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  • US can’t reinstate UN sanctions on Iran: EU

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    Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has denied the unilateral announcement made by the US that all pre-2015 UN sanctions against Iran had been  restored. In a statement on Sunday, Borrell said the US unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and therefore “cannot…

  • ‘Deeply concerned’ over Turkish gas exploration: Pompeo

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    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that he was “deeply concerned” over Turkey’s gas exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean amid growing tensions between Ankara, Cyprus and Greece. “We remain deeply concerned by Turkey’s ongoing operations surveying for natural resources in areas over which Greece and Cyprus assert jurisdiction in the Eastern Mediterranean,” Pompeo said…

  • US to formally Pull out troops from Iraq

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    The United States military on Wednesday announced that it would be reducing its presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 troops this month, formalizing a move that had been long expected. Last month, media reported that the United States was expected to reduce its troops presence in Iraq by about a third. The United States…

  • Arnab is Happy as Rhea In Custody

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    Republic Television boss Arnab Goswami and other right-wingers celebrate victory as the Narcotics Control Bureau arrests Bollywood star Rhea Chakraborty…. reports Asian Lite News, the leading international newspaper from London In a sensational development, the Narcotics Control Bureau on Tuesday arrested Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty after a tough three-days of grilling to unravel the drugs…

  • Macron arrives in Iraq

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      French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday arrived in Baghdad on his first official visit to the Iraqi capital for talks with the country’s top leaders over bilateral relations. Macron is expected to meet his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih and Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi as well as other top officials during his one-day visit, reports…

  • Saudi sacks two royals on corruption charge

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    Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sacked two royals over corruption charges linked to the Defence Ministry, according to an official decree. Commander of the Joint Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen Fahad bin Turki bin Abdulaziz and Deputy Governor of Al-Jouf Region Abdulaziz bin Fahad bin Turki bin Abdulaziz…

  • Indian healthcare goes digital

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    We are seeing digital technology come to the fore in India to try and alleviate the burden on its healthcare sector …. writes Asian Lite News The world is facing an unprecedented threat and challenge at the moment, and of the sectors which have been adversely affected, perhaps none is as vital as the healthcare…

  • South China Sea: China fired two missiles ahead of visa ban

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      Just before the US imposed a visa ban on Chinese government members in response to the militarization of the South China Sea, Beijing had fired two missiles, including an ‘aircraft-carrier killer’, into the disputed sea. As per a South China Morning Post (SCMP) report, China fired one intermediate-range ballistic missile, DF-26B, from Qinghai province…

  • Turkey discovers its biggest natural gas reserve

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    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that Turkey has discovered significant natural gas reserves in the Black Sea. “Our Fatih drilling ship has discovered 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves in Tuna-1 well,” Erdogan said in a televised speech from the Dolmabahce Palace here. “Turkey has made the biggest natural gas…

  • French Navy in Cyprus waters amid Med. tensions

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    A French frigate was sailing inside Cyprus’ territorial waters in the context of a defence agreement between the island-nation and France amid the ongoing tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said. On Wednesday, the “la Fayette” frigate sailed close to the island’s eastern coast after receiving permission from the Cypriot government…

  • Trump wants Iran sanctions back

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    US President Donald Trump said that Washington would invoke the “snapback” mechanism against Iran, seeking to restore all the pre-2015 UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic. “Today, I am directing the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, to notify the UN Security Council that the United States intends to restore virtually all of the previously suspended…

  • Free Jaggi March in London Turns Out To Be A Damp Squib

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    The last-minute appeals through some selected Gurudwaras were also miserably failed to fill the coaches. The general mood in London is now against movements preaching violence and dividing communities …. reports Asian Lite News Despite a massive campaign and spending thousands to book coaches to ferry people to London, the Free Jaggi protest march in…

  • Hong Kong’s jobless rate down in May-July

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    Hong Kong’s jobless rate edged down during the May-July period, ending a gaining streak for nine three-month periods, but still remained at a relatively high level as the COVID-19 epidemic continued to weigh on the economy. The unemployment rate was 6.1 percent for the past three months, retreating from the over 15-year high of 6.2…

  • NHS encourages South Asians to know their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

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    The NHS is encouraging South Asian people to find out if they are at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes through using the ‘Know Your Risk’ tool hosted by Diabetes UK. The push comes as data reveals that diabetes has been found in nearly one third of people who have passed away as a…

  • Arab relations turn a tightrope for Pakistan

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    On the first anniversary of revocation of Article 370 by India, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi took Saudi Arabia to task in a TV interview for not obliging Pakistan over the issue of ‘organising’ a meeting of the Council of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Foreign Ministers  (CFM) on Kashmir in early February 2020.…

  • Japan’s economy shrinks a record 27.8%

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    Japan’s economy contracted by 27.8 percent from the previous quarter in the April-June period, marking a record decline in 40 years mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the government said in a report on Monday. According to the Cabinet Office, the preliminary data on GDP equates to a seasonally-adjusted 7.8 percent decrease on a quarterly…

