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Protests held in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over power restoration
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): Residents of Kaghan valley in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa staged protests against the government over power crisis and blocked roads demanding immediate restoration of electricity.
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8 killed as Myanmar security forces open fire on 'spring revolution' prote
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 3 (ANI): Three months after a coup plunged Myanmar into crisis on February 1, as many as eight people were killed as security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against the military rule in the country.
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Imran Khan govt 'disappointed' after EU Parliament calls for review of Pak
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 1 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday expressed disappointment over the adoption of a resolution by the European Parliament calling for a review of Pakistan's eligibility for the General Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status in wake of an "alarming" increase in the use of bl
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Sense of betrayal in Pak police grows as Imran Khan govt negotiated with b
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 30 (ANI): Several members of the Pakistani police force have said that there is a growing sense of 'betrayal' among their colleagues after the government negotiated and agreo ted the demands of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party despite officers being "kil
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Kremlin critic Navalny calls Putin 'naked king' in his first hearing since
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 30 (ANI): A judge in Moscow upheld a defamation conviction Thursday against jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who joined a court hearing via video link, in his first public appearance since he went on hunger strike.
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Four killed, 23 injured as civilians clash with security forces in Chad
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
N'Djamena [Chad], April 27 (ANI/Sputnik): At least four people were killed and 23 others sustained injuries in clashes between protesters against the military rule and law enforcement officers in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, an informed source told Sputnik.
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Tibetan student body in France protests against Chinese detention of Panch
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 26 (ANI): Students for Free Tibet-France organised a protest demonstration in Paris on Sunday against China's continued detention of the 11th Panchen Lama.
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China targets Hong Kong bar association head for defending 2019 'peaceful'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 26 (ANI): China's top office in Hong Kong has ratcheted up attacks against the city's bar association chairman Paul Harris for defending demonstrations of 2019, denouncing him as an "anti-China politician".
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Putin critic Navalny ends three-week long hunger strike
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 23 (ANI): Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny said on Friday that he is ending his weeks long hunger strike.
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Navalny feels 'pride and hope' over protests against his detention
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 23 (ANI): Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Thursday he feels "pride and hope" over a swarm of protests against his detention.
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Pak govt registers 210 cases against radical Islamist party TLP
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 21 (ANI): Pakistan government has registered a total of 210 first information reports (FIRs) against workers of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) following the week-long violent protests.
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Pakistan: TLP supporters hold anti-govt protests, gherao interior minister
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Rawalpindi, [Pakistan] April 19 (ANI): A large number of supporters of proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protested outside Lal Haveli residence of Federal Minister for Interior, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday in Rawalpindi city and raised slogans against him.
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