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India halts AstraZeneca vaccine trials

India halts AstraZeneca vaccine trials

-- 2020-09-12 18:20:35

India’s drug regulator has asked Serum Institute of India to suspend recruitment in its clinical trials of AstraZeneca Plc’s potential COVID-19 vaccine in the country until further orders....

China announces new restrictions on US diplomats' activities

China announces new restrictions on US diplomats' activities

-- 2020-09-12 17:59:29

China has announced new restrictions on the activities of US diplomats working in mainland China and Hong Kong, in what it called a justified response to similar measures imposed on Chinese diplomats...

Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari executed

Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari executed

-- 2020-09-12 16:59:24

Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkari has been executed after being convicted of stabbing to death a security guard during anti-government protests in 2018, state media said on Saturday, reports Reut...

Sino-India border dispute resolution: What’s at stake for Russia?

Sino-India border dispute resolution: What’s at stake for Russia?

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-09-12 14:31:18

Russia’s efforts to mediate in the China-India border dispute show what is at stake for Moscow if the row worsens between the two nuclear-armed Asian neighbours, South China Morning Post (SCMP)...

Historic Afghan peace talks open

Historic Afghan peace talks open

Reuters 2020-09-12 14:19:27

The opening ceremony for talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents began in Qatar’s capital Doha on Saturday, marking the start of negotiations aimed at ending two decades of wa...

India logs highest number of Covid cases for second straight day

India logs highest number of Covid cases for second straight day

Reuters 2020-09-12 13:29:04

India reported a record daily jump in coronavirus cases for a second consecutive day, logging 97,570 new infections on Saturday, data from the federal health ministry showed. With total cases of more...

Bahrain follows UAE in establishing full diplomatic ties with Israel

Bahrain follows UAE in establishing full diplomatic ties with Israel

REUTERS 2020-09-12 09:27:49

Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalise relations with Israel on Friday, a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further is...

Bahrain to normalise ties with Israel, Israeli media say

Bahrain to normalise ties with Israel, Israeli media say

-- 2020-09-11 21:33:50

Bahrain is going to normalise relations with Israel, the diplomatic correspondent for Israel’s public broadcaster Kan said in a tweet on Friday, without citing sources. Another Israeli reporter...

Three years after exodus, Myanmar erases names of Rohingya villages

Three years after exodus, Myanmar erases names of Rohingya villages

-- 2020-09-11 17:36:50

Three years ago, Myanmar’s military burned the Rohingya village of Kan Kya to the ground and bulldozed over its remains. Last year, the government erased its name from official maps, according t...

Indian academics allege shrinking space for democratic dissent in India

Indian academics allege shrinking space for democratic dissent in India

REUTERS 2020-09-11 12:36:35

About 2,000 academics from top institutions in India and abroad have signed petitions demanding federal authorities stop targeting people critical of the government as part of a widening investigation...

China, India agree to disengage, ease tensions on disputed border

China, India agree to disengage, ease tensions on disputed border

REUTERS 2020-09-11 10:10:22

China and India said they had agreed to de-escalate renewed tensions on their contested Himalayan border and take steps to restore “peace and tranquillity” following a high-level diplomati...

Indian, Chinese foreign ministers to meet in Moscow amid border tensions

Indian, Chinese foreign ministers to meet in Moscow amid border tensions

Indian Express 2020-09-10 22:19:48

In a bid to dial down tensions on the Line of Actual Control, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi is set to hold a meeting soon in Moscow on the sidelines of the S...

Large fire erupts in Beirut port area, a month after massive blast

Large fire erupts in Beirut port area, a month after massive blast

Reuters 2020-09-10 19:58:30

A store of oil and tyres at Beirut port caught fire on Thursday, a military source said, a little more than a month after a massive blast devastated the port and a surrounding residential area of the...

Chinese foreign minister for global initiative on data security

Chinese foreign minister for global initiative on data security

FE Online Report 2020-09-10 19:32:12

State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi said on Thursday that they want a global initiative on data security. He made his assertion while delivering a keynote speech titled "Upholding M...

India reports highest single-day spike of 95,735 virus cases

India reports highest single-day spike of 95,735 virus cases

Reuters 2020-09-10 12:36:55

India reported record jumps in new coronavirus infections and deaths on Thursday, taking its tally of cases past 4.4 million, health ministry figures showed. In the last 24 hours, 95,735 new infectio...

