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Massive fire breaks out at India hospital

Massive fire breaks out at India hospital

-- 2019-08-17 19:06:38

A massive fire has broken out at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. The fire has reportedly broken out on the first and second floors of a building inside the hospital...

India begins easing clampdown in Kashmir

India begins easing clampdown in Kashmir

-- 2019-08-17 14:26:39

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday began restoring landline phone services after a nearly two-week unprecedented security crackdown and news blackout following a decision to downgr...

China Life Insurance sees steady premium growth in Jan-July

China Life Insurance sees steady premium growth in Jan-July

Xinhua 2019-08-15 17:17:02

China Life Insurance Co, a leading insurer in the country, saw steady growth in its premium income in the first seven months, company data showed Thursday. Premium income in the period totalled 405.1...

Hong Kong violence faces backlash

Hong Kong violence faces backlash

-- 2019-08-15 17:08:25

Police officers patrol the departure hall of Hong Kong International airport on Wednesday. Flights were departing the airport largely on schedule, a day after radical protesters caused chaos with a di...

HK airport reopens

HK airport reopens

-- 2019-08-14 12:22:19

China’s Hong Kong Liaison office said on Wednesday that anti government protesters were no different to “terrorists”, as US President Donald Trump said Chinese troops were moving to...

Malaysia cabinet to discuss residency of Zakir Naik

Malaysia cabinet to discuss residency of Zakir Naik

-- 2019-08-14 12:07:50

Malaysia's cabinet will discuss the permanent residency of controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Wednesday, said a minister who believed Naik should return to India to face charges of mo...

Indian-controlled Kashmir under strict lockdown for ninth day

Indian-controlled Kashmir under strict lockdown for ninth day

-- 2019-08-14 11:59:17

Residents of Indian-administered Kashmir were running low on essential supplies Tuesday as an unprecedented security lockdown kept people indoors for a ninth day. India has imposed a near-constant cu...

Pakistan seeks urgent UN meeting over Kashmir

Pakistan seeks urgent UN meeting over Kashmir

-- 2019-08-14 10:21:11

Pakistan has asked the United Nations Security Council to meet over India’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, the Himalayan region that has long been a flashpoint in ti...

Knife-wielding man goes on rampage in Sydney

Knife-wielding man goes on rampage in Sydney

-- 2019-08-13 20:16:47

A man went on a stabbing rampage in downtown Sydney on Tuesday, killing one woman and wounding another before he was restrained by members of the public, police said, adding they were not treating it...

Israeli billionaire faces trial over $10m ‘Guinea bribes’

Israeli billionaire faces trial over $10m ‘Guinea bribes’

-- 2019-08-13 20:00:58

Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors say. The trio allegedly paid $10m (£8....

Modi joins Bear Grylls’ adventure series to throw light on environmental conservation

Modi joins Bear Grylls’ adventure series to throw light on environmental conservation

-- 2019-08-13 17:57:36

After weeks of hype, a special episode of Bear Grylls’ adventure series, Running Wild, featuring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi aired on Monday, reports BBC. A trailer showing Mr Modi lear...

Protesters throng Hong Kong airport again after it reopens

Protesters throng Hong Kong airport again after it reopens

-- 2019-08-13 16:01:48

Protesters clogged the departure area at Hong Kong’s reopened airport Tuesday, a day after they forced one of the world’s busiest transport hubs to shut down entirely amid their calls for...

India’s passenger vehicle sales drop at steepest pace in nearly two decades   

India’s passenger vehicle sales drop at steepest pace in nearly two decades  

-- 2019-08-13 15:21:45

India’s domestic passenger vehicle sales in July dived at the steepest pace in nearly two decades, an auto industry body said on Tuesday, as a financing crunch deepened a crisis in the country...

Cathay suspends second pilot, cites misuse of company information

Cathay suspends second pilot, cites misuse of company information

-- 2019-08-13 15:07:50

Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways said it had suspended with immediate effect on Tuesday a second officer operating flight CX216 for misuse of company information, and had also commenced i...

HK leader warns protesters not to push city into 'abyss'

HK leader warns protesters not to push city into 'abyss'

-- 2019-08-13 11:54:47

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has warned anti-government protesters not to push the city into an "abyss", in an emotional press conference on Tuesday, reports BBC. Ms Lam warned that Hong Kong had "rea...

