Japan’s Suga signals chance of calling snap election, reports Asahi

[caption id="attachment_10500" align="alignnone" width="924"] Japan's top government spokesman Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks during an in Tokyo, Japan August 26, 2020. [/caption] TOKYO: Japan's...

Chinese lawyers struggle to access Hong Kong ‘speedboat fugitives’

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020

[caption id="attachment_10433" align="alignnone" width="968"] A government-sponsored advertisement promoting new national security law is seen at Eastern Harbour Crossing ahead of national security legislation, in Hong...

Indian army asks China’s PLA if missing civilians in their custody

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_10424" align="alignnone" width="985"] Indian army soldiers carry a coffin containing the body of Tenzin Nyima, a senior rank Tibetan official from India’s Special Frontier...

New Zealand’s PM restarts campaign with holiday pledge

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_10427" align="alignnone" width="964"] New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during an interview with Reuters in Wellington, New Zealand, December 11, 2019. [/caption] WELLINGTON:...

Trump blasts media, Democrats over report he disparaged US troops

September 6, 2020September 7, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_10446" align="alignnone" width="963"] US President Donald Trump is seeking re-election in part on his vocal support of the US military. [/caption] WASHINGTON: US President...

Nepal police fire tear gas to stop religious rally amid Covid-19 surge

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_10377" align="alignnone" width="931"] Nepalese police take cover during a protest after locals tried to pull the chariot of Rato Machhindranath in Lalitpur, Nepal September...

Warships join fight to put out fire on oil tanker off Sri Lanka

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_10373" align="alignnone" width="979"] The New Diamond, a tanker chartered by Indian Oil Corp and carrying the equivalent of about 2 million barrels of oil,...

Australian writer detained in China says will ‘fight to the end’

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_10352" align="alignnone" width="891"] Yang Hengjun, author and former Chinese diplomat, who is now an Australian citizen, displays a name tag in an unspecified location...

Japan’s Suga jumps in popularity, tops poll for next PM

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_10346" align="alignnone" width="986"] Yoshihide Suga, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary and ruling LDP lawmaker, leaves a news conference to announce his candidacy for the party's...

Biden speaks with Jacob Blake, hears from Kenosha residents

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_10380" align="alignnone" width="962"] Democratic US presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about safely reopening schools during a campaign stop in Wauwatosa,...