Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam strongly condemned protesters for instigating a riot in Admiralty
1 year agoBarricade at Connaught Rd #HongKongProtest
At least nine members of an upraising group have been killed in a Taliban attack on their posts in Garziwan district of Faryab
Anantnag update: SHO Arshad Khan critically injured during the exchange of fire. Heavy casualty feared.
Per initial details 5-6 Indian soldiers, 2 militants killed in what appears to have been a suicide attack in Anantnag
Jammu and Kashmir: Militants attack police party at KP road in Anantnag; heavy firing underway
1 year agoApparently, one admin of the main telegram group that's coordinating HongKong AntiELABhk has been arrested by police. Group lost a few thousand members in the last few hours.
1 year agoNew barricades are being erected. The occupation does not appear to have dispersed, just moved further into the CBD.
1 year agoVideo of the attack on forces in Anantnag. Sadly heavy casualties are being reported from Anantnag in South Kashmir. Both CRPF and J&K Police personnel have been critically injured. Official word awaited. All injured rushed to BB Cantt Srinagar.
Chinese vessel sinks Philippine boat in West PH Sea 'collision'
Anantnag: SHO Anantnag of J&K Police also critically injured in terror attack, being rushed to BB Cantt in Srinagar.
1 year agoIn the Pacific Place in Admiralty, the police repeatedly raised the black flag and warned that tears would be applied.
Queen Mary Hospital is on stand-by mode and the next police clearance action will be around 8pm.
1 year ago19:47 More police came to Rodney street and Queensway junction as hundreds of protesters shouted: 加油香港!
1 year agoLargest tower of the historic citadel of Ghazni has collapsed. 15 of the 36 towers in the 12th century citadel have collapsed or been severely damaged. Neglect, corruption, and the war are putting all of Afghanistan's ancient treasures at risk. Photo by @JoyaRabeah
1 year agoJapan PM Shinzo Abe has arrived in Tehran for talks to ease Iran-US tension; will meet President Rouhani today, and with Iran's Leader on Thursday
UK urges Hong Kong to listen to concerns of its people
1 year agoThe demonstrators continued to retreat to the business district of the Admiralty and the shopping malls, during which police officers threw tear gas in the Golden Bell Gallery.
1 year agoPolice in Hong Kong are using what appears to be hand thrown N225 Rubber Bursting countryside Grenades, manufactured by the UK-based Chemring Group, against protestors
Five Arrested In Connection With Terrorist Activities in Ghazni
1 year agoClouds of tear gas fired right on the doorstep of HK's High Court.
1 year agoLocal media NowTV reports 22 hospitalized during this afternoon's police operation around the government complex
1 year agoPLA soldiers in their complex masks ready. #HongKong
1 year agoPolice are trying to seal shut the doors of the Far East Finance Centre on Harcourt Road, where a group of protesters have barricaded themselves inside. Among the group are first aiders.
1 year agoOutside of the PLA Garrison, protestors writing "anti-extradition to China, fight evil law" on the wall.
1 year agoMore tear gas has been fired on Harcourt Road, as police push through and clear protesters.
1 year agoChina says "The frequent passage of Chinese aircraft carriers into Miyako Strait will become a common practice and people will get used to it"
A driver who transported video equipments for journalists from @rthk_enews was being shot in head and lost consciousness. Now on the ambulance to Queen Mary Hospital
1 year agoLive from HongKong: police ran towards a man who somehow found his way to ride a motorcycle (in yellow) towards the new gathered police charge line under the bridge of Harcourt Road. A few police ran towards him anxiously screaming: Leave. Leave. @SCMPNews
1 year ago2 persons killed, 3 injured in Badghis traffic accident
Taliban Militants Shot Dead Three Civilians in Herat
1 year ago#HongKong antiELAB tactical map. Blue under police control Red protesters
At least 15 Taliban militants and three public uprising forces were killed in clashes in Khwaja Ghar district in Takhar, a spokesman for the provincial governor, Mohammad Jawad Hejri, said.
1 year agoJammu and Kashmir: Fire broke out at District Police Lines in Udhampur, today morning; fire tenders present at the spot
Flash floods wash away bridge over Arin nallah in Bandipora, inundate villages
Taliban commanders in-charge of prisons and explosions killed in Faryab
1 year agoUnidentified armed men gunned down a religious scholar in the Khewa district of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, an official said.
Iranian officials: Tehran will seek mediation of the Japanese Prime Minister to ease the oil sanctions
1 year agoViolent clashes between protesters and HK police at gov HQ main gate at around 3 pm. Photo source: TVB News
1 year agoBricks dug up in barricade attempt on Lung Wo Road
Thai junta chief Prayut made PM in royal decree
1 year agoOn Tim Wa Avenue, police are spraying pepper-based solution at protesters, who use umbrellas to protect themselves. A policeman is holding up a red banner which reads: "Stop charging or we use force."
1 year agoTaliban took over Khwaja Ghar after crushing local militia in Takhar. They seized Humvee
1 year agoClashes on the front lines as police use baton and pepper spray.
Key Taliban Member Among 52 Others Killed In Zabul: Governor
Moon adviser anticipates 'new possibilities' with Kim's letter to Trump
Taliban: Enemy convoy travelling from Ghazni towards Kabul engaged in Salar and Malli Khel areas of Sayedabad Wardak dusk time Tuesday resulting in 6 logistic trucks destroyed,8 special unit gunmen including commander Muhammad Yousuf killed and 4 others wounded.
Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev took office as President of Kazakhstan
1 year agoProtesters have clashes with some police on the frontlines near Harcourt Rd and around the PLA building.
Media confirmed coordinated Taliban attack on Khwaja Ghar, Dasht e Qaleh, Baharak and Namak Ab. Reports that Taliban entered Khwaja Ghar although pro Govt. media is denying that
Militant killed in Sopore gunfight: Police
1 year agoOccupy 2.0. The people are back in their thousands
1 year agoCrowd at Harcourt and LegCo roads, which had thinned with the rain, increasing in size again.
1 year agoThe demonstrators set up roadblocks outside the People's Liberation Army's Hong Kong Army Building (formerly known as Prince of Wales Building).
1 year agoBorder guards detained 24 illegal migrants from Africa and China in the Kyiv region
1 year agoMacau journalist Chan Ka Chun complained of being attacked with pepper spray by police officers earlier this morning despite wearing his press pass and attempting to leave the scene.
1 year agoMap: Today's protests have so far centered on the roads leading to the Legislative Council building in Central Hong Kong. Here are the main roads affected
1 year agoTaiwan President Tsai @iingwen on Instagram
Hong Kong's parliament cancels today's debate on extradition bill, reschedules to yet to be decided date, after protesters surround building and seize nearby roads
1 year agoTens of thousands are occupying roads around hongkong gov't headquarters chanting for the extradition law to be axed.
1 year agoHong Kong at 10:15 a.m., June 12, 2019. Protestors have, once again, overwhelmed a key road in the center of the city as part of protests against a proposed extradition law.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 11km W of Batgram, Pakistan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 148km SSE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
KCNA: "What the Japanese reactionaries sharpening the sword for reinvasion will do after turning Japan into a military giant is as plain as a pikestaff. They seek to repeat the period when they lorded it over Asian people under'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.'"
KCNA: "Elections for deputies to provincial (municipality), city (district) and county people's assemblies will take place in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on July 21, Juche 108 (2019) in accordance with Article 138 of the Socialist Constitution."
1 year agoThe Chinese government has destroyed the central Uyghur graveyard in Khotan. It was also the site of several sacred shrines.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia
In preparation for @TokayevKZ 's inauguration that will be on June 12th in Nursultan, Kazakhstan's authorities are blocking FB, Instagram and Telegram now. WhatsApp has been down the whole day.
Another "beautiful letter" was received from DPRK leader Kim Jong Un yesterday, @POTUS tells reporters.
1 year agoVisual of the wreckage of the missing AN-32 spotted earlier today 16 Kms North of Lipo, North East of Tato, at an approximate elevation of 12000 ft, in Arunachal Pradesh by the IAF Mi-17 Helicopter undertaking search in the expanded search zone
1 year agoPro-democracy lawmakers questioned a inspector for random police search to youngsters in metro station near the city's legislative council. The police team left the area eventually.
1 year agoEmpty, cordoned off demonstration zone outside LegCo.
1 year agoBig crowd outside Admiralty MTR station arguing with police over searches, but again many people still streaming through towards LegCo.
The wreckage of an Indian Air Force transport aircraft, which went missing 8 days ago with 13 people on board, is found in Arunachal Pradesh
NIA court convicts Mumbai businessman in plane hijacking threat case
Encounter started between security forces and militants at Warpora Payeen area in Sopore town of Jammu and Kashmir. Two militants are believed to be trapped inside the house.
Roadside Bomb Kills Six Civilians in Kandahar
1 year agoThe death toll has risen to 4 in a gas pipe explosion on May 29 at a steel factory in Nanchang, capital of E China's Jiangxi province
1 year agoA group of unidentified gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Shakardara district of Kabul last night, killing 1 policeman, injuring 2 others. Gunmen looted then torched the checkpoint. No group incl Taliban has not claimed the responsibility yet
Groups will stage protests in various parts of Metro Manila to commemorate the country's 121st Independence Day.
1 year agoCE Abdullah met with US Ambassador to Kabul John Bass "Discussed the #AfghanPeaceProcess, the preparation for the upcoming Afghanistan presidential election, and the latest political and security developments. Afghanistan and USA are committed to their strong strategtic partnership."
Whatsapp and Telegram instant messengers aren't working in Kazakhstan. Whatsapp is the most popular and widely used app in Central Asian country.
1 year agoDelhi: Defence Min Rajnath Singh and Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat to lay wreath at Palam Technical Area today to honour Lance Naik Mohammad Jawed, who was critically injured and later succumbed to his injuries in ceasefire violation in Poonch Sector of Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan Army y'day.
1 year ago5 Killed, 12 Injured in Ghazni Traffic Accidents
1 year agoActing Afghan Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid, Deputy Interior Minister for Security BG Khushal Sadat, and Resolute Support Commander Gen. Scott Miller visited Herat province on Tuesday to assess the security situation of the province, the Defense Ministry said.
Two militants slain in Shopian gunfight were inspired by IS ideology: Police
Bengaluru: High Grounds police have arrested 2 men identified as Siddarajuand Jaumaraju based on a complaint that claimed that they abused Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy,former PM HD Devegowda and Nikhil Kumaraswamy (CM's son) during a Facebook live on May 23. Video has been deleted now.
1 year agoISIS officially claims today's early morning clashes with Indian forces in Shopian which killed two IS militants who had recently joined IS ranks.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 119km SW of Tarakan, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 30km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan