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EU calls for ”immediate release” of Hong Kong activists

7:27 pm January 6, 2021

Brussels: The European Union called for the immediate release Wednesday of the 53 former lawmakers and pro-democracy activists who have been arrested in Hong Kong after being accused of violating a new security law. The mass arrests, including of former lawmakers, were the largest crackdown on Hong Kongs democracy movement since the law was imposed by China last June to quell dissent in […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

India detects total 71 cases of the new UK mutant strain

4:19 pm January 6, 2021

New Delhi: The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has climbed to 71, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. These 71 cases include the 58 which were announced by the ministry till Tuesday. “The total number of cases infected with the new strain […]

EU says it will redouble efforts to save Iran nuclear deal

8:07 pm January 5, 2021

Brussels: The European Union says it will redouble its efforts to save the Iran nuclear agreement despite what it calls Tehran’s “important breach” of commitments made in the 2015 deal by starting to enrich uranium to new levels. EU spokesman Peter Stano said that Iran’s actions “will have serious implications when it comes to nuclear nonproliferation.” Stano said it was in […]

Greece names first openly gay minister

7:08 pm January 4, 2021

Athens: The center-right government in Greece named the country’s first openly gay minister in a cabinet reshuffle on Monday. Nicholas Yatromanolakis, 44, was named as the new deputy minister of culture after being promoted from the position of general secretary at the ministry. The government retained its ministers of health and finance and most other […]

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

Two French soldiers killed during mission in Mali

5:20 pm January 3, 2021

Paris: The French presidency announced that two French soldiers were killed Saturday in Mali when an improvised explosive device hit their armoured vehicle, five days after three others died in similar circumstances. The soldiers were participating in an intelligence mission in the Menaka region of northeastern Mali, as part of a larger operation aiming at fighting Islamist extremists in Africa’s Sahel region. A third […]