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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (AFP)

China has deployed 60K soldiers on India's northern border: Pompeo

Pompeo met minister S Jaishankar in Tokyo and they underscored the need to work together to advance, peace and security...

11 Oct 2020 5:32 AM GMT

A person out exercising in Melbourne amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)

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Australia reports no COVID-19 deaths for third day, hotspot faces...

Neighbouring New Zealand reported four new cases on Saturday, all returned travelers in quarantine

10 Oct 2020 10:10 AM GMT

Students shout slogans to protest against an alleged gang-rape and stripping and torturing of a woman in the southern district of Noakhali during a demonstration in Dhaka. (AFP)

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Bangladesh weighs death penalty for rapists as protests flare

Saturday's demonstrations were sparked by a video of a group of men stripping and attacking a woman for almost half an...

10 Oct 2020 9:02 AM GMT

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

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Pakistan court asks Sharif to appear before it to avoid being declared...

Sharif has been living in London since November last year after he was allowed to go there for a period of eight weeks...

10 Oct 2020 8:52 AM GMT

Protesters demonstrate in the central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Sooronbai Jeenbekov, the embattled president of Kyrgyzstan, has moved to end the political turmoil that followed a disputed parliamentary election, ordering a state of emergency in the capital. (AP)

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Kyrgyzstan president calls in military as protesters clash in streets

Earlier the president had said he was ready to resign once a new cabinet was appointed - which could happen on Saturday

10 Oct 2020 5:21 AM GMT

Detained Australian writer Yang Hengjun. (Image: Twitter/@withMEAA)

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Australian writer to face trial in China for espionage charges

Diplomatic relations between the two have deteriorated after China imposed trade reprisals in response to Australia's...

10 Oct 2020 4:14 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, following campaign events in New Jersey. (AFP)

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Trump to resume campaigning; second debate cancelled

Trump will address a crowd of supporters on Saturday from a White House balcony on a 'law and order' theme, an...

10 Oct 2020 4:00 AM GMT

Pigeons fly near Holy Mother of God Cathedral in Stepanakert during a military conflict in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Armenia and Azerbaijan say they have agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karbakh starting at noon Saturday. (AP)

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Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh

The announcement follows 10 hours of talks between the diplomats in Moscow, which were sponsored by Russian Foreign...

10 Oct 2020 3:42 AM GMT

$The WFP was honoured for \its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict,\ the jury said(Image: Twitter/@NobelPrize)$ World