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Azerbaijan, Armenia forces engage in new clashes after Washington talks

Azerbaijan, Armenia forces engage in new clashes after Washington talks

-- 2020-10-24 19:19:35

New clashes broke out between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over Nagorno-Karabakh a day after talks in Washington to try to end the deadliest fighting in the mountain enclave in more than a qu...

Malaysian PM wants state of emergency, suspension of parliament

Malaysian PM wants state of emergency, suspension of parliament

-- 2020-10-24 19:07:28

Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has asked King Al-Sultan Abdullah to declare a state of emergency and to suspend the parliament, a move that opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim denounced as an...

Global Covid-19 cases exceed 42 million

Global Covid-19 cases exceed 42 million

-- 2020-10-24 14:49:46

The worldwide confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) have surpassed 42 million on Saturday, according to data by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Till now, 42,203,732 people have been tested positi...

Asia becomes second region to exceed 10m Covid cases

Asia becomes second region to exceed 10m Covid cases

Reuters 2020-10-24 14:12:27

Asia surpassed 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the second-heaviest regional toll in the world, according to a Reuters tally, as cases continue to mount in India despite a slo...

Fastest food: The Thai street cooks who get to protests first

Fastest food: The Thai street cooks who get to protests first

Reuters 2020-10-23 17:27:45

Thai street food sellers have earned the nickname "CIA" for the intelligence that helps them reach protests not only before police, but before many protesters too. Selling everything from fishballs a...

Turning point in Thailand: Queen's brush with protest

Turning point in Thailand: Queen's brush with protest

Reuters 2020-10-23 16:58:40

A defining moment in Thailand's growing protest movement started with the unannounced arrival of a champagne-coloured Rolls Royce stretch limousine on a Bangkok street. When Queen Suthida's motorcade...

Libya sides reach ceasefire deal: UN

Libya sides reach ceasefire deal: UN

REUTERS 2020-10-23 15:54:07

Libya’s warring sides signed an agreement for “a permanent ceasefire in all areas of Libya”, the United Nations Libya mission said in a Facebook post on Friday, showing live video of...

On war anniversary, Xi says China's interests won't be undermined

On war anniversary, Xi says China's interests won't be undermined

REUTERS 2020-10-23 14:16:34

Seventy years after Chinese troops entered the Korean War to fight against US troops, President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China will never allow its sovereignty, security and development interest...

India allows entry of foreign visitors after eight months

India allows entry of foreign visitors after eight months

-- 2020-10-22 21:26:52

India on Thursday allowed the entry of international visitors by relaxing the visa restrictions, imposed in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, for all foreigners except tourists. In a statement, the...

Doctors in Delhi see jump in breathing issues amid COVID-19, pollution

Doctors in Delhi see jump in breathing issues amid COVID-19, pollution

-- 2020-10-22 19:07:53

Top doctors in New Delhi are reporting a jump in respiratory problems among its residents, coinciding with the onset of peak pollution season in India’s capital and raising concerns about compli...

India may join US satellite deal to counter China

India may join US satellite deal to counter China

Reuters 2020-10-22 16:20:20

India is closing in on an agreement with the United States that will give it access to satellite data for better accuracy of missiles and drones, government and industry officials said, as it tries to...

Will the honeymoon period for Saudi Arabia-US ties end with Biden win?

Will the honeymoon period for Saudi Arabia-US ties end with Biden win?

REUTERS 2020-10-22 16:03:29

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince enjoyed a near free pass under his personal relationship with US President Donald Trump, but the kingdom’s brazen young leader will have to tread more carefully...

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 41 million

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 41 million

-- 2020-10-22 13:58:07

More than 41 million people have been infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) globally on Thursday, according to the data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU).  The total number of infections aroun...

Thailand backtracks on protest ban

Thailand backtracks on protest ban

-- 2020-10-22 12:19:16

Thailand on Thursday rolled back an emergency decree aimed at ending months of protests against the government and monarchy that had only inflamed anger and brought tens of thousands of people onto Ba...

Australia allows international students to return

Australia allows international students to return

-- 2020-10-22 12:10:15

The Australian government has approved a plan for international students to return to South Australia (SA). Under the plan, which was proposed by Adelaide University, the University of South Australi...

Very large portion of Covid-19 vaccines likely to be manufactured in India: Gates Foundation CEO

Very large portion of Covid-19 vaccines likely to be manufactured in India: Gates Foundation CEO

-- 2020-10-21 17:04:03

A very large portion of Covid-19 vaccines are likely to be manufactured in India through the country’s strong and robust private sector partners, said Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Mark...

