Tue 30 June 2020: China’s parliament has passed controversial national security legislation for Hong Kong that Beijing says is necessary to deal with issues of terrorism, subversion and foreign interference but critics say will outlaw dissent and destroy the autonomy and freedoms promised when the territory was returned to China in 1997. The bill was […]
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Mon 29 June 2020: Lack of discipline, self-promotion by members of Hurriyat Conference cited as reason for move SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani on Monday stepped down from the leadership of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a conglomerate of several pro-freedom parties in the disputed region. The ailing 90-year-old leader, […]
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Mon 29 June 2020: Moscow says reports on Russia paying Taliban to kill Western soldiers ‘blatant lies’ MOSCOW (AA) – Russia’s presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov on Monday slammed reports claiming Russian intelligence officers paid Taliban-linked militants to kill Western forces in Afghanistan. “Too much hype is being created around an outright fake news, which […]
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Mon 29 June 2020: DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – At least 28 bodies were recovered by divers in Bangladesh after a ferry carrying passengers sank in a river, an official said Monday. Dozens are still missing as rescue operations continue in the Buriganga River, which flows past the outskirts of the capital Dhaka. Fire fighters and […]
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Mon 29 June 2020: At least seven people have been killed after gunmen stormed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in the southern city of Karachi, firing indiscriminately as they entered the building complex, rescue officials say. Four attackers stormed the building at 10am (05:00 GMT) Monday morning as trading began, carrying hand grenades and firing automatic rifles. […]
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Sun 28 June 2020: The 19-year jihad ‘is not indebted to the beneficence of any intelligence organ or foreign country,’ says Taliban spokesman ANKARA (AA) – The Taliban, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, strongly rejects claims by western media about the group receiving payments from Russia for killing coalition forces, a spokesman said Saturday. Zabihullah Mujahid […]
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Sun 28 June 2020: Every page of massive Quran took a full month to carve into wood, says creator Shofwatillah Mohzaib PALEMBANG, Indonesia: The world has many giant Qurans, but its only giant wooden Quran can be found in Palembang, the capital of Indonesia’s South Sumatra province. Known as the largest wood-carved Quran in the […]
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Sun 28 June 2020: (Reuters) – Hundreds of Hong Kongers marched silently through the city’s streets on Sunday in protest against the looming national security legislation to be implemented by the mainland Chinese government. Riot police armed with shields were present as the crowd moved from Jordan to Mong Kok in the Kowloon district, as […]
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Sun 28 June 2020: Up to 25,000 people have been granted domicile certificates in Indian-administered Kashmir since May 18, raising fears of the beginning of demographic changes in the Muslim-majority Himalayan region. The certificate, a sort of citizenship right, entitles a person to residency and government jobs in the region, which till last year was reserved only […]
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Sat 27 June 2020: India moves air defense missile system into Ladakh sector following increased fighter aircraft activities by China in region NEW DELHI, India – India on Saturday deployed advanced quick-reaction surface-to-air missile defense systems, called Akash, on its borders with China in the northern Himalayan region of Ladakh. The deployment comes after the […]
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