1 year agoAs per local reports, multiple civilians were killed in an Afghan Army raid in Logar. Media reports also confirm civilian casualties. Interestingly, @KarzaiH blamed U.S. for the raid, which either means he's just doing politics as usual or U.S. provided air support
[email protected]: Big Trade Deal just agreed to with Prime Minister Abe of Japan. Will be great for our Farmers, Ranchers and more. Really big Corn purchase
1 year agoOfficers are blocking the road at the junction of Sha Tsui Road and Chung On Street in Tsuen Wan. But protesters do not seem to be around #HongKongProtests
Hong Kong Police Force has confirmed actual gun was fired on Sha Tsui Road, Tsuen Wan.
1 year agoThis is the full video taken at the Tai Wo Hau mtr. Some first aiders in the area said that another commuter was taken by the police. #antiELAB
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 34km SSW of Karangbadar Kidul, Indonesia
1 year agoScreengrab from Apple Daily shows two officers point their guns at antiELAB protesters and some reporters near Yi Pei Square in Tsuen Wan
1 year agoA small brawl has just happened at the Tai Wo Hau mtr, as the riot police entered the station and pined down a man who was standing there — without any gear. Residents who witnessed the scene were angry at the police.
1 year agoPolice fired one shot to the sky during the clashes with protesters
1 year agoPolice have guns out and are pointing them at people on Sha Tsui Road Video: SCMP @jeffielam
1 year agoRiot police have arrived to back up officers who had just pointed their revolvers at protesters and reporters
1 year agoA lot of police running near Yi Pei Square 二陂坊
Reuters: US White House says when President Donald Trump said he had second thoughts about escalating the trade war with China earlier in the day, he meant that he wished he had raised tariffs on Beijing even higher
1 year agoPolice arrest at least a dozen as they push through Yeung Uk Road as night falls. Photo: @SiuSinGallery HKFP
1 year agoWater cannon deployed toward Hong Kong protesters
1 year agoA Rohingya woman talks to these massive crowds of refugees in the Bangladeshi camps at the memorial for the attacks that forced most of their population into becoming refugees. The UN has called those attacks genocidal
1 year agoProtesters have barricades themselves inside Citywalk mall after police rushed the overpass connecting to this second-floor door #HongKongProtests
1 year agoSome protesters were arrested after riot police began advancing in Tsuen Wan at around 6:30pm. In full: Photo: InMedia
1 year agoFacing down riot police line at Chung On and Yeung Uk as new barriers go up
1 year agoFootage from on the ground shows two water cannon vehicles heading down Yuen Uk road behind police #HongKongProtests
1 year agoPolice clearing street now, water cannon behind them
1 year agoScenes of the protester-police clashes in Tsuen Wan at around 6pm Sunday. In full: Photo: @SiuSinGallery HKFP.
1 year agoTear gas at Yeung Uk Road again #antiELAB
1 year agoProtesters have thrown six petrol bombs in total on Yeung Uk Road - to loud cheers from the crowd #HongKongProtests
1 year agoTrump on Kim Jong Un's short-range missile tests: "I'm not happy about it, but again he's not in violation of the agreement." Japan's Abe: "Our position is very clear, that the launch of short range ballistic missiles by NK really violates the relevant UN security council resolutions."
1 year agoMore petrol bombs and bricks at Nina towers in Hong Kong
1 year agoHong Kong protesters not being put off by tear gas at Nina towers
1 year agoCrowds are becoming dense as protesters pour into Tsuen Wan Park, the official end of the approved march route. They fill walkways through the park, the site of a planned three-hour rally until 8pm #HongKongProtests
1 year agoHundreds of protesters are leaving Kwai Chung Sports Ground and beginning the walk to Tsuen Wan Park. Those leaving are chanting "Hongkongers, add oil." And "five major demands" #HongKongProtests
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 112km E of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
KCNA: "Huang Kunmingexpressed his expectation that the party papers of the two countries would boostcooperation to promote the development of the traditional friendship between China and the DPRK. Attending there wereofficials of the Chinese People's Daily."
KCNA: "A delegation of the Rodong Sinmun Offices of the DPRK headed by Deputy Editor-in-Chief Kim Jin Su on a visit to China met and had a talk with Huang Kunming, head of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on August 23."
