1 year agoFrom 15:00 hours, 21/Jan (Tue) Yuen Long Stations will be closed till further notice to avoid possible railway assets damages due to protest and police actions
1 year agoLocal authorities in Kunduz claimed arrest of 7 alleged Taliban operatives
1 year agoTaliban officially claimed defection of several pro-govt soldiers/policemen in Baghlan
One more person died of new pneumonia in Wuhan bringing death toll to 4
1 year agoAt least 2 policemen were killed Sunday in an attack in Tarinkot, in Uruzgan
U.S. Deploys 2 Aircraft Carriers Near Korean Peninsula
New details: 15 healthcare workers in Wuhan have tested positive for the new coronavirus and 1 of them is in critical condition. Test results are pending for a 16th healthcare worker
1 year agoButhidaung-based Myanmar military battalions have been firing indiscriminately mostly every night. On Monday morning at 4am a 7-year-old Rohingya girl from SinThayPyin hamlet was hit by bullet
1 year agoLeaked footage from the isolation ward in a Wuhan hospital. Medical staff in full gear
Sky News: World Health Organisation says emergency meeting in Geneva on Wednesday will discuss whether new Coronavirus constitutes an international health emergency
India pledged $50 million in defense assistance to Sri Lanka during a meeting between India's national security adviser and Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the weekend
1 year agoPulmonology expert from China's National Health Commission, Zhong Nanshan, has confirmed on a CCTV News programme that the new Wuhan coronavirus could be transmitted among human beings
1 year agoYuen Long: As soon as the permit to the rally was over at 10 pm, dozens of riot police quickly raid the park where the rally was held. Stop-and-searches targeting younger people are being conducted. Though, it is not clear if the police have made any arrest.
1 year agoYuen Long: The atmosphere of the rally suddenly intensifies after a man was punched in his face. Other people claim he took pictures of the participants in the rally. Relative peace has been interrupted.
1 year agoYuen Long district councillor and lawmaker Roy Kwong describes Hong Kong's fight for democracy as a "war between light and darkness and between memorising and forgetting".
An outbreak of a new coronavirus has spread to more Chinese cities, including the capital Beijing and Shanghai, national and local authorities confirmed on Monday, and a fourth case has been reported beyond China's borders
Moody's downgrades Hong Kong's sovereign rating
Grenade attack on Indian paramilitary (CRPF) in Pulwama town of southern Kashmir
Reuters: China had confirmed a total 217 cases of the coronavirus, first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, by 1800 local time on Monday, state TV said. Shanghai also confirmed another case, according to state media reports published shortly afterwards the Xi report
New China coronavirus numbers: 224 cases reported - 217 confirmed in mainland China with Wuhan 198, Beijing 5, Guangdong 14. Authorities also monitoring: Sichuan 2 people, Yunnan 1, Shanghai 2, Guangxi 1 & Shandong
1 year agoHKU students put up protest posters around campus on Monday, the opening day of the Spring semester. Photo: Telegram.
Singapore police arrest man at Nanyang Technological University for insulting modesty of female student
Chinese President Xi says new virus must be 'resolutely contained': state media
Four bodies were recovered on 15-16 Jan around May Lwan village, Minbya Tshp, shot to death. The people went missing after a Burma Army and Arakan Army battle days prior
On 19 Jan. landmines injured 8 people (including 3 children) in Shwe Kyan, Minbya Tshp & 1 person in Buddaw, Ponnagyun Township
Suspected IS militant from Tajikistan arrested in Moldova. 28 years man used fake Ukrainian pass to leave Moldova
1 year agoTashkent newspaper reported female activist blogger, who was previously sent to psychiatric clinic for taking part in protest, left Uzbekistan to immigrate to Europe. According to source, she was afraid of being sent back to clinic by the Uzbek authorities
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) DIG Anil Pandey: We have found traces of Improvised explosive device (IED) from a bag lying at ticket counter at Mangaluru airport, we have safely evacuated it. Karnataka
1 year agoFive injured after car loses control, rams into bus in Mumbai (ANI)
Coronavirus has spread to Korea. First case there following Thailand, Japan, Beijing & Guangdong. South Korea case also somebody who'd travelled from Wuhan so still not clear if this virus can easily pass from human to human. Officially diagnosed total 201.
Citing President Xi Jinping, Beijing envoy Luo Huining pledges to boost Hong Kong patriotism and national security
A pneumonia outbreak in central China has widened with more than 200 people diagnosed with the new SARS-like virus, as health experts say there's evidence that the illness is spreading from person to person
1 year agoInducts first Su-30 squadron in South India. 222 Sqn at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Also some of them equipped with air launched BrahMos giving op reach and standoff ranges across IOR @the_hindu
China coronavirus outbreak: South Korea reports first case
Kashmir: All 3 militants killed in Watchi, Shopian encounter.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 59km WSW of Ilioilio, Philippines
1 year agoPassengers screened for coronavirus symptoms on a domestic flight out of Wuhan
Reuters: Shares of pharmaceutical companies and mask makers jumped in China as another 139 cases of the new virus outbreak are confirmed
[email protected]: I will be going to Austin, Texas. Leaving soon. Always like (love.) being in the Lone Star State. Speaking to our great Farmers. They hit "paydirt" with our incredible new Trade Deals: CHINA, JAPAN, MEXICO, CANADA, SOUTH KOREA, and many others
Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 - 59km SSW of Molibagu, Indonesia
![[World Sanctions Rally] Someone was blocking the road in Mong Kok at night, and the riot police cleared the roadblock at the junction of Sai Yee Street and Shandong Street late at night. (11:20 PM)](https://asia.liveuamap.com/pics/2020/01/19/21947553_0.jpg)
1 year ago[World Sanctions Rally] Someone was blocking the road in Mong Kok at night, and the riot police cleared the roadblock at the junction of Sai Yee Street and Shandong Street late at night. (11:20 PM)
1 year agoPhoto from Myanmar Air Force MiG 29 escorting President of China Xi Jinping
Four members of one family were killed in an attack by unidentified armed men in Kabul's Chehel Sutoon area this evening. The father is a government employee. The Interior Ministry says a probe has started
1 year agoPolice suddenly push forward after about an hour of stand-off in Mong Kok. They even attempt to snatch a couple of journalists as they think they have got too close to them and posed safety threats to them.
1 year agoAnti-government demonstrators called to have flash mob protests in Mong Kok. Here's the scene how reporters are treated when @hkpoliceforce advance:
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 119km ENE of Arzak, China
1 year agoThe Privacy Commissioner has said it would follow up on the incident on Sunday where a police officer deliberately displayed a Stand News reporter's ID in front of a live stream camera.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 116km E of Arzak, China
1 year agoSimon Cheng, former staff of British consulate in HK who was briefly detained in mainland China, appeared in the rally. He has previously cut off ties with his family in HK, citing the harassment they've endured online. He decries systematic state suppression of human rights
1 year agoAfter the World Sanction Rally at Chater Garden in Mong Kok ended this afternoon, riot police officers were dispatched in many districts. At the junction of Nathan Road and Dundas Street, police officers showed blue flags. (9:50 PM)
1 year agoRiot police chased protesters setting up rudimentary roadblocks in Mong Kok amid the traffic on Sunday evening. Photo: Kaiser / USP 社媒.
1 year agoProtesters set roadblocks with rubbish bins in Mong Kok on Sunday night, quickly cleared by riot police, while one man was apparently beaten after a dispute. Photo: Stand News / HKGolden screenshot.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has jolted hits Kashgar city in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Western China
1 year agoStop-and-searches continued at a park on Dundas Street, Mong Kok on Sunday evening, in the aftermath of the aborted Sunday Chater Garden rally. Photo: Tam Mong Keung / USP 社媒.
1 year agoHundreds gather outside Chinese embassy in London to protest against China's treatment of Hongkongers and Uygurs
Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 - 85km E of Arzak, China
1 year agoSocial media suggest riot police are stop-and-searching young people across HongKong on Sunday evening in the aftermath of the rally that was cut short, including in Causeway Bay and Mong Kok. Photo: Telegram.
The organiser of Sunday's rally at Chater Garden, Ventus Lau, has been whisked away by police right after he spoke to reporters in Wan Chai
A spokesman for the Civil Rally Team Liu Minkuang was taken away by police after meeting with the media in Wan Chai
1 year agoSeveral plainclothes officers were beaten as they negotiated with organizers shortly after 4pm. Multiple volleys of tear gas, pepper spray fired
1 year agoPolice fired tear gas and brought an approved anti-communist rally to a premature halt in Central on Sunday, as thousands remained gathered around Chater Garden. Crowds ordered to leave by Central & Admiralty MTR, though some station exits were closed
1 year agoPolice secured the footbridge connecting IFC and asked everyone to leave
1 year ago"Foreign governments, legislatures or organisations have absolutely no role in matters relating to the constitutional development of Hong Kong," a HongKong gov't spokesperson said in response to Sunday's rally
1 year agoPolice clearing out the bridge over Connaught Road of hawkers and pedestrians alike. Legislator Ted Hui on the scene.
1 year agoPolice has accused district councillor Ng Siu-hong of behaviour in disorderly manner. Ng instead said police did not explain the reasonable grounds to trigger the search
1 year ago[email protected] appears to have disabled translation from Burmese to English, after it was found to be calling the Chinese president "Mr Shithole" during his trip to Myanmar
1 year agoA group subdued on Pedder Street
1 year agoNo crisis or shortage of wheat flour in the Punjab province: Provincial Minister Fiazul Hassan Chohan addressing news conference in Rawalpindi
1 year ago"I want to take the bus." Protesters waited for a bus that takes forever to come, but police instead asked them to leave by MTR. Crowds refused
1 year agoPolice on their way to Causeway Bay, but showed down by pedestrian
Eight Irresponsible Armed Men Arrested in Baghlan
1 year agoPanic in Central MTR.
1 year agoProtesters tell each other to stay in the pavement as they move east. Some smash traffic lights near Chater Garden.
1 year agoPolice have just chased down & arrested a 2nd person on Des Voeux Rd, near where the first was arrested. It's as if they're trying to provoke the crowd
1 year agoSignificant police presence around Chater Gardens. On bridges
1 year agoPolice have just detained one person on corner of Des Voeux Rd & Ice House St. unclear why. surrounded by angry crowd, police are becoming more aggressive, with reinforcements arriving
1 year agoThe #HongKongProtests are on at Chater Garden in Central. Thousands on the ground and perched on top of the surrounding shelters. Hong Kong Police issued a letter of Objection to the march, but OK'ed the rally.
1 year ago15:55: outside Chater Garden and Ice House st are the people who #StandwithHK
Reuters: The total number of patients infected by the disease in China, all of them in central Chinese city of Wuhan, has climbed to 62. Two have died
China reported 17 more cases of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus strain on Sunday, stoking worries as the country gears up to celebrate Lunar New Year when much of the population travels
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 138km W of Abepura, Indonesia
The Japanese government has created a nationwide television broadcast advising civilians on how to protect themselves in the event of a North Korean missile attack.
