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Imran Khan leads demonstration on Kashmir in Pakistan
SRINAGAR, India/ISLAMABAD: Cities around Pakistan came to a standstill yesterday as tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets in a government-led demonstration of solidarity with the disputed region of Kashmir, after India revoked its autonomy this month. The
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Hong Kong protesters expected to regroup despite police ban
HONG KONG: Protesters were expected to gather in downtown Hong Kong today in the latest of a series of anti-government demonstrations that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades. Police blocked plans for a mass
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Love blossoms in the midst of Hong Kong’s long protest
HONG KONG: A gas mask lovingly adjusted, a hand squeezed before approaching police lines and a frantic search through swirls of tear gas – Abby and Nick’s relationship has blossomed on the barricades during Hong Kong’s long summer of protest.
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Assam on alert ahead of citizenship registrar release
GUWAHATI: Tens of thousands of paramilitary personnel and police were deployed in India’s border state of Assam on Friday, the eve of the publication of a citizenship register that could leave millions of people stateless, many of them Muslims. For
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Beijing rejected Hong Kong’s appeasement plans for protesters
HONG KONG: Earlier this summer, Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong, submitted a report to Beijing that assessed protesters’ five key demands and found that withdrawing a contentious extradition bill could help defuse the mounting political crisis in
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Joshua Wong arrested ahead of weekend protests
HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Friday ahead of another weekend of planned protests in the Chinese-ruled city that is grappling with its biggest political crisis since its handover to Beijing more than two decades
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Agong, Permaisuri visit Borobudur Temple during Indonesia visit
MAGELANG: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah yesterday climbed the steep stairs to the top of the majestic Borobudur Temple, the world’s famous heritage monument in Central
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Kashmiri doctor arrested after warning blackout could cause deaths
A Kashmiri doctor who warned the three-week curfew and communications blackout in the state would lead to critical medication shortages and deaths has been arrested. Omar Salim, a urologist at the Government Medical College in the state capital of Srinagar,
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US warship sails near South China Sea islands claimed by China
WASHINGTON: A US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea yesterday, the US military said, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of rising tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The
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Rahul Gandhi slams Pakistan over violence in Kashmir
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has come out to clarify that although the grand old party disagrees with the Modi government on a number of matters, there is no two ways about the fact that Kashmir is an internal matter for
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