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Riot police have deployed teargas and batons against thousands of protesters rallying against government surveillance, includin lamp posts equipped with sensors. Hundreds of officers charged at protesters, beating them as they fled. Continue readi…
Thousands of protesters have formed a human chain across Hong Kong on the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way, when about 2 million people created a chain across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to protest against Soviet occupation. More than two months of…
Large demonstrations and violent protests have taken place across the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. On Wednesday, Jakarta said it was sending a further 1,000 security personnel to tackle the unrest, sparked by the arrest of Papuan stude…
Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people flocked to a downtown park for a rally after two months of increasingly violent clashes that have prompted severe warnings from Beijing and failed to win concessions from the city’s government. Torrential rain …
A fire swept through a crowded slum in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, destroying thousands of shanty homes. No one was killed. Many residents had left their homes to celebrate Eid
al-Adha with their families, and some of those left homeless took…
Video obtained by the Guardian shows the unloading of Iranian fertiliser from a cargo ship, CS Future, at Lianyungang port in China. The fertiliser is then loaded onto another cargo ship, the Bulk Aquila, which was due to carry the product to India on …
Liu Xiaoming issues stark warning to protesters in Hong Kong, saying Beijing is prepared to ‘quell any unrest swiftly’ if demonstrations continue. ‘Their moves are severe and violent offences, and already show signs of terrorism,’ Liu said Continue rea…
A team of researchers at Japan’s Keio university have built a robotic tail. Dubbed ‘Arque’, the grey one-metre device mimics tails such as those of cheetahs and monkeys, used to keep balance while running and climbing Continue reading…
Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has threatened to ‘teach India a lesson’ in a warning against any attack on Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Pakistan responded furiously after India’s decision last week to revoke Indian-administered Kashmir’s spe…
Mass protests at Hong Kong’s international airport descended into chaos as riot police used pepper spray and batons in an attempt to disperse the thousands of demonstrators who had grounded flights for a second consecutive day. Hong Kong riot poli…
Hong Kong’s airport authority has suspended flights for a second day as thousands of protesters staged another rally at the busy international travel hub. Wearing black outfits and face masks, the unofficial uniform of the protests, demonstrators used …
State media outlets videos with a rousing choral soundtrack show armoured troop carriers purportedly driving to Shenzhen, the south-eastern state that borders Hong Kong. Chinese officials have released a series of threatening statements about Hong Kong…
Nora Quoirin’s mother has appealed to the public for information as the search for the missing 15-year-old British girl continues in Malaysia. A £10,000 reward has been offered to help find the vulnerable teenager who disappeared from her bedroom …
Nora Quoirin’s mother has appealed to the public for information as the search for the missing 15-year-old British girl continues in Malaysia. A £10,000 reward has been offered to help find the vulnerable teenager who disappeared from her bedroom …
Heavy rain swept through eastern China after Typhoon Lekima made landfall in the coastal province of Zhejiang on Saturday. The powerful storm left a trail of destruction after a landslide backed up a river that broke through debris and inundated homes….