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Hong Kong is becoming another Chinese-run communist city, says Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 15 (ANI): Hong Kong is becoming just another Chinese-run communist city, US State Secretary Michael Pompeo said on Monday, adding that the United States has challenged the imprisonment of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai under the national security law.
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Activist Shabir Choudhary once again writes to UK lawmaker over deplorable
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 15 (ANI): Pakistan-occupied Kashmir activist Shabir Choudhary has once again written to UK Labour MP Debbie Abraham, highlighting the deplorable situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and said that 'no one should be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading
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PPP to consult executive committee before resignation from assemblies: Bil
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): Ahead of opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement's (PDM) sixth power show, Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday called on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz at her Jati Umra res
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Activist, former lawmaker Leung Chung-hang flees Hong Kong, pitches for US
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 12 (ANI): Former Hong Kong lawmaker Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang has left the territory and is in the United States to press Washington for asylum to young Hongkongers.
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PML-N warns of 'consequences' after Pakistan police 'harasses' lawmaker Az
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): Following Pakistan police showing up outside the residence of PML-N lawmaker Azma Bukhari, party's deputy secretary-general Ataullah Tarar has "warned" the government of "consequences".
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PML-N lawmaker from Pakistan's Punjab resigns after PDM call
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 10 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Azma Bukhari on Wednesday stepped down from Punjab's provincial assembly, stating in her resignation that the 2018 general elections in Pakistan were "designed by known and unknown creatures".
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First Pak opposition lawmaker submits resignation on PDM call
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 9 (ANI): A lawmaker from Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) on Tuesday sent his resignation to party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari after the opposition alliance - Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) asked opposition lawmakers to hand in resignations to party heads to
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Biden says COVID-19 package negotiated in Congress 'good start' but not en
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US] December 5 (ANI): The USD 908 billion COVID-19 relief package negotiated by US lawmakers is a "good start" but would not be sufficient, US President-elect Joe Biden said on Friday.
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Baku to summon French ambassador over Karabakh resolution backed by French
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on Friday denounced the approval by the French lower house of the resolution on the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh and said it would summon the French ambassador in Baku to express its stance on the matter to Paris
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Iran's lawmakers pass bill to boost nuclear activity in wake of physicist
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], November 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The Iranian parliament has passed a bill, dubbed "The strategic measure for the removal of sanctions," aimed at revitalizing the country's nuclear activities in the wake of the assassination of Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, parliament
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AIMIM MLA Akhtarul Iman 'objects' to word Hindustan in oath
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 23 (ANI): Newly elected AIMIM MLA in Bihar, Akhtarul Iman on Monday objected to the word "Hindustan" while he was administered the oath of office by Protem Speaker Jitan Ram Manjhi.
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Senior Republican lawmakers push back against Trump's efforts to overturn
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 21 (ANI): An increasing number of Republican lawmakers are pushing back on US President Donald Trump's tactics to overturn election results showing his defeat against President-elect Joe Biden, and have raised concern that his tactics could hurt the COVID-19 cris
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