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Flouting ban, Hong Kong protesters flood city streets 31 Aug 2019 - 12:17 pm

Hong Kong: Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday defied a ban on rallying, the arrests of leading activists...

Two million face statelessness as India publishes citizenship list 31 Aug 2019 - 11:01 am

Guwahati, India: Almost two million people in northeast India were left facing statelessness on Saturday after the state of Assam published a citizenship...

Twitter CEO account hacked, offensive tweets posted 31 Aug 2019 - 01:19 am

San Francisco: Twitter said Friday the account of chief executive Jack Dorsey had been "compromised" after a series of erratic and offensive messages...

Hong Kong activists arrested including Joshua Wong in crackdown on protests 31 Aug 2019 - 12:19 am

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested a number of prominent pro-democracy activists including Joshua Wong and three lawmakers on Friday, seeking to rein...

Xi, Duterte fail to reach agreement on South China Sea 31 Aug 2019 - 12:19 am

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s much-touted meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping yielded no agreement on the South China Sea territorial dispute between the...

Pakistan to build community bunkers on Kashmir border 31 Aug 2019 - 12:19 am

CHAKOTHI: Pakistan army has launched a project to build underground bunkers for safety of local residents living near the Line of Control (LoC),...

Boris Johnson is campaigning again, but what exactly is he selling? 30 Aug 2019 - 11:32 pm

Three years after he sold Brexit to the British public, Boris Johnson is back on the campaign trail. The prime minister is still...

Over 150 migrants break into Spanish North African enclave 30 Aug 2019 - 11:32 pm

SAN ROQUE, Spain: More than 150 migrants crossed the border fence at Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta and briefly clashed with police...

Hurricane Dorian puts 10 million in the crosshairs in Florida 30 Aug 2019 - 11:32 pm

MIAMI: An increasingly alarming Hurricane Dorian menaced a corridor of some 10 million people - and put Walt Disney World and President Donald...

New Italy government not a done deal, Five Star warns 30 Aug 2019 - 11:32 pm

Rome: Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) warned Friday that its tentative coalition deal with the centre-left Democratic Party could still fall apart....

Erdogan: Turkey not satisfied with Idlib process 30 Aug 2019 - 11:32 pm

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stressed that Turkey is not satisfied with the current state of developments in the Idlib province...

Citizenship list in Indian state sparks fears for millions 30 Aug 2019 - 10:20 pm

NEW DELHI: On the day before his five children were to appear in front of a tribunal in India's northeastern state of Assam...

Reality check: Dem attitudes on impeachment vary widely 30 Aug 2019 - 10:20 pm

WASHINGTON: Impeach Trump? For Democrats, the answer is complicated. While more than 130 House Democrats - more than half the caucus - have...

Bangladesh says Myanmar lacks 'will' to repatriate Rohingya 30 Aug 2019 - 09:46 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh on Thursday accused Myanmar of lacking the "will" to repatriate the Rohingya, as the spat between the countries grew over the...

Myanmar to join US-ASEAN maritime drills despite sanctions 30 Aug 2019 - 09:46 pm

Yangon: Myanmar's navy will join maritime drills with the US in Southeast Asia next week, a spokesman said Wednesday, in a rare show...

US will not release Middle East peace plan before Israeli election 30 Aug 2019 - 09:45 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States will not release the long-delayed political portion of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan before Israel's elections next month, White House...

Gaza: Palestinian territory ravaged by war and poverty 30 Aug 2019 - 09:45 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: The Gaza Strip, under a state of alert Wednesday after deadly bomb attacks, is a poverty-stricken, overcrowded Palestinian coastal...