INDIA: ONLY 1 IN 3 POSITIVE CASES UNDER MEDICAL SUPERVISION, 1.7 MILLION INFECTED

Sat 01 August 2020: Country’s Health Minister says only 1 in 3 among all positive cases under medical supervision as active cases continue fall NEW DELHI (AA) – India on Saturday recorded over 57,000 more cases of the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, raising the overall infection tally to nearly 1.7 million. According to the Health Ministry, the total number of COVID-19 […]

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NEW ZEALAND MILITARY MISLED PUBLIC OVER CIVILIANS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN RAID, REPORT FINDS

Fri 31 July 2020: A damning report into a raid in Afghanistan led by New Zealand special forces has revealed an Afghan child was among at least eight people killed in the operation and that the Defence Force misled senior leaders and ministers about the incident. Investigators in New Zealand have concluded that the country’s military repeatedly […]

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JOSHUA WONG VOWS TO BATTLE ON AFTER HK ELECTION DISQUALIFICATIONS

Fri 31 July 2020: Joshua Wong, one in every of Hong Kong’s most distinguished democracy campaigners, on Friday stated the pro-democracy camp would proceed their combat for freedom after officers disqualified some pro-democracy candidates from working in September’s legislative elections and native media reported the ballot might be postponed. Elections for Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, often […]

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BANGLADESH’S ‘NO FOE’ DIPLOMACY GROWS TIES WITH PAKISTAN

Thu 30 July 2020: None have right to dictate to us whom we talk or meet, says Bangladesh’s foreign minister DHAKA, Bangladesh/KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Recent contacts between Pakistani and Bangladeshi leaders have provided a rare glimpse of a possible, if not yet probable, detente after years of strained ties between the two countries, according […]

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MAN ON TRIAL FOR BLASPHEMY SHOT DEAD IN COURT IN PAKISTAN

FILE PHOTO Thu 30 July 2020: Suspect killed by plaintiff during hearing inside courtroom KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan was shot and killed Wednesday during a court hearing in the country’s northwest, according to police and local media. The shooting took place on the premises of a judicial compound in Peshawar near the […]

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HALF OF MUMBAI’S SLUM RESIDENTS HAVE HAD COVID-19, SAYS STUDY

Wed 29 July 2020: More than half the residents of slums in three areas in India’s commercial capital, Mumbai, tested positive for antibodies to the coronavirus, a new survey has found. India is already the third worst-hit country after the US and Brazil, with nearly 1.5 million cases though experts have previously said the lack […]

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TALIBAN LEADER HIBATULLAH URGES US TO COMPLY WITH PEACE DEAL

Tue 28 July 2020: In his Eid al-Adha message, Hibatullah Akhundzada claims group on verge of ‘establishing Islamic government’ in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – The Taliban leader on Tuesday hailed the beginning of the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, and urged the US to abide by the peace agreement signed earlier this year. […]

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“AWARENESS DAY” SENIOR KASHMIRI LEADER CALLS FOR SHUTDOWN ON AUG. 5

Tue 28 July 2020: Syed Ali Geelani urges Kashmiri diaspora to demonstrate outside Indian embassies SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Veteran Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani has urged Kashmiris to observe a shutdown on Aug. 5, the day when Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir lost it special status. In a statement released by his representative on […]

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