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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a new chicken farm being built in Hwangju County, North Korea.(Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea-'s Kim visits chicken farm, calls for improvements

He described the facility as a model for modernizing chicken farms in the rest of the country, which he described as...

23 July 2020 11:59 AM IST

$Protesters show a banner \Librate Hong Kong, Revolution of out time\ and gesture with five fingers, signifying the \Five demands - not one less\ in a shopping mall during a protest in Hong Kong. The slogan had just been banned by the government under the new legislation, stating that it had separatist connotations. (AP)$ World

Hong Kongers get creative to protest without getting caught

Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong have adapted their methods to try to make their voices heard without violating...

21 July 2020 1:39 PM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Monday, July 20, 2020. The rocket is carrying ANASIS II, a national security satellite for South Korea. (AP)

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South Korea-'s first-ever military satellite launched

The ANASIS-II is intended to enhance the South-'s ability to defend itself against the nuclear-armed North Korea

21 July 2020 12:40 PM IST

People wearing face masks take pictures at Odaiba area of Tokyo during the evening hour. (AFP)

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No kissing: Japan nightlife sets its virus rules

Strategic testing in nightlife districts of Tokyo has revealed rising cases of coronavirus, predominantly among people...

20 July 2020 6:26 PM IST

In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo provided by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran. (AP)

West Asia

Iran executes man convicted of spying for CIA, Mossad

The former translator also helped to locate a top Iranian general Soleimani, killed later by the Americans, the...

20 July 2020 4:17 PM IST

King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who has ruled the worlds largest oil exporter and close U.S. ally since 2015, was undergoing medical checks. (AFP)

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Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz admitted to hospital

The de facto ruler and next in line to the throne is the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, who is more popular among...

20 July 2020 12:12 PM IST

$An H-2A rocket carrying the Hope Probe known as \Al-Amal\ in Arabic, developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to explore Mars, blasts off from Tanegashima Space Centre in southwestern Japan. (Handout photograph released by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries via AFP)$ West Asia