Fri 04 September 2020: 6 UN rapporteurs say national security law perimeters of individual actions to be criminalized are ‘vague and open-ended’ A group of UN experts on Friday put China on notice over the new security law in semi-autonomous Hong Kong. In a 14-page letter to China, six rapporteurs at the global body expressed […]
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Thu 03 September 2020: SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir – The Indian government on Wednesday announced that Kashmir will now have five official languages, ending Urdu’s 131-year reign as the only official language of the ethnically diverse and politically fraught region. Last year in August, when India scrapped the semi-autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir and […]
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Thu 03 September 2020: NEW DELHI – The Twitter account linked to India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website and mobile app was hacked Thursday morning. The microblogging site also confirmed that the account which has 2.5 million followers was hacked, and stated that they are investigating the matter. “We are aware of this activity […]
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Thu 03 September 2020: Maldives has also hired prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent the persecuted Rohingya at the UN court alongside the Gambia. Canada and the Netherlands said in a joint statement Wednesday they want to intervene in the Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice. The case […]
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Wed 02 September 2020: 31 also injured in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over last 24 hours KARACHI, Pakistan- At least 24 people were killed, while more than 30 others injured in flash floods and landslides in northern and northwest Pakistan over the last 24 hours, officials and local media reported on Wednesday. Massive rains […]
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Wed 02 September 2020: Veteran Afghan mujahideen figure believes US wants peace deal with Taliban implemented ‘soon’ KABUL, Afghanistan – Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a prominent Afghan mujahideen leader and head of the Hezb-e-Islami party, has said regional proxy wars have complicated the fragile yet rejuvenated peace process in Afghanistan. Addressing a meeting at party headquarters in […]
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Wed 02 September 2020: New Delhi, Beijing witnessing heightened faceoff along de facto border between two heavyweights in Ladakh region NEW DELHI – With tensions further escalating between India and China after both countries Monday accused each other of violating a “consensus” reached between the two sides after recent border clashes, political and military experts […]
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Tue 01 September 2020: From lockdown period, South Asian economic powerhouse only sees positive growth in agricultural sector with 3.4% NEW DELHI – India’s economy contracted by nearly a quarter from April to June, when the country went into complete lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to official figures released Monday. […]
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Mon 31 August 2020: 2 nuclear-armed countries accuse each other of violating latest status quo on border in Ladakh region NEW DELHI, India – In a further escalation of tensions, India and China on Monday accused each other of violating a “consensus” reached between the two sides after recent clashes on the border in the […]
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Mon 31 August 2020: Former Afghan president vows to continue striving for peace as a citizen rather than joining ‘Gov’t structure’ KABUL, Afghanistan –Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai excused himself on Sunday from being placed in the official negotiating team for talks with the Taliban. This came hours after Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani issued […]
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