Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli meets president, party chief as calls for his resignation grow

President Bidya Devi Bhandari prorogued the Budget Session of Parliament on Thursday after a Cabinet recommendation.

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· Jul 02, 2020 · 05:54 pm

Myanmar: At least 50 workers dead in a landslide at a jade mine, rescue operation underway

The workers were allegedly trapped under a mound of refuse.

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· Jul 02, 2020 · 12:57 pm

Reddit bans pro-Trump forum, Twitch suspends US president’s channel for ‘hateful content’

The community or ‘subreddit’, called ‘The_Donald’, has over 7,90,000 users who post memes, videos and supportive messages for Trump.

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· Jun 30, 2020 · 12:07 pm

Russia offered bounty to militants to kill US troops, claims report; White House denies knowledge

Russia also dismissed reports of the involvement of its military intelligence unit in this.

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· Jun 28, 2020 · 01:46 pm

Pakistan PM Imran Khan calls Osama bin Laden a ‘martyr’, gets lambasted by Opposition parties

Khan, speaking in the Pakistan Parliament, said his country faced a lot of humiliation despite supporting Washington’s ‘War on Terror’.

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· Jun 25, 2020 · 10:57 pm

Pakistan to remain on global terror-financing watchdog FATF’s ‘grey list’, say reports

Meanwhile, the United States, in a report, said that the country continues to be a safe harbour for regionally-focused terror groups.

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· Jun 25, 2020 · 07:49 am

US: Supreme Court blocks Donald Trump’s bid to scrap ‘Dreamers’ immigration policy

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme was launched in 2012 by Barack Obama.

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· Jun 19, 2020 · 12:57 pm

Trump ‘pleaded with’ Xi Jinping to help him get re-elected, ex-aide John Bolton claims in memoir

The US government asked a federal court to issue an emergency order to stop the release of the book.

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· Jun 18, 2020 · 09:38 am

North Korea blows up liaison office on the border amid escalating tensions with South

Seoul’s Unification Ministry said the destruction of the building at border town happened at 2.49 pm.

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· Jun 16, 2020 · 01:20 pm

North Korea threatens to send army in demilitarised zone with South over propaganda leaflets

The General Staff of the Korean People’s Army said it has been reviewing an action plan to ‘turn the front line into a fortress’.

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· Jun 16, 2020 · 11:14 am

George Floyd murder: Black protestor carries wounded white man to safety at London demonstration

Some people in the crowd shouted out that the assault victim was a member of the far-right, but this has not yet been confirmed.

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· Jun 15, 2020 · 07:01 pm

China: 19 dead, 172 injured in gas tanker explosion in Zhejiang province

The truck, carrying liquefied petroleum gas, caused extensive damage in the area.

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· Jun 14, 2020 · 06:42 pm