Subversion charges: Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners
Hong Kong’s High Court yesterday jailed 45 pro-democracy activists for up to 10 years following a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city’s once feisty democracy movement and drawn criticism from the US and other countries.
India to send 5,000 extra troops to quell Manipur unrest
India will deploy an extra 5,000 paramilitary troops to quell unrest in Manipur, authorities said yesterday, a week after 16 people were killed in fresh clashes in the troubled state.
Indian, Chinese FMs deliberate next steps to further normalise ties
Foreign Ministers of India and China today deliberated on the next steps, including resumption of data-sharing on trans-border rivers, to further normalise bilateral ties in the first high-level engagement since the militaries of the two countries disengaged from Demchok and Depsang along their unresolved border in eastern Ladakh
SpaceX successfully launches Indian satellite
ISRO's GSAT-N2 will improve broadband and provide in-flight connectivity
Several children injured in car crash at central China school
'Many schoolchildren were injured, the specific casualties are being investigated,' state broadcaster CCTV said
Global security threats from North Korea's troop deployment
North Korea has been threatening the security order in Northeast Asia with its illegal nuclear weapons development for decades
Meta penalised $25.4 million in India over breaching privacy policy
India's competition watchdog today imposed a penalty of Rs. 213.14 crore (25.4 million USD) on Meta for allegedly abusing its dominant position relating to the messaging application’s 2021 privacy policy
Manipur violence: One protester shot dead during clash
A protester was killed in firing during a clash between security forces and a mob that vandalised properties in the restive eastern Indian state of Manipur’s Jiribam district late on Sunday night, PTI reported yesterday.
46 US lawmakers ask Biden to seek Imran Khan's release
The letter, sent by 46 Democrat and Republican lawmakers on Friday, was the second such communication in less than a month
BJP wants Manipur to burn
As fresh violence erupted in the Indian state of Manipur, the Congress renewed its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “deliberately” keeping Manipur burning.
At least 8 killed in mass stabbing in China
Police say a 21-year-old student went on a stabbing rampage in China's eastern city of Yixing, leaving at least 8 people dead and 17 wounded
Myanmar rebel group ‘captures military command’
A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group said Saturday it had captured a regional military command after weeks of clashes, in what would be a major blow to the junta.
BSF chief, deputy removed with immediate effect
Director General of India's Border Security Force (BSF) Nitin Agrawal and his deputy Special DG (West) YB Khurania were removed and sent back to their state cadres, according to a government order
Philippines says Chinatown fire kills 11
A fire ripped through a building in the Philippine capital’s Chinatown early yesterday killing 11 people, authorities said.
Myanmar conflict: Junta airstrikes on border hospital kill 10
Myanmar military airstrikes hit a hospital in a city controlled by an ethnic minority armed group close to the China border killing 10 people, local media reported yesterday.
30 killed in heavy rain, floods in Pakistan
Floods brought by torrential rains in Pakistan caused damage that killed at least 30 people this week, authorities said yesterday, as the second-largest city of Lahore was drenched in the most rainfall it has received in more than four decades.
Japan sees hottest July since records began
Japan sweltered through its hottest July since records began 126 years ago, the weather agency said, as extreme heatwaves fuelled by climate change engulfed many parts of the globe
30 dead, dozens missing after torrential rain in China
Torrential rains in China have killed at least 30 people and left dozens more missing, state media said yesterday, as the country grinds through another summer of extreme weather.
Kerala landslides: Death toll rises to 276
The death toll in the devastating landslides in India's Kerala's Wayanad district shot up to 276 today, the Indian media reported
Imran offers conditional talks with Pak military
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has offered to hold “conditional negotiations” with the powerful military as he serves a year into a jail term that he said he was given on trumped up charges designed to keep him out of power.
Early warning was given to Kerala on July 23: Amit Shah
India’s Union Home Minister Amit Shah today criticized the Kerala government for not heeding early warnings about a potential natural calamity in Wayanad district due to heavy rains