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10 Taliban terrorists killed during attack with Afghan forces
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (Sputnik/ANI): Ten Taliban terrorists were killed and three others injured after they attacked national security forces in the eastern Afghan provinces of Ghazni and Nangarhar, the country's defence ministry said on Friday.
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Libya denounces Egypt's 'will not stand idle' threats
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 17 (ANI): Libya condemned the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's comments in which he said that Cairo "will not stand idle" against threats to national security, threatening to arm Libyan tribes against the internationally recognised government.
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Trump administration may ban US entry for Chinese Communist Party members
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 16 (Sputnik/ANI): Banning entry to the United States for members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families, over the controversial national security law for Hong Kong, is under consideration by US administration, media has reported citing informed sources.
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We stand with Hong Kong people, says US Secretary of State
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 16 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Wednesday (local time) said that his country stands with the people of Hong Kong where Beijing has recently imposed the draconian security law, which many say is aimed at crushing dissent.
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China trying to intimidate foreign, Chinese citizens overseas through Hong
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): The draconian Hong Kong Security law not only impact those sitting in Hong Kong but also applies criminal penalties for vague political offences to anyone, anywhere in the world, regardless of whether they have a substantial connection to the city, The Diplom
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US welcomes UK ban on Huawei, says clean carriers like Jio have prohibited
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): Welcoming the United Kingdom's decision to ban Huawei from future 5G networks, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Tuesday said London joins a growing list of countries from around the world that are standing up for their national security by prohibiting
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'United States will continue to shine the light of truth on Xinjiang'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 14 (ANI): US National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien has hit out at China for "horrifying repression" of Uighurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang province while saying that US will continue to "shine the light of truth" on Xinjiang.
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Beijing fears its own people's free thinking more than any foreign foe, sa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 9 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Wednesday (local time) came down heavily on Chinese Communist Party and called for releasing Xu Zhangrun who was detained by Chinese authorities for publishing articles criticising Xi Jinping over coronavirus pande
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China opens new agency in Hong Kong to monitor implementation of national
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 8 (Sputnik/ANI): The Chinese authorities on Wednesday officially opened the new agency in Hong Kong that will be engaged in monitoring the implementation of the newly enacted law on national security in the special administrative region, media reported.
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Pompeo speaks to Freeland, discusses 'shared concerns' about Beijing's 'un
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 8 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday (local time) spoke to Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland wherein the two leaders discussed "shared concerns" about Beijing's "unjustified detention and charging" of Canadian citizens Michael Spa
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TikTok, Zoom to exit from 'new' Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 7 (ANI): With China continuing to strangle Hong Kongers' of their freedom of speech and expression, TikTok and Zoom have joined the list of tech giants announcing their exit from the Asian financial hub.
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Panga here to replace TikTok
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India] July 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Centered around music, home-grown social-media app 'Panga' is ready to fill the vacuum created in India as a result of TikTok's recent ban. Within a week of its launch, Panga has gained over 100,000 active users.
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