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Two years on, a look at the Rohingya crisis

Reuters 2019-08-23 10:21:44

This month marks the second anniversary of the fleeing of more than 730,000 Rohingyas from Myanmar’s northwest Rakhine State to Bangladesh after a military-led crackdown in response to an attack...

Nine dead, 35 missing as rain batters southwest China

Xinhua 2019-08-22 17:52:29

The death toll has risen to nine after heavy downpours and mudslides battered Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said Thursday. As of W...

Arms purchase puts Taiwan at risk

Global Times 2019-08-22 17:32:09

The US State Department formally announced on Tuesday that the US government had decided to sell $8.0 billion in military equipment, including 66 new F-16V fighter jets, to the island of Taiwan....

‘Talks are useless’ in dealing with US, Rouhani says

-- 2019-08-22 15:32:22

Iran’s president struck a muscular tone on dealings with the US, saying Thursday that “talks are useless” as Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers crumbles further. Presiden...

Growing disaster risks exceeding capacity to respond: ESCAP

-- 2019-08-22 15:05:39

The relentless sequence of natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific in the past two years was beyond what the region had previously experienced or was able to predict – and this is a sign of th...

India arrests ex-finance minister in graft case

-- 2019-08-22 12:39:04

Police arrested former Indian finance minister P Chidambaram late on Wednesday in relation to alleged corruption and money laundering, a day after the Delhi High Court rejected his application to seek...

Banks in Hong Kong condemn violence

-- 2019-08-22 11:28:51

Some of Hong Kong’s biggest banks published full-page newspaper advertisements on Thursday calling for the preservation of law and order in the Chinese territory and condemning violence, as week...

UN official for 'genuine dialogue' to avoid confrontation in Middle East

Xinhua 2019-08-21 17:55:39

A United Nations official on Tuesday called for "restraint and genuine dialogue" to avoid major confrontation in the Middle East. "Restraint and genuine dialogue are urgently needed, in order to avoi...

HK should embrace role in nation’s economic destiny

Global Times 2019-08-21 17:48:11

The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China's highest academic institution in natural sciences, has recently built a research centre in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) for the study and innov...

19 killed in fighting between troops, ethnic insurgents in Myanmar

-- 2019-08-21 16:44:33

More than 2,000 people have been forced to flee from their homes, and 19 have been killed, since fighting broke out between government troops and ethnic minority insurgents in northern Myanmar last we...

Death toll from Afghan wedding blast jumps to 80

Reuters 2019-08-21 14:39:52

The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a wedding reception in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, has risen to 80, two senior officials said on Wednesday. The initial death toll after the Satur...

Two dead in Kashmir gunbattle

-- 2019-08-21 13:00:35

Indian security forces killed a suspected militant in a gunbattle in Kashmir on Wednesday, police said, the first clash since the federal government removed the special status of the territory this mo...

Rohingya crisis: NGOs warn of worsening crisis in Myanmar

-- 2019-08-21 12:28:26

Rohingyas, forced to flee to Bangladesh from their homeland in Myanmar's Rakhine, are still struggling for their rights, security, and dignity. In a joint statement on Wednesday, local, national, and...

Pakistan to move world court over Kashmir issue

Reuters 2019-08-21 10:31:20

Pakistan says it would take its dispute with India over Kashmir to the International Court of Justice, after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of the region earlier this month. Islamab...

As an Indian, I am not proud: Amartya Sen

-- 2019-08-20 20:14:38

Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen on Monday criticised the Narendra Modi-led administration’s decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and split the region into two Union T...

HK to establish mechanism to hold dialogue with protesters

Global Times 2019-08-20 18:34:18

The Hong Kong government will establish a communication and dialogue platform to hold talks with protesters, said Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor at a press conference on Tuesday. Lam said...

Zakir Naik apologises to Malaysians for racial remarks

-- 2019-08-20 12:15:29

Controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik apologised on Tuesday for making racially sensitive remarks in Malaysia, a day after he was questioned by police for hours over the comments. Naik, wh...

'Three killed' in attack on Turkish convoy at Syria

-- 2019-08-19 20:13:52

A Syrian government air strike aiming to stop a Turkish convoy reaching a rebel-held town in northern Syria has killed three civilians, Turkey alleges. Another 12 people were injured in the attack in...

Iran warns against US attempts to seize Iranian oil tanker

X 2019-08-19 17:19:29

Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday warned against any attempt by the United States to seize the Iranian oil tanker released on Auguest 15 by the order of Gibraltar Supreme Court after 42 days in detent...

Afghanistan vows to eliminate Islamic State havens

-- 2019-08-19 17:15:59

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on Monday vowed to eliminate all safe havens of the Islamic State group as the country marked a subdued 100th Independence Day after a horrific wedding attac...

India can’t resolve Kashmir without economic ideas

Global Times 2019-08-19 17:14:29

New Delhi has been rewriting its policy on India-controlled Kashmir, but it seems to forget that economic support is urgently needed to safeguard regional stability. India has been following the doct...

China to build Shenzhen into socialist demonstration area

Global Times 2019-08-19 17:11:52

China Sunday released a guideline to build Shenzhen as a pilot demonstration area for socialism with Chinese characteristics, a move analysts believe will upgrade the city to a better place compared w...

Heavy rain kills 30 in parts of north India

-- 2019-08-19 11:40:19

Heavy rain pummelled several parts of north India on Sunday, leaving at least 30 people dead and 22 missing in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab. At least 24 people, including two from Nepal,...

Iran oil tanker sets sail as Gibraltar rejects US request

BBC 2019-08-19 11:06:18

Gibraltar has rejected a request by the US to again seize an Iranian tanker that it has been holding since July on suspicion of transporting oil to Syria. The US made the last-minute request on Fri...

China donates school bags, stationeries to Myanmar students

Xinhua 2019-08-18 17:53:15

China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) Myanmar Office donated 100,000 school bags and stationeries to Myanmar students under Panda Pack Project for 2019-2020 academic year in Yangon on Saturd...

Israeli army kills three Palestinians in northern Gaza

-- 2019-08-18 15:45:42

Three Palestinians were killed and one was injured after they have been targeted by the Israeli army forces in northern Gaza Strip, close to the border with Israel, medics said early on Sunday morning...

India reimposes movement curbs on parts of Kashmir after clashes

-- 2019-08-18 13:15:25

Indian authorities reimposed restrictions on movement in major parts of Kashmir’s biggest city, Srinagar, on Sunday after violent overnight clashes between residents and police in which dozens w...

Magnitude 5.0 quake jolts Taiwan

-- 2019-08-18 13:01:52

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 12:05 pm Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicentre, with a depth of 6 km, was monitored at...

Hong Kong braces for major anti-government rally

-- 2019-08-18 11:50:00

Hong Kong braced for a major anti-government rally planned for Sunday after an unusually calm Saturday night in what has been a summer of violent protests in the Asian financial hub. Demonstrations h...

Suicide blast at Kabul wedding kills 63

Reuters 2019-08-18 10:29:17

A suicide bomber killed 63 people and wounded 182 in an attack on a wedding reception in the Afghan capital on Saturday night, the interior ministry said. The Taliban denied responsibility for the bl...