Pakistan deploying fighter jets to Skardu near Ladakh

Pakistan deploying fighter jets to Skardu near Ladakh

-- 2019-08-13 11:00:44

NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing tensions with Pakistan over the abrogation of the Article 370, Pakistani forces have started moving equipment to their forward bases close to Ladakh, according to a report...

Key US leaders question Modi on Kashmiri rights

Key US leaders question Modi on Kashmiri rights

-- 2019-08-13 10:48:41

Almost unnoticed, two key leaders in Congress have questioned Modi’s India on Kashmiri rights, according to a article by www.forbes.com. This was a joint statement, by Senator Robert Menendez...

Hong Kong airport reopens, but over 200 flights canceled

Hong Kong airport reopens, but over 200 flights canceled

-- 2019-08-13 10:05:57

HONG KONG (Reuters) Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the city’s recovery from protests that have swept the Asian financial hub could take a long time and that she would be responsible...

Body found in Malaysia search may be of missing London girl

Body found in Malaysia search may be of missing London girl

-- 2019-08-13 00:00:00

A body has been found in the search for a vulnerable 15-year-old girl who went missing in Malaysia. Nora Quoirin, who has special needs, disappeared from her room at the Dusun resort on August 04. M...

No deal signed as US, Taliban wrap up talks

No deal signed as US, Taliban wrap up talks

-- 2019-08-12 20:53:46

  The latest round of talks between the Taliban and the United States ended early Monday without any sign a peace deal had been reached for Afghanistan, as both sides said they would consult wit...

Turkmenistan leader reappears after rumours of death

Turkmenistan leader reappears after rumours of death

-- 2019-08-12 20:18:35

Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has reappeared after widespread rumours of his death. On Monday Mr Berdymukhamedov opened economic forum attended by regional leaders in a Caspian...

Pakistan dedicates Eid to Kashmir

Pakistan dedicates Eid to Kashmir

-- 2019-08-12 20:09:19

People gathered in mosques across Pakistan on Monday to offer special prayers for Eid al-Adha, the second of Islam’s two major religious festivals, reports Reuters. The government has called fo...

Western forces fuelling tension in Gulf, says Iraqi minister

Western forces fuelling tension in Gulf, says Iraqi minister

-- 2019-08-12 19:54:23

The presence of western forces in the Gulf is fuelling regional tension, Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hakim said on Monday. “The states of the Gulf can together secure the transit of sh...

Kashmir Eid: Indian authorities lock down Srinagar

Kashmir Eid: Indian authorities lock down Srinagar

-- 2019-08-12 19:49:29

  Indian security forces kept disputed Kashmir's biggest city of Srinagar largely locked down on Monday, the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, to prevent any major protests against a decision th...

Over 150 flights canceled as Hong Kong Airport is flooded by protesters

Over 150 flights canceled as Hong Kong Airport is flooded by protesters

-- 2019-08-12 19:02:57

  HONG KONG, Aug 12: Hong Kong’s airport came to a near halt on Monday, with more than 150 flights canceled after thousands of demonstrators flooded one of the world’s busiest transp...

South Korea to remove Japan from its trusted export list   

South Korea to remove Japan from its trusted export list  

-- 2019-08-12 16:46:46

South Korea has said it will take Japan off its favoured trade partners’ list. The move is a tit-for-tat response to Japan’s decision earlier this month to do the same to South Korea, s...

Eid in Kashmir: India bans large congregations

Eid in Kashmir: India bans large congregations

-- 2019-08-12 16:08:17

  Large congregations have been banned for the major Islamic festival of Eid in Indian-administered Kashmir, where an unprecedented communications block on landlines, mobile and the internet rem...

Death toll from Indian floods reaches 147

Death toll from Indian floods reaches 147

-- 2019-08-12 15:46:29

The death toll from floods in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra rose to 147, state authorities said on Sunday, as rescue teams raced to evacuate people and waters submerged parts...

Hong Kong Airport cancels flights as protesters occupy terminal

Hong Kong Airport cancels flights as protesters occupy terminal

-- 2019-08-12 15:16:38

Hong Kong International Airport cancelled all departures on Monday, as thousands of anti-government protesters occupied and caused disruption. Passengers have been told not to travel to the airport,...

Death toll in Myanmar landslide climbs to 56

Death toll in Myanmar landslide climbs to 56

-- 2019-08-12 14:44:57

The death toll in a landslide that buried more than a dozen village houses in southeastern Myanmar has climbed to 56, an official said Monday, reports AP. The landslide hit a village in Paung townshi...