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Security forces kill Taliban commander in Afghanistan

Aug 19, 2020

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Afghan security forces on Tuesday repelled a Taliban attack, killed one of the terror group's commanders, and injured several other terrorists in the eastern Nangarhar province, the press office of the provincial government said on Wednesday.

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'Draconian' secuirty law not a solution for Hong Kong's crisis: Outgoing senior EU diplomat

Aug 19, 2020

Hong Kong, Aug 19 : The "draconian" national security law of Hong Kong is not a solution to the city's political crisis, according to outgoing European Union diplomat Carmen Cano adding who says she observed "growing fear and self-censorship" among Hongkongers.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

Om Birla attends inaugural ceremony of fifth world conference of speakers of parliament

Aug 19, 2020
Nepal's National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire

Nepal's national poet Ghimire cremated with state honors

Aug 19, 2020

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India, China likely to hold another WMCC meeting tomorrow, discuss disengagement along LAC in Ladakh

Aug 19, 2020

New Delhi [India], August 19 : A meeting of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border...
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6 people dead, 17 missing in Nepal floods

Aug 19, 2020

Kathmandu [Nepal], August 19 : At least six people are dead and 17 have gone missing as flash...
Interceptor Boat ICGS C-454 was launched at Surat (picture tweeted by PRO Defence Gandhinagar)

Interceptor Boat ICGS C-454 launched at Surat

Aug 19, 2020

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], Aug 19 : Interceptor Boat ICGS C-454, which is of 27m length and has a...
The Chinese government has a zero tolerance for people who appear and behave in a different manner, says Nury Turkel, an Uyghur activist based in Washington, US.

Uyghurs not seen as 'normal' by Chinese govt, says activist

Aug 19, 2020
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COVID-19 cases cross 6,000 in Maldives

Aug 19, 2020
The ventilators are manufactured in the US and are compact and provide India with flexibility in treating COVID-19 patients. (Video grab: US Embassy in India)

US hands over second shipment of 100 ventilators to India

Aug 19, 2020
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Pak assembly panel calls for thorough investigation into Karachi plane crash

Aug 19, 2020
Belarusian opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (File photo)

European Council shouldn't recognise Belarus election results, says opposition leader Tikhanovskaya

Aug 19, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping (File photo)

Expelled Chinese Communist Party member lashes out at Xi Jinping, says other leaders eager to leave

Aug 19, 2020
Indian Ambassador to Mali Anjani Kumar Sahay

All staff at Mali's Indian Embassy safe, Indians advised to return home: Ambassador

Aug 19, 2020
Joe Biden secured 3,558 delegates after the roll call vote on Tuesday that took place at a largely virtual convention, which was nominally held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Democrats officially nominate Biden for president at convention, attack Trump on leadership

Aug 19, 2020
Pakistan Army Chief General Bajwa

Saudi not in mood to mend ties with Pak? Bajwa fails to secure meet with MBS

Aug 19, 2020
Former US President Bill Clinton (File photo)

Photographs of Bill Clinton getting massage from Jeffrey Epstein victim surfaces

Aug 19, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping (File photo)

In China, Xi's intellectual warriors are outgunning "realists" of the Deng Xiaoping era

Aug 19, 2020
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Joe Biden officially becomes Democratic presidential nominee

Aug 19, 2020