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Beijing using militarised outposts in South China Sea as platforms of coercion, says U.S.

The United States has demanded that President Xi Jinping honour his commitment that these maritime constructions “would not target or impact any country.”

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Warning shots: Chinese frigate Yuncheng launching an anti-ship missile during a military exercise in the waters near Hainan Island and Paracel Islands, in this file photo.

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Huawei CFO case back in Canadian court on Monday

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Meng Wanzhou’s defense team will argue the extradition proceedings to the U.S. should be halted because they claim Canada Border Services Agency officers detained and questioned Meng without a lawyer, seized her electronic devices and compelled her to give up the passcodes before her official arrest.

Meng Wanzhou, Executive Board Director of the Chinese technology giant Huawei | File Photo

U.S. judge blocks Trump administration’s TikTok app store ban

TikTok argued the restrictions, amid rising U.S.-China tensions under the Trump administration, “were not motivated by a genuine national security concern, but rather by political considerations relating to the upcoming general election.”

India-Sri Lanka Summit | Mahinda Rajapaksa statement on meeting with Narendra Modi silent on 13th Amendment

Meera Srinivasan

While outlining the talking points, the Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s statement made no mention of justice and post-war reconciliation.

Warning shots: Chinese frigate Yuncheng launching an anti-ship missile during a military exercise in the waters near Hainan Island and Paracel Islands, in this file photo.

Beijing using militarised outposts in South China Sea as platforms of coercion, says U.S.

Meng Wanzhou, Executive Board Director of the Chinese technology giant Huawei | File Photo

Huawei CFO case back in Canadian court on Monday

U.S. judge blocks Trump administration’s TikTok app store ban

India-Sri Lanka Summit | Mahinda Rajapaksa statement on meeting with Narendra Modi silent on 13th Amendment

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Owner of fire-stricken ship to pay $2.3 million for Sri Lankan help
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India-Sri Lanka Summit | Mahinda Rajapaksa statement on talks with Narendra Modi silent on 13th Amendment
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Pakistan government to buy ancestral houses of Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar
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Passenger bus catches fire in Pakistan, 13 killed
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Europe

Swiss voters refuse to rein in immigration from EU
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Coronavirus | Police and protesters clash in London over restrictions
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Police officer shot dead at custody centre in London
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Two stabbed near Charlie Hebdo's old offices, France opens anti-terror probe
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Beijing using militarised outposts in South China Sea as platforms of coercion, says U.S.

G20 Summit to be held virtually on Nov 21-22, says Saudi Arabia

Huawei CFO case back in Canadian court on Monday

Following Cardinal Becciu’s resignation, Cardinal George Pell to return to Vatican

Owner of fire-stricken ship to pay $2.3 million for Sri Lankan help

U.S. judge blocks Trump administration’s TikTok app store ban

Mali transitional government appoints new Prime Minister

Moctar Ouane was foreign minister from 2004 to 2011 under former President Amadou Toumani Toure

Trump paid just $750 in federal income tax in 2016, says media report

The U.S. President claimed $47.4 million in losses in 2018, despite claiming income of at least $434.9 million in a financial disclosure that year.

North Korea accuses South Korea of intrusion to find official’s body

Seoul says the man was attempting to defect to the North

India-Sri Lanka Summit | Mahinda Rajapaksa statement on talks with Narendra Modi silent on 13th Amendment

While outlining the talking points, the Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s statement made no mention of justice and post-war reconciliation.

Swiss voters refuse to rein in immigration from EU

Nationalist party’s proposal rejected

Clashes erupt between Armenia, Azerbaijan

Yerevan says it responded to an air and artillery attack on the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region

In first Trump-Biden debate, U.S. will finally see its choice

Tuesday’s clash could upend the already hyper contest

Bangladesh for friendly ties with all countries: Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister urges neighbours to make use of Sylhet, Chittagong airports

India, Japan navies match skills in northern Arabian Sea

It will showcase high degree of inter-operability and joint operational skills

Doctors, nurses in ‘bumper’ COVID-19 Queen’s Honours List in U.K.

The list was postponed this year in order to consider nominations of people playing crucial roles during the first months of the COVID-19 effort

Pakistan government to buy ancestral houses of Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar

Raj Kapoor’s ancestral home, known as Kapoor Haveli, is situated in the fabled Qissa Khwani Bazar. Dilip Kumar’s over 100-year-old ancestral house is also located in the same locality.

16 killed in coal mine accident in China

Sixteen people trapped in a coal mine in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on Sunday were killed due to the presence of excessive levels of

Passenger bus catches fire in Pakistan, 13 killed

They were 22 passengers in the bus when it overturned and caught fire

Belarus tells UN sanctions would be ‘harmful for everyone’

The country has been seeing demonstrations which are by far the largest and most persistent since its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991.

