FILE PHOTO Wed 24 June 2020: Chinese Defense Ministry blames New Delhi for border clash last week that killed 20 Indian troops ANKARA (AA) – China on Wednesday said its military was “accelerating its training” for war-preparedness amid tensions at the border with India, local media reported. “All troops of China’s military are now accelerating […]
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Wed 24 June 2020: Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari urges Muslim world to adopt united stance on critical issues KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Tuesday urged the Muslim world to adopt a united stance on the long-standing issues of Palestine and Kashmir. Addressing an international webinar in the capital Islamabad, Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari […]
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Wed 24 June 2020: The community members of an area in Lahore are so smitten by the Turkish television series, based on the character of Ertugrul, that they have paid a tribute to him by erecting a statue in their neighbourhood. The TV series, Ertugrul Ghazi, originally Dirilis: Ertugrul in Turkish is being aired on the Pakistan Television […]
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Wed 24 June 2020: North Korea also removes propaganda loudspeakers along border with South which were recently reinstalled ANKARA (AA) – North Korea said it decided to suspend “military action” against South Korea during a virtual meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK). The state-run Korea Central News Agency […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: India said on Tuesday it intended to expel half the staff in Pakistan’s embassy in New Delhi over what it said was spying by officials there. According to the Hindustan Times newspaper, each of the two countries has an agreed strength of 110 staff at their respective high commissions, although the […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: A court in India has granted bail to Safoora Zargar, a 27-year-old student activist who was jailed in April in a case related to the religious violence in capital New Delhi earlier this year. A New Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to Zargar on the condition that she does not […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: New Delhi: In February this year, a 23-year-old Muslim man, Faizan, was brutally assaulted along with four others by policemen in uniform. The assaulting officers were captured on camera, and were seen assaulting and forcing Faizan to sing the national anthem. Faizan succumbed to his injuries a few days later. But despite […]
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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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