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World needs to do more on tobacco control

12 Jun 2020

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent observation that even during a global pandemic, the tobacco and nicotine industry has continued to promote products that limit people’s ability to fight new...

Topsy-turvy and troubling weather patterns

02 Jun 2020

Scorching heat waves, then deafening thunderstorms – India’s weather woes continue even as the country is attempting to open up after a series of lockdowns. While many parts of...

Protesters mass in Hong Kong before anthem law is debated

27 May 2020

Thousands of protesters shouted pro-democracy slogans and insults at police in Hong Kong before lawmakers later Wednesday debate a bill criminalizing abuse of the Chinese national anthem in the semi-autonomous...

Sistani hits out at forces for failing to protect protesters

07 Feb 2020

Iraq’s top cleric on Friday berated security forces for failing to protect protesters killed in clashes with rival groups this week in the southern city of Najaf, and urged politicians...

VIDEO: Hundreds wounded in weekend of Lebanon clashes

20 Jan 2020

Lebanese anti-riot police dispersed stone-throwing protesters with tear gas in Lebanon's capital on Sunday, as heavy rain capped a weekend of rare violence that wounded hundreds. Medics said 145 people...

Hong Kong police arrest organiser of protest after rally turns violent

20 Jan 2020

A prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist was arrested by police, his organisation said on Monday, after a protest he helped organise in the financial district a day earlier turned violent...

Cabinet approves funds for census, population survey

24 Dec 2019

Resmi Sivaram The union cabinet, headed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday allocated Rs85 billion for updating the National Popular Register (NPR). The decision comes even as...

Indian government signals willingness to compromise amid Citizenship law row

20 Dec 2019

On a day on which protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) reached the residence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) key allies dumped the...

Iraqi cleric slams protesters’ killings, calls for gun control

13 Dec 2019

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric on Friday condemned recent killings of anti-government protesters and urged full state control over the use of weapons in the country following one particular deadly attack...

7 killed as man opens fire on Iraqi shops, protesters

12 Dec 2019

An angry mob killed a 16-year-old and strung up the corpse by its feet from a traffic pole after the teen shot and killed six people on Thursday, including four...

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