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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Thai king hands out diplomas at protest movement stronghold

11:27 pm October 30, 2020

Bangkok: A university graduation ceremony presided over by Thailand’s king was held Friday after pro-democracy activists issued a call for students to boycott it. There was no way to confirm how many students heeded the boycott call, though videos of the ceremony showed that many students did attend. The king or another senior member of […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo wraps up anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam

1:19 pm October 30, 2020

Hanoi: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is wrapping up an anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam as the fierce American presidential election race enters its final stretch. With just four days left in the campaign in which China has been a central theme, Pompeo was visiting Hanoi on Friday ostensibly to celebrate 25 years […]

Military talks with China have no link with “any extraneous issue”: India

11:53 pm October 29, 2020

New Delhi : India on Thursday said its military talks with China on the border row have no connection with “any extraneous issue”, comments that came in the backdrop of recently concluded Indo-US 2+2 dialogue during which the two countries discussed Beijing’s military belligerence in eastern Ladakh and Indo-Pacific region, and inked a strategic defence […]

COVID-19: Singapore to allow migrant workers from dormitories to visit recreation centres

3:06 pm October 29, 2020

Singapore: Singapore will allow some foreign workers, who have largely been confined to dormitories since March due to the spread of the coronavirus, to visit recreation centres, as the country eases norms after low infection rates in the community. All foreign workers from the dormitory, who test negative for COVID-19, will be able to visit […]

China denies allegations of genocide in Xinjiang

8:23 pm October 28, 2020

Beijing: China on Wednesday refuted US senators’ allegations that it is committing genocide against Uighurs and other Turkic-speaking Muslims in the restive Xinjiang province, asserting that the American lawmakers are obsessed with making up “lies” to “vilify” the country for selfish political gains. According to reports, a resolution moved in the US Senate stated that China’s campaign against Uighurs, […]