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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Lam said everyone should learn a lesson from last years giant anti-government protests. But she did not say what lesson she has learned. Instead, she urged everyone to support the new national security legislation that the central government in Beijing is going to impose on Hong Kong. (AP Photo)

Hong Kong leader warns protesters that city cannot afford more...

Global financial hub is on alert for unrest with larger gatherings planned for the evening to mark the first anniversary...

9 Jun 2020 1:52 PM IST

Visitors hang a ribbon on a wire fence decorated with other ribbons at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. North Korea said Tuesday it will cut off all communication channels with South Korea as it escalates its pressure on the South for failing to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across their tense border. (AP Photo)

North Korea cut off communication with South over anti-Pyongyang...

South Korean government said it would push for legal bans on launching leaflets, but the North said South Korean...

9 Jun 2020 12:48 PM IST

Matteo Taerri, left, is welcomed by an Iranian Foreign Ministry official as his wife stands at right, upon arrival at Tehrans Imam Khomeini Airport from the U.S. (AP)

Iranian doctor freed in swap for US Navy veteran

Taerri, a dermatologist, had been charged with attempting to export a filter to Iran that he said was for vaccine...

8 Jun 2020 1:50 PM IST

Protesters hold signs and Palestinian flag during a rally against Israel plans to annex parts of the West Bank, in Tel Aviv. (AP)

Israelis protest Netanyahu-'s plan to extend sovereignty over West...

Palestinians want an independent state in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, territories Israel captured in...

7 Jun 2020 1:12 PM IST

A man wearing a face mask has his temperature checked upon his arrival to attend at Memorial Day ceremony at the national cemetery in Daejeon, South Korea. (AP)

South Korea-'s coronavirus cases surpass 50 for second day

The country could be moving towards another wave of virus spread as authorities have now loosened strict social...

7 Jun 2020 10:36 AM IST

Chinas Wuhan city discharges last three COVID-19 patients from hospital. (AFP Photo)

Last three COVID-19 patients in China's Wuhan discharged from hospital

According to the China's National Health Commission five imported cases were reported in China

5 Jun 2020 2:28 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

Nine Indian students in Singapore fined for breaching COVID-19...

Investigations revealed that some of the students had gathered there to study and attend online lectures, while some...

4 Jun 2020 3:50 PM IST

South Korean conservative activists launch balloons carrying leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a rally in Hwacheon, South Korea. (AP)

Seoul vows to stop border protests after Pyongyang's threat

North Korea threatened to end an inter-Korean military agreement over activists flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets and...

4 Jun 2020 3:40 PM IST

Saudi women in Riyadh. (AFP File Image)

Coronavirus frustrates Saudi women's push for financial independence

Women make up about 83% of the jobless in Saudi even though 70% of the se women have high school diplomas or university...

4 Jun 2020 3:08 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

South Korea seeks arrest of Samsung heir in succession probe

Lee, if arrested, faces a return to jail just a little over two years after being released from detention in February...

4 Jun 2020 12:24 PM IST

Chinese police officers stand guard in front of Tiananmen Gate near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (AP)

Candles to light up Hong Kong on fraught Tiananmen anniversary

The anniversary strikes a sensitive nerve this year as Beijing moves to impose national security law that could crush...

4 Jun 2020 9:46 AM IST

A man checks his mobile phone at a coffee shop, sitting in front of a plastic sheet barrier installed to help curb the new coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia. (AP)

Indonesia court orders president to apologize for internet curbs

The restrictions were implemented to contain civil unrest in the Papua region after some students were allegedly taunted...

3 Jun 2020 3:24 PM IST