Police fire tear gas, water cannons to disperse protesters in Colombo
2 year agoAragalaya 2.0 : Thousands of protesters are currently heading to Colombo in various modest of transport, braving fuel crisis, demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation. A container on the road bringing a group of protesters
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 203 km W of Abepura, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 138 km SSW of Kencong, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 29 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 96 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 150 km S of Dampit, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 120 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 213 km SE of Port Blair, India
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 147 km S of Dampit, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 136 km SSW of Kencong, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 218 km SE of Port Blair, India
Hong Kong police issue warning over impersonating officers after Jimmy Lai's London-based lawyers sent threatening email from 'National Security Wing'
2 year agoAccording to Taliban sources, two Taliban fighters were also killed in the ISKP attack in Herat while one ISKP attacker was killed and the other escaped
Biden: Shocked and deeply saddened by Shinzo Abe's death
2 year agoTaiwan Ministry of Defense: images of 9 PLA aircraft (Y-8 EW, Y-8 RECCE, J-16*4, J-10*2 and J-11) entered #Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on July 8, 2022.
Taiwan Ministry of Defense:9 PLA aircraft (Y-8 EW, Y-8 RECCE, J-16*4, J-10*2 and J-11) entered #Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on July 8, 2022
Putin ordered negotiations on the creation of a joint air defense system of Russia and Kyrgyzstan.
Myanmar army troops seize supplies from and destroy a Yaw Defence Force post near the border between Magway Region and Chin State #
Responding to @thetimes story, Hong Kong police had to issue a statement to "condemn act of impersonating police officers of national security department"
At least eight people killed, several residential buildings destroyed in overnight flash flooding in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, officials say
Japanese Prime Minister announces the resumption of election campaign tomorrow despite the killing of Shinzo Abe
2 year agoUzbekistan's breaking news: President Mirziyoyev fires his chief of staff Zaynilobiddin Nizomiddinov
Official announcement: @AbeShinzo has died in the hospital in Nara at the age of 67 after being shot, LDP announces
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died at the age of 67 after being shot while delivering a speech earlier Friday
Kazakhstan withdraws from the 1995 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) agreement on the Interstate Monetary Committee
UAE Set to Run Kabul Airport in Deal with Islamic Emirate: Reuters
2 year agoShooting of @AbeShinzo is a "sacrilege against democracy," says his younger brother, Japan Defense Minister @KishiNobuo
Reuters from the Japanese Interior Ministry: There is no plan to postpone or change the date of the upper house elections next Sunday
2 year agoShooting suspect used 手製の銃 a hand made gun, per police report. Shinzo Abe speaking at that location was only decided last night. So unclear how attacker had time to plan, reports NHK. Footage is of the hospital
2 year agoExtraordinary photos of the attack and its aftermath from the Asahi
Report that the person who shot Shinzo Abe was a man in his 40s living in Nara prefecture (where the shooting happened). He has been arrested
2 year agoJapan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe is showing no vital signs after being taken to hospital following an apparent attack at a campaign event in the Nara region, Japanese media report
Hong Kong authorities, meanwhile, say rights not absolute and NSL and sedition offences are necessary given calls for independence and violence. They also argue not much difference between standard of HK and mainland law enforcement officers
Committee also asks HK authorities how to make sure mainland officers carrying out national security investigations in HK will comply with ICCPR given Beijing not signatory, while wondering what NSL means by mainland officers abiding by HK law but subject to its jurisdiction
