Vietnam Jails Music Teacher For 11 years Over ‘Anti-State’ Facebook Posts
A court in Vietnam jailed a music teacher for 11 years on Friday for a series of posts on Facebook...
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Activists Urge India, UK To Challenge Pak Atrocities In Balochistan
The UK chapter of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) and associated organisations called on the Indian government to challenge the...
Despite Kashmir Anger, Xi Invites Modi To Visit Again Next Year
Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit China again next year after two informal...
Violence Brings Hong Kong To ‘Brink Of Total Breakdown’: Police
Hong Kong police fired tear gas on Tuesday in the heart of the Central financial district and at two university...
Hong Kong Spirals Into Rare Working-Hour Violence As Police Shoot Protester
Hong Kong police shot and wounded one protester who, hospital officials said, was in critical condition on Monday, as the...
War Crimes Judges Sentence Congolese Warlord Ntaganda To 30 Years In Prison
The International Criminal Court (ICC) sentenced former Congolese military leader Bosco Ntaganda on Thursday to 30 years in prison for...
World’s Biggest Trade Pact Shapes Up Without India
Although India pulled out at the last minute, China and 14 other countries agreed in Bangkok this week on plans...
Myanmar Ethnic Rebels Release Indians Held In Rakhine After One Dies
Ethnic rebels in Myanmar have detained and interrogated a lawmaker and several Indian nationals, one of whom died, the rebels...
Germany’s Merkel Renews Push For FTA With India, Pledges Green Funds
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday there was a need for a fresh attempt to restart talks on finalising...
Facebook Agrees To Pay UK Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000 pound ($644,000) fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting...
Secretive Military Spaceplane Lands In Florida After Record-Long Orbital Flight
The Pentagon’s secretive X-37B spaceplane landed in Florida on Sunday after a record-long orbital flight lasting more than two years,...
Students Flood Iraq Streets, Defying Government And Parents
Students and schoolchildren hit the streets of Baghdad and southern Iraq on Monday to join escalating calls for the government...
Exclusive: Baghdadi’s Aide Was Key To His Capture — Iraqi Intelligence Sources
In their long hunt for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraqi intelligence teams secured a break in February 2018 after one of...
Majority Of 39 UK Truck Victims Likely From Vietnam — Priest
The majority of the 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London were likely from Vietnam,...
Russian Woman Convicted By U.S. Of Being Agent Returns Home
Russian national Maria Butina, who was jailed in the United States in April after admitting to working as a Russian...
Middle East Netanyahu fails to form new Israeli government; rival Gantz poised to take up the challenge
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday gave up his struggle to form a governing coalition after last...
Johnson Defiant After British Parliament Votes To Force Brexit Delay
A defiant Boris Johnson said he would not negotiate a further delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union after...
Hong Kong Protesters Vow To Hit The Streets In Major ‘Illegal’ March
Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners vowed to stage a major march at the weekend despite police ruling the rally illegal, setting...
Global Watchdog Keeps Pakistan On Terrorism Financing ‘Grey List’
A global finance watchdog kept Pakistan off its terrorism financing blacklist on Friday but warned Islamabad it only had until...
Mexico Flies 300 Indian Migrants To New Delhi In ‘Unprecedented’ Mass Deportation
Mexico has deported over 300 Indian nationals to New Delhi, the National Migration Institute (INM) said late on Wednesday, calling...
‘Vituperative Mudslingling’: Shashi Tharoor Attacks Pakistan For Raising Kashmir Issue At IPU
An Indian delegation on Wednesday hit out at Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issue at the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU)...
Malaysia Offers To Buy More Imports From India After Threat Of Palm Oil Curbs
Malaysia said on Tuesday it would look to increase imports of crude sugar and buffalo meat from India, after reports...
Indian-origin Economist Among Poverty-tackling Trio Who won Nobel Economics Prize
U.S.-based economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for their work...
Turkey ‘Won’t Stop’ Syria Operation Despite ‘Threats’: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey will not stop its operation against Kurdish militants in northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, dismissing...
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve his country's...
