Zimbabwe clears streets, shops close ahead of planned protests
Reuters, Harare :Zimbabwe’s security forces on Thursday cleared people off streets of the capital Harare and forced shops to close, a day before planned anti-government...
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Hong Kong bars 12 from election, but denies impinging on civil rights
Reuters, Hong Kong :Hong Kong’s government said on Thursday 12 pro-democracy candidates had been disqualified from running for election to the legislature, citing opposition to...
Hong Kong University fires prominent democracy activist Benny Tai
Al Jazeera News :The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has fired veteran pro-democracy activist Benny Tai from his tenured position as an associate professor of...
Saudi Arabia proposes political resolution to Yemeni government, but no deal to end standoff
Reuters :Under the resolution, Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) would rescind self rule, implement the Riyadh agreement and appoint a governor for Aden, said the...
Iran batters dummy US aircraft carrier in Gulf exercises
AFP, Tehran :Iran’s Revolutionary Guards blasted a mock-up of a US aircraft carrier with missiles on Tuesday during military exercises in sensitive Gulf waters, state...
India eases rules for security forces to acquire land in Kashmir
Al Jazeera News :The Indian administration of Jammu and Kashmir has lifted a requirement set in place by a 1971 circular under which Indian security...
Turkey pauses energy-exploration research in east Mediterranean
Al Jazeera News :Turkey has said it will suspend research for oil and gas exploration off a Greek island amid tensions in the eastern Mediterranean.Greece’s...
Australia`s fires `killed or harmed three billion animals`
BBC Online :Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced during Australia’s devastating bushfires of the past year, scientists say.The findings meant it was one...
Missing Rohingya refugees found alive on Malaysian islet
Reuters : Twenty-six Rohingya refugees, who had been feared drowned while trying to swim ashore on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi, were found alive...
Economic pitfalls risk cooling Egypt’s hot money inflows
Reuters : The threat of conflict in Libya, water security worries and a flatlining tourist sector risk upending a nascent rally in Egyptian bonds, bankers...
Tens of thousands protest against Putin in Russian far east
Reuters :Tens of thousands marched in the Russian far east on Saturday, the third such weekend protest in a row, to express their anger over...
Malaysia faces crucial graft test as Najib’s first 1MDB verdict looms
Reuters, Kuala Lumpur :Malaysian former prime minister Najib Razak, fighting dozens of charges over a multi-billion-dollar graft scandal at state fund 1MDB, faces his first...