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ANKARA Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannons at two Philippine vessels Tuesday near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing damage to both.Beijing said the vessels “illegally intruded” in waters off Huangyan Dao, also known as Scarborough Shoal.The Chinese vessels “harassed, blocked, water cannoned and rammed vessels” ...

Islamabad —  Prison authorities in Pakistan on Tuesday abruptly banned all meetings and visits to incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan for two weeks over a “security alert,” drawing a sharp rebuke from his political party and legal counsels. The 71-year-old former Pakistani leader is serving long prison terms ...

#Pakistan News Three weeks after an election that was marred by widespread allegations of rigging, lawmakers took oath during the first session of Pakistan's new parliament on Thursday. Pakistan's Feb. 8 poll took place with ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan jailed and barred from running, and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ...

ISLAMABAD —  The political party of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan wrote Wednesday to the International Monetary Fund, asking that lending to the cash-strapped country be tied to an independent audit of the disputed Feb. 8 elections. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI, addressed the letter to IMF ...

islamabad —  Pakistan’s former prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, was nominated as the country’s next chief executive Tuesday after a key political party pledged support for his candidacy to end uncertainty stemming from the country’s disputed elections last week that left no clear winner. Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) made ...

Armed youth from rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group have been battling over the location of an administrative boundary in the oil-rich region, claimed by both countries, according to media reports.The UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) reported that clashes erupted on Saturday in the Nyinkuac, Majbong ...

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emails India’s top court on Monday upheld a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status ...

New Delhi,:The Delhi Police has accused NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, arrested in a case filed under anti-terror law UAPA following charges that the portal received money to spread pro-China propaganda, of conspiring to peddle a narrative that Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh are disputed territories. Purkayastha and the human resources ...

Prabir Purkayastha. File. New Delhi, Oct 4: NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, who was arrested in a case filed under the anti-terror law following allegations that the portal received money for pro-China propaganda, allegedly conspired to peddle a narrative that Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh are disputed territories, the Delhi Police ...

New Delhi , October 4 (ANI): The Special Cell of Delhi Police informed Patiala House Court that Neville Roy Singham, an active member of the propaganda department of the Communist Party of China, and the two arrested journalists of online portal NewsClick, including its founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha, were "found ...