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Pakistan PM Khan leads nationwide protests over Kashmir

Shawdesh Desk: Thousands rallied across Pakistan Friday in mass demonstrations protesting Delhi’s actions in Indian-administered Kashmir in the most ambitious public protests targeting India in years. At noon, sirens rang

Assam on high alert as final NRC list set to release Saturday

Shawdesh Desk: As the day for publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) approaches, Assam is on high alert. Security measures have been tightened across Assam and prohibitory

India’s top ports on alert for attacks

Shawdesh Desk: India’s two main ports said on Thursday they had been warned by the coastguard and intelligence officials that Pakistan-trained commandos have entered Indian waters to carry out underwater

HK pro-democracy activist Joshua arrested in crackdown

Shawdesh Desk: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Friday on suspicion of organising illegal protests as authorities clampdown on a wave of unrest that has plunged the

New Pentagon chief Esper wants to keep president happy

Shawdesh Desk: New United States defence secretary Mark Esper picked his way through a political minefield in his first public meeting with the media Wednesday, skirting anything that could irritate

Four European countries lose measles elimination status

Shawdesh Desk: Measles cases are skyrocketing in Europe and the disease is surging in four countries previously considered to have eliminated it, including the United Kingdom. The World Health Organisation

28 dead in Mexico strip club attack

Shawdesh Desk: Gunmen burst into a Mexican strip club in a hail of bullets and killed at least 28 people as they trapped revellers inside and started a raging fire,

HK Police ban mass pro-democracy rally over public safety issue

Shawdesh Desk: Hong Kong police have banned a mass pro-democracy rally from going ahead on Saturday over public safety concerns, organisers said, after last weekend saw some of the worst