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Cambodia to ban online gambling, cites threat to social order
Published On: August 18, 2019 04:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
PHNOM PENH, Aug 18: Cambodia said on Sunday it is banning online gambling, which helped propel a wave of Chinese investment in casinos in the country, saying that the industry had been used by foreign criminals to extort money.
Mexico City assesses monument damage after anti-rape march
Published On: August 18, 2019 04:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, Aug 18: Workers erected a wooden wall around Mexico City’s iconic Angel of Independence monument Saturday after feminists defaced it with graffiti during a raucous and violent protest over a string of alleged rapes by police.
Indonesian police shoot suspected militant after officer slashed
Published On: August 18, 2019 03:45 PM NPT By: Reuters
JAKARTA, Aug 18: A suspected Islamic militant has launched an attack on an Indonesian police station in the country’s second-biggest city, slashing one officer with a sickle, before being shot and taken into custody, police officials said on Sunday.
About 3,000 homeless as fire consumes Bangladesh slum
Published On: August 18, 2019 03:32 PM NPT By: Reuters
DHAKA, Aug 18: About 3,000 people in Bangladesh were left homeless after a massive fire consumed several hundred shanties in a slum on the northern outskirts of the capital city of Dhaka, government officials said on Sunday.
Tens of thousands flood Hong Kong park for latest rally
Published On: August 18, 2019 03:08 PM NPT By: Associated Press
HONG KONG, Aug 18: Heavy rain fell on tens of thousands of umbrella-toting protesters Sunday as they marched from a packed park in central Hong Kong, where mass pro-democracy demonstrations have become a regular weekend activity this summer.
French police suicide rate climbs, French govt is flummoxed
Published On: August 18, 2019 01:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PARIS, August 18: Three riot police officers, a police commander, a police academy teacher — all are among eight French police officers who have killed themselves recently. That makes 64 so far this year — and the number just keeps on climbing.
Israeli military fires on militants at Gaza border, Palestinians say three killed
Published On: August 18, 2019 11:38 AM NPT By: Reuters
JERUSALEM/GAZA, August 18: Israeli forces opened fire at a group of Palestinian gunmen as they tried to cross the Gaza border, the military said on Sunday and Palestinian health officials said three of the men were killed.
Several injured in Kashmir in clashes with Indian police
Published On: August 18, 2019 10:54 AM NPT By: Reuters
SRINAGAR, Aug 18: Indian security forces injured at least six people on Saturday in Srinagar, the main city in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, as several protests broke out against New Delhi’s revocation of the region’s autonomy last week.
At least 13 people arrested at Portland, Oregon, protest
Published On: August 18, 2019 10:43 AM NPT By: Associated Press
PORTLAND, Aug 18: Police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon.
UPDATE: Afghan official: Suicide attack in wedding hall kills 63
Published On: August 18, 2019 10:07 AM NPT By: Associated Press
KABUL, Aug 18: An Afghan official says at least 63 people have been killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a packed wedding hall late Saturday night in Kabul.
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