ASEAN summit: South China Sea, coronavirus pandemic cast a shadow

ASEAN summit: South China Sea, coronavirus pandemic cast a shadow

-- 2020-09-09 19:33:28

Southeast Asia's top diplomats are holding their annual talks to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and rising tensions in the South China Sea amid escalating rivalry between the United States and China...

53rd ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting kicks off

53rd ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting kicks off

-- 2020-09-09 15:02:56

The 53rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings opened on Wednesday via video link under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minis...

Chinese media accuse Australia of raiding reporters’ homes

Chinese media accuse Australia of raiding reporters’ homes

-- 2020-09-09 14:13:01

China's state media says Australian agents raided the homes of Chinese journalists in June, in the latest flare of tensions between the nations. The reports come a day after the last two journalists...

Afghan vice president survives bomb attack that killed four

Afghan vice president survives bomb attack that killed four

Reuters 2020-09-09 12:37:14

A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted First Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning, but he escaped unharmed, said his spokesman after the attack which killed and wounded at least 20 peo...

More than 1 billion people could be displaced by 2050, report says

More than 1 billion people could be displaced by 2050, report says

Reuters 2020-09-09 11:52:21

Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1 billion people face being displaced by 2050, according to a new analysis of globa...

Iran building new production hall for centrifuges in mountains

Iran building new production hall for centrifuges in mountains

-- 2020-09-08 20:36:13

Iran has begun to build a hall in ‘the heart of the mountains’ near its Natanz nuclear site for making advanced centrifuges, Iran’s nuclear chief said on Tuesday, aiming to replace a...

Australia flies journalists out of China after questioning

Australia flies journalists out of China after questioning

-- 2020-09-08 19:50:20

Two Australian foreign correspondents were flown out of China for their safety, with the help of Australian consular officials after being questioned by China’s state security ministry, the Aust...

UN expert says land-grabbing in Asia displaces indigenous people

UN expert says land-grabbing in Asia displaces indigenous people

-- 2020-09-08 19:47:13

Indigenous people in Asia are facing massive displacement, destruction of their environment and rising poverty due to land-grabbing, says a UN human rights expert. “Large-scale development pro...

Taiwan calls for alliance of democracies against 'aggressive actions'

Taiwan calls for alliance of democracies against 'aggressive actions'

-- 2020-09-08 19:37:37

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on Tuesday for an alliance of democracies to defend against “aggressive actions” and protect freedom, alluding to Chinese actions in the South China Se...

Malaysia to avoid 'fist bumps' as coronavirus numbers jump

Malaysia to avoid 'fist bumps' as coronavirus numbers jump

-- 2020-09-08 17:55:09

Malaysian authorities on Tuesday reminded the public to avoid physical contact, including fist bumps as a form of greeting, as the number of new coronavirus cases in the country climbed to a three-mon...

Human rights group urges ICC to prosecute, offer witness protection to Myanmar Army deserters

Human rights group urges ICC to prosecute, offer witness protection to Myanmar Army deserters

-- 2020-09-08 17:17:13

The International Criminal Court (ICC) should swiftly prosecute two Myanmar Army soldiers who have confessed to their involvement in massacres, rape, and other crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar, and...

Suu Kyi vows victory in election as campaign begins amid virus surge

Suu Kyi vows victory in election as campaign begins amid virus surge

-- 2020-09-08 16:58:25

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi launched her re-election bid on Tuesday ahead of polls set for November, vowing victory at a scaled-down ceremony in the capital after her original plans were scuppered...

India, China accuse each other of firing shots at tense border

India, China accuse each other of firing shots at tense border

Reuters 2020-09-08 15:09:20

India and China have accused each other of firing in the air during a new confrontation on their border in the western Himalayas, in a further escalation of military tension between the nuclear-armed...

Covid-19: India sees highest daily deaths in more than a month

Covid-19: India sees highest daily deaths in more than a month

FE REPORT 2020-09-08 12:05:49

India recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month on Tuesday, even as new infections slowed, data from the health ministry showed. The health ministry said 1,133 peopl...

China offers global data security, citing bullying by some countries

China offers global data security, citing bullying by some countries

Reuters 2020-09-08 10:30:08

China announced an initiative on Tuesday to establish global standards on data security, saying it wanted to promote multilateralism in the area at a time when “individual countries” were...