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Biden considering commuting sentences of death row inmates – WaPo

Existing federal capital punishment sentences could soon be replaced with life in prison, the paper said ...

Israeli strikes kill 17 Palestinians in Gaza, orders hospital to evacuate

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 17 Palestinians, eight of...

Putin says if World War Three is underway

Moscow will always respond to any escalation by the West, the Russian president has...

Mohali building collapse: Death toll rises to two

The death toll in the Mohali building collapse has risen to two following the...

Taliban detains 18 humanitarian workers from Swiss NGO in Kabul

The Taliban have detained 18 staff members of a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in Afghanistan, including a U.S. citizen, the group said on Friday. The...

China Bans iPhone Use for Government Officials at Work

China has ordered its central government officials not to use Apple’s iPhone and other foreign-branded devices for work or bring them into the office,...

Japan PM condemns China over stone-throwing at embassy schools

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has slammed China for allowing protesters to throw stones at Japanese embassy schools in Beijing and Shanghai, calling it...

Pakistan PM to dissolve parliament ahead of elections

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Wednesday that he will advise the president to dissolve the parliament, three days before its five-year term...

Train Derailment in Pakistan Kills 15, Injures 40

At least 15 people were killed and 40 others were injured when a train derailed in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province on Sunday, officials said....

Philippines protests China’s water cannon attack on its boats in South China Sea

The Philippines has lodged a strong protest against China for blocking and firing water cannons at two of its supply boats in the disputed...

Beijing and nearby provinces face severe flooding risk as China issues red alert for heavy rain

China has issued a red alert for torrential rain in Beijing and several surrounding provinces, warning of possible floods and landslides as the country...

Pakistan in Out-of-School Children Crisis says Unicef education specialist

Pakistan has the second-highest number of out-of-school children in the world, after Nigeria. This means that millions of children are not receiving the education...

Taiwan faces massive Chinese military threat as warplanes and navy ships swarm its territory

China sends large group of warplanes, navy ships towards Taiwan in forceful display. China has escalated its military activities near Taiwan, sending dozens of warplanes...

Six killed in knife attack at Chinese kindergarten

A man armed with a knife stormed into a kindergarten in eastern China on Monday, killing six people and injuring 14 others, state media...

China expands anti-espionage law to target foreign entities and individuals

China has approved a sweeping expansion of its anti-espionage law, giving it more power to monitor, investigate and punish foreign entities and individuals suspected...

Survivors of Greece migrant boat tragedy accuse coastguard of negligence

Survivors of a migrant boat that capsized near the Greek island of Crete on Tuesday have accused the Greek coastguard of negligence, saying that...

Chinese warplanes approach Taiwan’s coast in latest provocation

Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Saturday that eight Chinese warplanes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and approached within 24 nautical miles...

India sends a strong message to China with two aircraft carriers in Arabian Sea exercise

In a show of strength and strategic signalling to China, India has conducted a massive naval exercise with two carrier battle groups (CBGs) in...

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