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US calls for release of Hong Kong democracy campaigners
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 1 (ANI): The United States on Sunday (local time) called on Beijing to release pro-democratic leaders detained in Hong Kong, who are charged under the stringent national security law, over their participation in a primary election for the now-postponed Legislative C
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US preparing more measures against Myanmar: White House
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 1 (ANI): The United States is preparing new measures against Myanmar in connection with the reported violence during the recent protests, said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Sunday.
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China restricting basic freedoms on pretext of national security, says UN
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 27 (ANI): As China continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and people of Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law, United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday said that Beijing was restricting basic civil and po
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National security no longer limited to military, defense capabilities: Hom
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Thursday remarked that the gap between internal security and external threats is decreasing and that national security was no longer limited to military and defense capabilities.
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PLA carried out secret experiments in Wuhan, tried to cover up COVID-19 ou
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been carrying out "secret classified animal experiments" in Wuhan for years, said Mathew Pottinger, former Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA), while adding that Beijing tried to cover up the COVID-19 outbreak
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EU escalates condemnation of China's crackdown on Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 24 (ANI): The European Union has escalated its condemnation of Beijing's political crackdown under the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong but stopped short of rolling out major sanctions on the city's officials for the continued repression of opposition
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6 year jail for two Iraqi Kurdish journalists is unfair, says Committee to
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 20 (ANI): The sentencing of Iraqi Kurdish journalists Sherwan Sherwani and Guhdar Zebari to six years in jail "for jeopardising Kurdish national security" is "unfair and disproportionate", according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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US Security Adviser, UK counterpart discuss situation in Afghanistan, Myan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], February 18 (ANI/Sputnik): US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and his UK counterpart, Stephen Lovegrove, have discussed the situation in Afghanistan and Myanmar, as well as issues related to China and Iran, the White House said.
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Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested again: Report
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 17 (ANI): Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying has been arrested again in connection with the case related to 12 Hong Kongers who tried to flee to Taiwan, South China Morning Post reported citing local newspaper he owns.
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Centre not giving priority to national security as country faces two-front
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): Slamming the Central government for not giving priority to the national security, former Defence Minister and Congress leader AK Antony on Sunday said that the country is facing two-front war from Pakistan and China.
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Hong Kong lawyers oppose greater powers to immigration director to stop re
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 13 (ANI): Lawyers in Hong Kong have expressed concern over the city's government's proposal of giving "apparently unfettered power" to the immigration director to stop anyone from leaving the city.
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NSA Doval's security beefed up after recce video of his office by Jaish-e-
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): The security cover of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has been beefed up after a video has been recovered from arrested Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist which reveals reconnaissance of his office in New Delhi, sources said.
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