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Hong Kongers mourn Tiananmen dead under security law's shadow
AFP, Published on 04/06/2021
» HONG KONG: Thousands of police will enforce a ban on protests in Hong Kong on Friday for the Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary, a traditional day of pro-democracy people power that China has made clear it will no longer tolerate.
Putin's party holds congress amid opposition clampdown
AFP, Published on 19/06/2021
» MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party will hold its congress Saturday ahead of September parliamentary elections that come amid a sweeping crackdown on the beleaguered opposition.
Freed American journalist remembers horrors of Myanmar junta jail
AFP, Published on 03/07/2021
» FAIRFAX (UNITED STATES) - Journalist Nathan Maung turned to meditation when he was jailed for reporting on Myanmar's bloody coup, but even back home in sleepy Virginia, he can't forget those left behind, including a colleague still at the mercy of their jailers.
US general vows to continue air strikes supporting Afghan troops
AFP, Published on 26/07/2021
» KABUL - The United States will continue air strikes in support of Afghan forces fighting the Taliban, a top US general said Sunday, as the insurgents press on with offensives across the country.
Police deployed as Cuban opposition vow to defy protest ban
AFP, Published on 16/11/2021
» HAVANA - Cuban police deployed in large numbers on the streets of Havana Monday ahead of a rally the opposition has vowed to hold despite it being banned by the one-party state.
Netherlands rocked by second night of Covid riots
AFP, Published on 21/11/2021
» THE HAGUE: Fresh rioting broke out late Saturday over the Dutch government's coronavirus measures, with rioters pelting police with stones and fireworks as protests turned violent for a second night in the Netherlands.
King Cobras take on illegals at border
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 07/12/2021
» With the aid of technology, the Jong Ang Suek (King Cobra) Special Unit under the Surasee Taskforce works day and night to stem the inflow of illegal migrants from Myanmar across the entire length of the border in Prachuap Khiri Khan.
Third Hong Kong news company shutters as media fears grow
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» HONG KONG: Journalists from Hong Kong's CitizenNews decried plummeting press freedoms as they shut down Monday, saying they no longer felt safe to publish after a rival outlet's staff were arrested for "sedition".
Wind restarts fire engulfing South Africa's parliament
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» CAPE TOWN - A fire engulfing South Africa's parliament continued to rage as night fell on Cape Town on Monday, after strong winds reignited the blaze that firefighters had declared under control just hours earlier.
Kazakh president fires rare criticism at predecessor after unrest
AFP, Published on 11/01/2022
» ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN): Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev issued rare criticism of his long-ruling predecessor Tuesday, and said he expected Russian-led forces to leave the troubled Central Asian country in the next 10 days.