  • Pandemic Steals the Charm of I-day At Wagah

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    In an unprecedented development in 61 years, India’s Independence Day celebrations at the Attari-Wagah international border near Amritsar in Punjab on Saturday were held in the absence of spectators due to coronavirus pandemic, officials said. Those who have witnessed the ceremony during normal times would vouch for the electrifying effect it has on the boisterous…

  • KISS Seeks to Checkmate Naxalism with Quality Education

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    Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, (KISS), located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, has led to the reduction of the levels of Maoist related violence systemically by spreading the message of aspiration through education … A Special Report by Asian Lite Newsdesk India, the symbol of peace and tolerance, has suffered myriad strands of violence both before…

  • Hong Kong leader cuts ties with Cambridge

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    Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has rescinded her honourary fellowship from the University of Cambridge’s Wolfson College, severing ties from an institution she accuses of peddling “groundless” allegations about her, it was reported on Sunday. Lam’s move came after the college expressed concerns last month over her role in the national security law that…

  • Maldives receives 3,054 tourists since resumption

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    Maldives has received a total of 3,054 foreign visitors since the resumption of international travel last month, it was reported. Maldives Immigration said on Saturday that the arrivals were recorded between July 15 and August 13, reports Xinhua news agency. Majority of them were from the UK and US. The arrivals fall drastically short of…

  • Israel Suspends West Bank Annexation

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    As a result of a tripartite diplomatic discussion between the US, Israel, and the UAE, Israel has decided to suspend its controversial decision to declare Sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territory. During the conversation, US President Donald Trump, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan…

  • Pak Court allows Sikh girl to unite with Husband

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    The Lahore High Court has allowed a Sikh woman to unite with her Muslim husband. Pakistan Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur alias Ayesha Bibi will now join with her husband Muhammad Hassan after she hesitated to go back to her parental house. Jagjit who is the daughter of a Nankana Sahib preacher was living in a…

  • Japan and the curious road to Asian freedom

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    How we remember history matters because it defines our present. Learn the past to understand why we are where we are at present. How important this is has been shown by the astonishing rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. This movement is driven by the desire of black people to reclaim their history, the…

  • Amnesty flags the arrest of Hong Kong publisher

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      The rights group, Amnesty International has denounced the arrest of a prominent newspaper publisher in Hong Kong. Jimmy Lai and six others were arrested on Monday under the territory’s controversial national security law. The police have also raided the premises of Lai’s ‘Apple Daily’ newspaper. Citing this blatant violation of all journalistic impunities, Amnesty…

  • Aramco’s Profit Down 73%

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    Energy giant Saudi Aramco has reported a 73 per cent fall in its profit, or the net income, for the April-June quarter to $6.6 billion amid the pandemic. During the same period of 2019, the company had reported a net income of $24.7 billion. For the first half of 2020, it has reported a net…

  • China’s Plot For Economic Blackmail

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    ‘Hidden Hand – Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World’ by renowned academics Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg, comes with a chilling caveat: While it focuses on the “what, why and how of the CCP’s influence, interference and subversion” in North America and Western Europe, the party’s “enterprise is geared towards reordering…

  • J&K 2020: New Chapter Of Success

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    The first thing that becomes apparent while surveying the situation in J&K today, is that the Valley of Kashmir is much more peaceful with Pakistan getting less of a chance to infiltrate terrorists into the area to create civilian casualties …. Writes Dr Sakariya Kareem Mughal emperor Jehangir said it aptly when he visited Kashmir…

  • No more US troops to fight ISIS: Obama

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     US President Barack Obama said that local forces should be the main forces to fight the extremist group the Islamic State (IS) and currently there was no plan for his administration to send more troops abroad….reports Asian Lite News. Obama  told reporters after being briefed by US military leadership on the status of US-led coalition…

  • Modi to cement ties with Central Asia

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    India, Uzbekistan to boost anti-terrorism cooperation, defence, trade….reports Asian Lite News India and Uzbekistan agreed to boost cooperation in fighting terrorism and in the field of defence and cyber security as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, on his first stop on his Central Asian tour. Modi and Karimov also…

  • A Good News -Now join the bandwagon

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    If you can’t beat it, join with it. Every third person in world overweight….reports Asian Lite News More than a third of the world’s population – 37 percent of men and 38 percent of women – is overweight, says a study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Between 1980 and 2013,…

  • Forth Bridge Gets UN Heritage Stamp

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    Heritage Sites including Scotland’s Forth Bridge named in Unesco list….reports Asian Lite News Unesco has designated several new World Heritage Sites in Britain, Norway, Germany, Israel, and the US during the 39th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in the western German city of Bonn. Norway’s Rjukan-Notodden industrial site includes a group of hydraulic centers and…

  • Iran, P5+1 to aim nuke deal on July 7

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    US Secretary of State John Kerr says Iran and P5+1 aiming to finish nuclear talks on July 7….reports Asian Lite News Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers aimed to finish the latest round of nuclear talks “in the timeframe” that all parties have set out, said US Secretary of State John Kerry in Vienna. “That’s our…

  • Modi to cement ties with Russia, central Asia

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    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves on Monday on an eight-day tour that will take him to the five Central Asian countries of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and to Ufa in Russia where he will attend the BRICS and SCO back-to-back summits….reports Asian Lite News Modi will he the first Indian prime minister in…