Thailand welcomes tourists back as Bangkok protests heat up

Thailand welcomes tourists back as Bangkok protests heat up

-- 2020-10-21 16:44:54

Thailand received a group of tourists from China on Tuesday, its first such arrivals since commercial flights were banned in April to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the visitors seemingly undeterred...

Modi says committed to ensuring Covid vaccine for all citizens

Modi says committed to ensuring Covid vaccine for all citizens

Reuters 2020-10-21 14:36:02

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the government is working rapidly to ensure the supply of Covid-19 vaccines to all citizens once they are available. In his address to the nation on Tuesd...

India returns Chinese soldier who crossed Himalayan border: China military paper

India returns Chinese soldier who crossed Himalayan border: China military paper

REUTERS 2020-10-21 13:22:38

A Chinese soldier who had strayed across a contested de facto border with India in the Himalayas has been handed back by the Indian side, according to a report by China’s official military newsp...

15 die in stampede near Pakistan consulate in Afghanistan

15 die in stampede near Pakistan consulate in Afghanistan

-- 2020-10-21 11:47:12

At least 15 Afghans were killed and more than a dozen injured in a stampede that occurred in an open ground where thousands of Afghans had gathered on Tuesday to secure visas from the Pakistan consula...

Rakhine armed group abducts Suu Kyi's party candidates

Rakhine armed group abducts Suu Kyi's party candidates

-- 2020-10-20 13:45:49

Insurgents from western Myanmar on Monday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping last week of three ruling party candidates in conflict-torn Rakhine state, and demanded the release of detained stud...

India to hand back Chinese soldier who strayed across LAC

India to hand back Chinese soldier who strayed across LAC

REUTERS 2020-10-20 11:21:21

The Indian army said on Monday that it had captured a Chinese soldier after he strayed across a contested de facto border in the western Himalayan region where both countries have amassed thousands of...

Half of Indians may catch coronavirus by February

Half of Indians may catch coronavirus by February

-- 2020-10-19 21:14:22

At least half of India’s total 1.3 billion people are likely to have been infected with the new coronavirus by next February, helping slow the spread of the disease, a member of a India's federa...

Tens of thousands rally in Karachi against Imran Khan

Tens of thousands rally in Karachi against Imran Khan

-- 2020-10-19 16:23:47

Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi on Sunday as part of a campaign to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan, who they accuse of being installed by...

Bangladesh comes into US focus on South Asia: SCMP

Bangladesh comes into US focus on South Asia: SCMP

FE Online Report 2020-10-19 11:30:18

The Unites States’ higher engagement with Bangladesh in recent times is part of its attempt to find partners for its Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS), especially aimed at countering China, according...

China warns of detaining US citizens over prosecution of Chinese scholars

China warns of detaining US citizens over prosecution of Chinese scholars

-- 2020-10-18 18:45:55

The Chinese government has warned Washington it may detain Americans in China in response to the US Justice Department’s prosecution of Chinese military-affiliated scholars. Chinese officials h...

Protesters take over Bangkok streets in new show of defiance

Protesters take over Bangkok streets in new show of defiance

-- 2020-10-18 18:04:19

Thousands of Thai anti-government protesters took over key intersections in Bangkok on Sunday, defying a ban on protests for the fourth day with chants of "down with dictatorship" and "reform the mona...

Saudi Arabia allows citizens to perform prayers in Al-Haram Mosque for first time in seven months

Saudi Arabia allows citizens to perform prayers in Al-Haram Mosque for first time in seven months

-- 2020-10-18 15:16:42

Saudi Arabia allowed its citizens and residents inside the kingdom to perform prayers in one of the most holy religious sites in Islam, Al-Haram mosque in Mecca, for the first time in seven months, st...

Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of violating fresh ceasefire

Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of violating fresh ceasefire

Reuters 2020-10-18 13:35:17

Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Sunday of violating a new humanitarian ceasefire in fighting over the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, hours after it was agreed. The truce agreed on...

22 Vietnamese soldiers go missing as landslide hits army barracks

22 Vietnamese soldiers go missing as landslide hits army barracks

-- 2020-10-18 12:08:34

A landslide early on Sunday left at least 22 soldiers missing in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri, the government said, as the Southeast Asian country battles the worst flooding in years....