The measures, which took effect on Dec 21, include asset freezes and bans on entry. Read more at straitstimes.com.

It separately condemned China for acting against two Canadian institutions and 20 people involved in human rights issues.

In the wake of the ‘outing’ of parliament Speaker Ashoka Ranwala with accusations that his PhD was fake, there has been a flurry of articles on fake degrees.

HTS, a US-designated terrorist group, emerged as the de facto ruler of Syria after Assad’s fall on December 8, following an ...

Gulgine has since vanished and is now believed to be among the estimated one million people — mostly Uighurs — in detention in China’s Xinjiang province. It is believed to be the largest ...

As the year is coming to an end, a new Islamic force has emerged, and the Middle East could see Turkey and Israel confronting ...

PM Modi holds talks with top Kuwaiti leadership Delhi Police identifies 175 people in verification drive against illegal ...

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