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 72km ENE of Mutsu, Japan
[email protected]: When I looked up to the sky and jokingly said "I am the chosen one," at a press conference two days ago, referring to taking on Trade with China, little did I realize that the media would claim that I had a "Messiah complex." They knew I was kidding, being sarcastic, and just
1 year ago22:24 HKT SSP Black flag (Warning of Tear Smoke) outside of Sham Shui Po Police Station on Yen Chow Street
1 year agoDozens of protesters have taken a train from Lok Fu to Sham Shui Po. They are shouting slogans in the MTR station, including: "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times"
Asked if he'll be telling @POTUS not to escalate the trade war with China, UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson responds, "You bet."
Protesters have reportedly disassembled smart CCTV lamp posts in Kwung Tong and it's the same tech as used in Xinjiang
1 year ago20:59 at Wong Tai Sin: Footage as tear gas fired
1 year agoTear gas just fired in Wong Tai Sin
1 year ago20:38 in Wong Tai Sin: Protestors blocked off all six lanes at Lung Cheung Road
1 year agoWang Tai Sin police residential compound again being targeted by radical activists in HongKong. Police families live here.
1 year agoProtesters have gathered in Wong Tai Sin and are blocking some lanes on Lung Cheung Road, a major throughfare #HongKongProtests
1 year agoAccording to the Hospital Authority, six people were sent to hospital, with one male in a serious condition and the others in a stable condition
1 year agoHongKong MTR suspended train services between Choi Hung and Tiu Keng Leng stations, and use trains to transport police officers to Kowloon Bay, one of the stations closed which should've normally been open to public. An MTR spokesman confirmed this by saying police can't get
1 year ago19:26 at Ngau Tau Kok: Protestors are back in KwunTong Road walking toward Choi Hung MTR station
1 year agoShells and bases of tear gas canisters collected at Telford Garden in Kowloon Bay. Prints, including dates, have been scratched to unrecognizable. Source: CiyuU SU Editorial Board #antiELAB
MTR confirms it put on a special train just for the HongKong police after closing several stations because of an #ExtraditionBill protest
1 year agoProtesters have been on the retreat, heading to Ngau Tau Kok, after riot police cleared barricades on Kwun Tong Road. Riot police have arrived on Ting Yip Street
1 year agoThe scene from Wai Yip Street, photos by SCMP's Sam Tsang. #HongKongProtests
1 year agoProtesters in Ngau Tau Kok have taken over Kwun Tong Road in the direction of the eastern tunnel. They have built barricades and cut off traffic. #HongKongProtests
1 year agoPolice fire tear gas at the crowds still gathered on Wai Yip St
1 year ago18:12 Protestors throwing bricks from bridge, police respond with tear gas. Police charging forward along Wai Yip St
1 year agoPresident Ghani left Kabul to Saudi Arabia on Saturday afternoon, the Presidential Palace says in a statement, adding that the president will meet with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1 year agoPM @narendramodi conferred UAE's highest civilian award 'Order of Zayed'
1 year agoPolice in Hong Kong detain several protesters as a standoff in a working-class district turns violent
1 year ago17:08 HKT, #NgauTauKok According to Stand News livestream, an AntiELAB protestor was shot in the left eye by HongKong police bean bag round. He has been carried to an ambulance
Tear gas has been fired on Wai Yip Street outside Ngau Tau Kok police station after clashes between police and protesters. Protesters had thrown projectiles at officers HongKongProtests
1 year agoScenes from the ground as tear gas is fired. Photos: SCMPSam Tsang #HongKongProtests
1 year agoPolice in Kowloon Bay have pushed protesters out of the space near the Zero Carbon Building, the end point of today's assembly. Sheung Yuet Road was also cleared. #HongKongProtests
1 year agoProtesters in Ngau Tau Kok are dismantling street fences to build barricades, while officers have formed a line of defence outside the police station. #HongKongProtests
1 year agoA protester in Ngau Tau Kok is taken away in an ambulance, his eyes bandaged. Fellow demonstrators shout "It'll be OK" as he is lifted into the vehicle #HongKongProtests
1 year agoProtesters have built a barricade on Wai Yip Street, near Ngau Tau Kok police station. Some are waving the US flag, while others cover one eye in a gesture that's become familiar in recent weeks #HongKongProtests
1 year agoCommuters, residents and protesters condemned the MTR's decision to suspend services today, some calling the rail operator "hypocrites" #HongKongProtests
1 year agoAt nearby KT Plaza, most of the shops have shut, with access to Kwun Tong MTR also closed. About 100 protesters are milling about the area. #HongKongProtests
