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A farmer walks past government propaganda depicting ethnic minority residents reading the constitution with slogans which reads, Unity Stability is fortune, Separatism and Turmoil is misfortune, in northwestern Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (AP file photo)

UN releases report on possible crimes against humanity in China's...

Hours before the release, China's UN ambassador, Zhang Jun, said Beijing remained firmly opposed to the release

1 Sep 2022 3:48 AM GMT

Indian Army tanks pull back from the banks of Pangong Tso lake region, in Ladakh along the India-China border on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP)

Satellite images show China's radar system in Pangong Tso

The radar system will allow it to monitor the disputed finger areas on the northern banks

30 Aug 2022 4:36 AM GMT

Chinas research and survey vessel, the Yuan Wang 5, arrives at Hambantota port on August 16, 2022. - A Chinese research vessel entered Sri Lankas Chinese-run southern port of Hambantota on August 16 despite concerns from India and the US about its activities. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Lanka needs support, not 'unwanted pressure', says India slamming...

India had rejected China's 'insinuations' that New Delhi pressured Colombo against the visit by a Chinese research...

28 Aug 2022 5:06 AM GMT

Russian army soldiers march during an action in support for the soldiers involved in the military operation in Ukraine, at the Mamaev Kurgan, a World War II memorial in Volgograd, Russia, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexandr Kulikov, file)

Putin orders Russian military to beef up forces by 137,000

The presidential decree will boost the overall number of Russian military personnel to 2,039,758, including 1,150,628...

27 Aug 2022 7:32 AM GMT

Russian soldiers patrol an area of the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal, in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic control, eastern Ukraine, on June 13, 2022. (AP Photo, file)

Ukraine war: six months that shook the world

Tens of thousands of people have been killed, millions have fled and cities have been reduced to rubble by Russia's...

22 Aug 2022 7:57 AM GMT

Zimbabweans hit by 257% inflation: Will gold coins as legal tender help?

Zimbabweans hit by 257% inflation: Will gold coins as legal tender...

The central bank plans to introduce smaller denominated gold coins in Nov to allow ordinary people to also use them as a...

19 Aug 2022 10:09 AM GMT

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (AP)

Indonesia leader says Putin and Xi to attend G20 summit: Report

Jakarta has come under Western pressure to exclude Putin from the G20 gathering after announcing in April he had been...

19 Aug 2022 6:39 AM GMT

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa (R) arrives at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on August 11, 2022. (Tananchai KEAWSOWATTANA / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP)

Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24: Report

Rajapaksa is currently staying at a hotel in Bangkok in the heart of Thailand's capital, where police have advised him...

18 Aug 2022 4:48 AM GMT

A file photo of State Department spokesman Ned Price (AP)

India should move away from Russia in long term, says US

Indians acted very clearly on inviolable principle of state sovereignty, says US spokesperson

18 Aug 2022 4:17 AM GMT

United Nations Headquarters in New York (AFP file image)

UN body expresses concern over slavery in China and forced marriages...

UN investigator also speaks of bonded labour among Dalits in India

18 Aug 2022 3:32 AM GMT

Elon Musk (AP file image)

Musk says tweet about buying Manchester United was a joke

The world's richest man has a habit of posting provocative statements on Twitter for fun

17 Aug 2022 7:24 AM GMT

Elon Musk (Twitter/@AFP)

Elon Musk tweets he is 'buying Manchester United'

Manchester United, a storied English football club, is currently led by the six children of late American businessman...

17 Aug 2022 3:28 AM GMT