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UN urges world leaders to put financial sanctions on Myanmar Army

Shawdesh Desk: United Nations investigators urged world leaders on Monday to impose targeted financial sanctions on companies linked to the military in Myanmar, and said foreign firms doing business with

HK protesters to stage twin rallies to realise demand

Shawdesh Desk: Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong are set to defy Chinese authorities with another two major rallies later Sunday, a day after police fired tear gas to disperse them

US imposes fresh sanctions against Russia over Skripal issue

Shawdesh Desk: A fresh round of sanctions were imposed on Moscow Saturday by the United States over the 2018 poisoning of former double-agent Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom. Russian

Russian opposition to stage demo amidst govt crackdown

Shawdesh Desk: The Russian opposition vowed to stage another mass rally Saturday despite increasing pressure from authorities, who arrested nearly 1,400 people at a protest last week and have launched

Blasts rock Bangkok, two hurt

Shawdesh Desk: Several small explosions were heard in Thailand’s capital Bangkok in at least three locations on Friday and police said that two street cleaners had been hurt by what

China warns HK protesters with military video

Shawdesh Desk: China’s military has released a slick propaganda video showing a drill of armed troops quelling a protest in Hong Kong, in a thinly veiled warning to the city’s

At least 20 Yemenis police killed in Aden attacks: sources

Shawdesh Desk: Two separate attacks killed at least 20 police in Yemen’s government-held second city Aden Thursday, one by Shiite rebels and the other by jihadists, security and medical sources

Afghanistan highway blast kills at least 35 on bus, injures 27

Shawdesh Desk: – Most victims are women and children – Government blames Taliban for the blast – Taliban rejects government allegation A roadside bomb in western Afghanistan killed at least