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Afghan bomber hits medical facility near Bagram Air Base
Published On: December 11, 2019 02:56 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec 11: A powerful suicide bombing targeted an under-construction medical facility on Wednesday near Bagram Air Base, the main American base north of the Afghan capital, the U.S. military said, and six Afghans were reported wounded.
China imprisoned more journalists than any other country in 2019: CPJ
Published On: December 11, 2019 02:35 PM NPT By: Reuters
DEC 11: China imprisoned at least 48 journalists in 2019, more than any other country, displacing Turkey as the most oppressive place for the profession, a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists report said on Wednesday.
India's parliament set to vote on contentious citizenship bill
Published On: December 11, 2019 02:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Dec 11: India’s ruling Hindu nationalists pushed for final parliamentary approval on Wednesday for a law that critics say undermines the country’s secular constitution by granting citizenship to non-Muslim minorities from three neighbouring countries.
Democrats' impeachment charges say Trump 'betrayed' US
Published On: December 11, 2019 01:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON DEC 11: House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, declaring he “betrayed the nation” with his actions toward Ukraine as they pushed toward historic proceedings that are certain to help define his presidency and shape the 2020 election.
As Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia details mass rapes, killings in Myanmar
Published On: December 10, 2019 09:36 PM NPT By: Reuters
THE HAGUE, Dec 10: Gambia’s legal team described mass rapes, the burning of families in their homes and killing of dozens of Muslim Rohingya children with knives as it set out its genocide case against Myanmar at the U.N.’s International Court of Justice on Tuesday.
India’s crackdown hits religious freedom in disputed Kashmir
Published On: December 10, 2019 08:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SRINAGAR, India, Dec 10: For years Romi Jan’s mornings would begin with the plaintive call to prayer that rang out from the central mosque in disputed Kashmir’s largest city. The voice soothed her soul and made her feel closer to God.
Two days before election, Algeria jails two ex-prime ministers
Published On: December 10, 2019 06:22 PM NPT By: Reuters
ALGIERS, Dec 10: An Algerian court jailed two former prime ministers for corruption on Tuesday, two days before a presidential election which protesters want cancelled.
Putin meets Ukraine leader for first time at Paris peace summit
Published On: December 10, 2019 05:22 PM NPT By: Reuters
PARIS,Dec 10: Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the first time on Monday at a summit in Paris aimed at advancing efforts to restore peace to eastern Ukraine.
Eye blinded covering Hong Kong protests, Indonesian reporter seeks justice
Published On: December 10, 2019 05:08 PM NPT By: Reuters
HONG KONG, Dec 10: Hit by a projectile fired by Hong Kong police while covering an anti-government protest nearly two months ago, Indonesian journalist Veby Mega Indah was blinded in one eye, but that has not blotted out the traumatic flashbacks filling her mind.
Six shot dead in Czech hospital attack
Published On: December 10, 2019 03:28 PM NPT By: Reuters
PRAGUE, Dec 10: A gunman shot dead six people on Tuesday at a hospital waiting room in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava in an unexplained attack, authorities said.
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