Tue 23 June 2020: City-state has over 42,000 coronavirus cases but Premier Lee seeks full 5-year mandate to ‘take critical decisions’ ANKARA (AA) – Singapore’s prime minister Tuesday announced general elections in the city-state despite the coronavirus pandemic that infected more than 42,000 people in the country. The polls will be held on July 10, […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: The escalation in fighting between Myanmar’s military and ethnic Rakhine rebels in recent months has triggered a surge in violence against children and left some villagers facing starvation. The humanitarian group, Save the Children, said in a report on Tuesday that the conflict in the far west of Myanmar has left […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: Medicins sans Frontiers (MSF) says reports Malaysia plans to send some 269 Rohingya people back to sea on the boat they arrived on was “concerning”. Beatrice Lau, who is the organisation’s head of mission in Malaysia, says returning the Rohingya was a violation of the customary international law principle of non-refoulement, […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: A top Afghan government official has accused the Taliban of unleashing a wave of attacks ahead of potential talks between the warring sides, saying the insurgents had killed 291 local security personnel and wounded 550 others over the past week. “The past week was the deadliest” in Afghanistan’s 18-year war, Javid Faisal, […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: Countries at meeting in Ladakh to discuss resolution for border dispute NEW DELHI, India (AA) – India and China on Monday held a corps commander-level meeting at Moldo, the high-altitude Himalayan region of Ladakh, to discuss the ongoing dispute in the region, army sources confirmed. This was the second corps commander meeting since […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: Foreign Minister Qureshi addresses Islamic body’s emergency meeting on Kashmir KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Monday urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to “facilitate a lasting solution” to its long-smoldering dispute with longtime rival India on Jammu and Kashmir. “In view of the grave situation, it is imperative that the […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: Foreigners from 35 nations, who are currently in India, have been blacklisted without having been afforded any opportunity to prima facie defend themselves, says the petitions. New Delhi: Multiple pleas have been filed in the Supreme Court by foreign nationals, who are at present in India, challenging the Centre’s decisions of blacklisting […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: The gradual encroachment on Kashmiri rights and growing prospect of colonisation could set the region on fire. For more than 70 years, Kashmiris have lived with the dread of the Indian government changing the demography and special status of Indian-administered Kashmir, which was till recently Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state. Deemed preposterous and exaggerated […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: More and more Malaysians are complaining about their weight gain during coronavirus lockdown in the country starting in mid-March, the Kuala Lumpur based The Star reported. The newspaper said the development “was not really a surprise” considering that many have become homebound and less active physically. “Some even chose not to […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: New policy gives unprecedented powers to authorities in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region ANKARA (AA) – An international press advocacy group is urging India to immediately withdraw its “new media policy” in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, saying it has handed unimpeded powers to authorities. In a statement, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said the policy […]
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