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India slams Pak for falsely claiming it made statement at UN Security Council meet

11:12 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: India Thursday hit out at Pakistan for falsely claiming that it made a statement at a recent UN Security Council meeting on terrorism, and asserted UN body’s chair Indonesia had informally told New Delhi that non-member were not allowed to speak at the discussion. India has also formally written to the United Nations about Pakistan’s false claim. It has exposed Pakistan’s litany of lies peddled at the UN after Islamabad’s UN envoy claimed […]

TikTok CEO resigns amid US pressure to sell video app

3:27 pm August 27, 2020

Hong Kong: TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned Thursday amid US pressure for its Chinese owner to sell the popular video app, which the White House says is a security risk. In a letter to employees, Mayer said that his decision to leave comes after the “political environment has sharply changed”. His resignation follows President Donald Trump’s order to ban TikTok unless its parent company, ByteDance, sells its US operations to […]

Typhoon damages buildings, floods roads on Korean Peninsula

3:15 pm August 27, 2020

Seoul: A typhoon damaged homes and other buildings, flooded roads and toppled utility poles on Thursday on the Korean Peninsula before weakening to a tropical storm. South Korean authorities said no casualties have been reported, and North Korean state media did not mention any deaths or injuries. The storm by afternoon was heading into China after passing near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, South […]

Floods in northern Afghanistan leave at least 100 dead

9:16 pm August 26, 2020

Kabul: Heavy flooding has killed at least 100 people and injured scores of others as heavy seasonal rains drenched northern and eastern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. Annual heavy rains, compounded by mudslides, often threaten remote areas of Afghanistan, where infrastructure is poor. Summer often brings heavy rainfall in northern and eastern parts of the country, leading to […]

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in a coma, diplomat says, claiming recent appearances ‘faked’

9:17 pm August 24, 2020

Pyongyang: Kim Jong-un, the 36-year-old leader of North Korea, has been absent from state affairs of late, fuelling renewed speculation over his health. According to the New York Post, Chang Song-min, a diplomat and former aide to South Korea’s late president Kim Dae-jung, has claimed that Kim is in extremely poor health. Recent appearances by the […]