he received from Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang last month, actor Salman Khan has applied for a weapon license for self-defense. According to the Mumbai Police “Actor Salman Khan applied for a weapon license for self-protection at the Mumbai Police, after he recently received a threat letter.” […]
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Fri 22 July 2022: Protesters say some ‘brutally assaulted’ after soldiers descend on Colombo sites in early hours of Friday morning. Colombo, Sri Lanka – The military in Sri Lanka has taken control of the presidential secretariat in Colombo, after what members of the country’s months-long protest movement described as a “brutal assault”. Soldiers overnight […]
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Thu 21 July 2022: Russia’s experience in Ukraine affecting Beijing’s calculations on when and how — not whether — to invade, the head of the CIA said Wednesday. “Our sense is that it probably affects less the question of whether the Chinese leadership might choose some years down the road to use force to control Taiwan, but how and when they […]
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Thu 21 July 2022: According to a Chinese letter seen by Reuters and corroborated by diplomats from three different nations who received it, China is requesting that the UN human rights chief bury a highly anticipated report on human rights crimes in Xinjiang. After receiving harsh criticism from the general public for being too lenient […]
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Wed 20 July 2022: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair was released from Tihar on Wednesday night, hours after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in all FIRs lodged in Uttar Pradesh against him for alleged hate speech, prison officials said. Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27 for allegedly hurting […]
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Wed 20 July 2022: In the midst of its worst financial crisis, Sri Lanka’s current acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe was chosen to lead the island nation. Wickremesinghe received 134 votes in the 225-member parliament, according to the secretary-general of the house, making him the new president. The parliament chose a new president in a vote […]
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Tue 19 July 2022: If they don’t register with the country’s Ministry of Communications and Informatics, the Indonesian government will soon block social media apps and websites like Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp. The tech behemoths have until Wednesday to finish the licensing registration process. If not, the ministry will declare them to be illegal and […]
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