PESHAWAR: Security forces in Pakistan have gunned down four militants, including a top Taliban commander who masterminded the last year’s powerful bomb blast in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in which at least 31 people including three Sikhs were killed. Those killed in the exchange of fire include Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Islam and Mohibullah who were involved in various terror activities, officials said…. Read more »
China is and has been communist for a very long time. A lot of people just go along with the one country, two systems policy, but other people do not like it. Hong Kong has a movement called the umbrella movement. This is where many people who are pro democracy gather together with yellow umbrellas and protest in the streets…. Read more »
China is letting more than 2,000 ethnic Kazakhs drop their Chinese citizenship and leave the country, according to Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry. The Associated Press first reported Beijing’s decision, which was later confirmed by the ministry. It’s unclear who among the ethnic Kazakh community can leave China or under what circumstances. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to… Read more »
Hong Kong (CNN)“If this is the cup I must take, I will drink with no regret.” Benny Tai was defiant and emotional as he faced the court. Outside, he and his fellow defendants raised their fists and supporters displayed yellow umbrellas, the symbol of Hong Kong’s beleaguered pro-democracy movement. That movement is looking shakier than ever, as Tai and others… Read more »
Hong Kong (CNN)At least one person is dead and two missing after an oil tanker caught fire south of one of Hong Kong’s main islands. The fire broke out aboard a vessel transporting kerosene near Lamma Island around 11:30 a.m. local time, a police spokeswoman told CNN. Crew on board jumped into the water as the fire engulfed the ship,… Read more »
(CNN)Parts of Asia are choking under a thick layer of smog, leading at least one country to experiment in extreme forms of weather modification in an attempt to clear the toxic brown skies. Thailand, South Korea, China, India and Hong Kong are all facing unhealthy and even hazardous levels of pollution as weather patterns, coal heating and emissions contribute to… Read more »