Senate push to confirm Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick

Judge Barrett to meet Senators; Judiciary Committee would begin confirmation hearings on Oct. 2

Coronavirus | Police and protesters clash in London over restrictions

Sixteen persons were arrested for a variety of offences including breaching coronavirus regulations, assaulting a police officer and violent disorder.

The Hindu Explains | Why are Democrats and Republicans squabbling over nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Why do the parties seek control of the judiciary? How will this affect the presidential election?

Morales looms large in Bolivia’s October election

Several polls show his party in the lead

Nigeria convoy attack toll rises to 30

The death toll from a jihadist attack on the convoy of the regional Governor in northeast Nigeria has risen to 30, security sources said Saturday.

Coronavirus | WHO warns 2 million COVID-19 deaths possible

Australia’s Prime Minister urges any nation that develops a vaccine to share it with the world

‘Trump to nominate Judge Barrett to SC’

The law professor’s appointment would consolidate a conservative majority in the top court

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | A party for the Rajapaksas

The four-year-old party is now the most powerful political brand on the island

Gilgit-Baltistan: The land of peaks, streams and disputes

Pak.’s move to give full statehood to the mountainous region claimed by India is set to escalate tensions between the two

Modi pitches for larger role for India at UN

PM assures UN General Assembly that India’s vaccines are for the world.

As ties with India plunge, Chinese scholar calls for hard-line ‘reset’

We have to determine our stance as Delhi and Washington have formed a de facto military alliance, he says.

Maithripala Sirisena should take responsibility for Easter Sunday attack: Ex-police chief

Sri Lankan police have arrested over 200 suspects in connection with the bombings. Links between the NTJ and the Islamic State (IS) were later established.

India, Bangladesh ties built on trust, mutual respect: Envoy

Indian High Commissioner Riva Ganguly Das was addressing an online seminar to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

Treat verbal orders as circular: Sri Lankan President

I expect public officials to consciously comprehend the problems of the people and provide solutions, said Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Lebanese prime minister-designate resigns amid impasse

The announcement by Moustapha Adib deals a blow to French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to break a dangerous stalemate in the crisis-hit country.

Address aspirations of Tamils, Narendra Modi urges Mahinda Rajapaksa

Devolve powers as envisaged in the Constitutionm, says Mr. Modi.

Watch | A 'Climate Clock' that counts down to an irreversible climate crisis

A video on 'Climate Clock' that was unveiled at Manhattan’s Union Square as part of the climate week

Google parent agrees to $310M misconduct lawsuit settlement

A special team will investigate any allegations against executives and report to the board’s audit committee

Auschwitz memorial director seeks clemency for Nigerian boy

Cywinski said that if the President couldn’t give clemency, he would suggest that 120 adult volunteers from all over the world — “myself personally among them” — each serve a month in a Nigerian prison

Spiritual guru Swami Pratyagbodhananda dies, mortal remains flown to India for last rites

He passed away due to myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest.

Military plane carrying air force cadets crashes in Ukraine, killing 22

An investigation has started on what caused the crash.

India calls Imran Khan’s speech at UNGA an “incessant rant”

Mr. Vinito had left the General Assembly hall as Mr. Khan’s video address began, as a gesture of India’s protestations against it.

PM Modi to deliver U.N. speech on Saturday highlighting India’s priorities

PM Modi is likely to highlight in his address, India’s track record on fighting the climate crisis as climate action is part of the Indian agenda for the 75th session

Donald Trump plans to nominate Judge Barrett to US Supreme Court: Reports

The media reports said Mr. Trump could still change his mind between now and the announcement on Saturday.

Japan’s newly minted Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga steps into UN limelight

Yoshihide Suga maintains that he was involved behind the scenes on big foreign policy issues and in building relationships with foreign leaders.

Tokyo is determined to host Olympics next year, Suga tells U.N.

The Games were originally scheduled for this summer, but were put off for a year in March by IOC and the Japanese government.

Coronavirus | WHO warns two million virus deaths possible as Europe clamps down

The hardest-hit US crossed seven million cases — more than a fifth of the global total despite accounting for only four percent of the world population.

No durable peace in South Asia until J&K resolved, says Imran Khan

Imran Khan criticised India’s abrogation of Article 370 and the number of troops in the region.

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Farmers shout slogans in Noida on September 25, 2020 as they ride tractors towards New Delhi.

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S.P. Balasubrahmanyam in 2011.

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Students come out after the Polytechnic Common Entrance Test at a college in Visakhapatnam on September 27, 2020.

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Former Union Minister Jaswant Singh.

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Armenian forces ‘destroying’ Azerbaijani tanks in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

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