  • NEWS N PICS- Best pics from World Events

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    Asian Lite News complies the best pictures from today’s news event

  • Ministers, Mandarins Spoil Modi Magic

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    The daily stumbles of ministers like Smrithi Irani and mandarins are attracting greater attention than Modi’s achievement….writes Amulya Ganguli So, even as the economy is certified by the Reserve Bank governor to be on the mend, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to take the country into a digital age with more e-governance, it…

  • Swiss explains toilet etiquette to Asian visitors

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    Foreigners who are not familiar with the ways of Western toilet etiquette, the Swiss are here to help them. A series of signs – apparently aimed at visitors from Southeast Asia and the Middle East – explain how one should sit on a loo seat, rather than squat; and throw toilet paper into the lavatory,…

  • BBC report on MQM stirs a hornet’s nest

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    Sharif orders probe into BBC report accusing India of fundding MQM activities…. reports Asian Lite News   Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday directed the interior ministry to thoroughly investigate claims made in a BBC report about the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) receiving funding from India, and sought an early report. Interior Minister Nisar…

  • Modi set to conquer Central Asia

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on an eight-day visit to the five Central Asian countries and to Ufa in Russia for the BRICS and SCO back-to-back summits from July 6-13 that will see a packed schedule with the prime minister spending barely 24 hours in each country….reports Asian Lite News. Modi will visit Uzbekistan…

  • ISIS trying to gain hold in PoK: Indian Army

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    The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group is attempting to gain a foothold in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) even as the terror infrastructure across the border was intact, a senior army officer said….reports Asian Lite News. “Whatever inputs we have…Islamic State is definitely trying to gain a foothold in the area (PoK),” the General Officer Commanding (GoC),…

  • No intention to surround India with bases: China

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    It’s not possible for China to surround India in a ‘string of pearls’ bases as has been stated by some commentators, according to a top PLA naval official writes Hardev Sanotra for Asian Lite. Senior Captain Wei Xiao Dong, chief of staff at the Shanghai Naval Garrison said that there was no reason for India…

  • Indo-Pak ties important to us: US

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    Reiterating that relations between India and Pakistan are important to it, the US has expressed the hope that New Delhi and Islamabad would work on issues between them and reduce tensions….reports Asian Lite News. As US Secretary of State John Kerry mentioned a couple of weeks ago after a call with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz…

  • No Chinese troops in POK: China

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    By Hardev Sanotra   China has denied any of its armed personnel were posted in Pakistani Kashmir, stating that these were “just stories”. A senior leader in charge of bilateral relations with India and Pakistan said that with modern technology and satellites no troops could remain undetected anywhere. “Even 5,000 ants cannot hide from being seeing,”…

  • US releases National Military Strategy

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    Chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey has released the country’s National Military Strategy which provides the blueprint for how the military will use its forces to protect and advance US national and security interests. “This strategy addresses these dynamics and our strategy to ensure that our force remains the best-led, trained…

  • Rajapaksa to contest parliamentary election

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    Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa announced that he would contest the August 17 parliamentary elections…..reports Asian Lite News. Speaking to a large crowd in his hometown of Tangalle town, Rajapaksa said he could not reject the request of his supporters to contest, the Daily Mirror reported. “People’s request asking me to contest cannot be…

  • China warns India on Indian ocean

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    By Hardev Sanotra  The Indian Ocean cannot be a backyard of India which navies of other countries could not visit, according the Chinese ministry of defence here….reports Asian Lite News. China, which has been expanding its naval operations into the blue waters of the world, says that it’s important that oceans are accepted as part…

  • Modi’s Weibo greetings to Chinese goes viral

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s greetings to Prime Minister Li Keqiang on the 94th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s establishment has gone viral in China….reports Asian Lite News. Modi, who now has 170,000 followers on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, send the “Happy Birthday” greeting on Wednesday, and according to Wang Hao, deputy editor-in-chief of…

  • India, China to have military hotline

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    A military hotline between the armed forces headquarters of India and China is expected to become operational soon, according to defence ministry officials here….reports Asian Lite News. Yang Yujun, spokesman for the ministry of defence, told visiting Indian journalists on Tuesday that direct telephonic links between the general headquarters of the two countries is expected…

  • Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul attack

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    At least one civilian was killed and 22 were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack by the Taliban near the diplomatic quarter in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, the interior ministry confirmed…..Reports Asian Lite News.  “A convoy of NATO forces was targeted in the attack but none of them were harmed,” interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi…

  • Two Asian giants mark their darkest days

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    By Hardev Sanotra  As India recalled its darkest period 40 years ago in June, China too marked its worst days in its recent history in same the month. But the remembrance of the events 29 years ago was more in the breach here. On June 4, 1989 tanks of the People’s Liberation Army and its…

  • The Language Of Sexual Violence  

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      The increasing reports of rapes in India call for a relook into the adjectives we use to describe the horrendous acts, which in a way redefine ‘humanity, writes Sabin Iqbal George Orwell in his popular essay on English language and politics has said that language can influence thoughts. Going by what is happening in…