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China blasts sanctions against Myanmar military junta
Instead, Wang Yi urged Myanmar's many stakeholders to settle the political crisis through "internal dialogue and reconciliation". Analysts say this may be a prelude to some overtures for dialogue that the military junta might initiate on Chinese advice instead of continuing its brutal repression of the pro-democracy movement. The US and European Union have imposed sanctions on the junta leaders and their spouses.
Pak PMO, govt asked to release counter-terror expert Faran Jeffery
"We urge @GovtofPakistan and @PakPMO to immediately release our Deputy Director Faran Jeffery @Natsecjeff who was abducted from his residence on Sunday by security officials in Karachi. We strongly condemn his abduction and want his safe return from security custody please," ITCT said in a tweet. Faran is a self-proclaimed Open Source Intelligence researcher.
Taliban find new revenues as they seize US-built border gateway
The American-built Sher Khan Bandar crossing, north of the city of Kunduz, fell to the Taliban on June 22, with 134 border guards and other Afghan government troops fleeing to neighbouring Tajikistan. Since then, the insurgents have seized most of the rest of Afghanistan's border with Tajikistan. Nearly 1,000 Afghan troops sought refuge in Tajikistan on Sunday and Monday.
77 Taliban militants killed in Afghan airstrikes
Earlier in the day, 35 militants were killed following a pre-dawn airstrike in surrounding areas of Alishing district of Laghman province, the Ministry said in a statement. A footage released by the Ministry showed heavily armed militants gathering in a muddy house before launching attacks on security checkpoints in the area, reports Xinhua news agency.
Tech giants threaten to quit Hong Kong over proposed data laws
A letter sent by an industry group that includes the Internet firms said companies are concerned that the planned rules to address doxing could put their staff at risk of criminal investigations or prosecutions related to what the firms' users post online. Doxing refers to the practice of putting people's personal information online so they can be harassed by others, the report said.
Israel's measures of displacing Palestinians illegal: EU
In a statement issued on Monday, the EU mission in Palestine said that the Israeli authorities demolished last week a Palestinian store in the al-Bustan neighbourhood in East Jerusalem. Saying the Israeli authorities gave demolition orders to owners of several other buildings and another 20 homes, the statement added more than 1,000 Palestinians who live in the neighbourhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem are facing a similar threat.
Chinese astronauts conduct first spacewalk outside new space station
Liu Boming was first to exit the space station's Tianhe ("Harmony of the Heavens") core module, followed by Tang Hongbo about three hours later. They worked for six-hour and 46-minute extravehicular activity (EVA) to install tools needed to support future activities at the space station, Space.com reported.
Russia thwarts planned IS terrorist plots
As a result of the measures taken, six criminals were neutralised while attempting to put up armed resistance, and two were arrested, the FSB said in a statement on Monday. On June 29, a Russian citizen was detained for plotting attacks on citizens with the use of firearms and cold weapons in Moscow, and his accomplice residing in the southwestern Astrakhan Region was eliminated, Xinhua news agency reported.
Israel says Pfizer vax effectiveness down to 64%
The new figure refers to the period between June 6 and July 3, and it is significantly lower than the effective rate of 94.3 per cent in protection against infection, measured between May 2 and June 5, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry as saying on Monday. It noted that the decline was observed along with the spread of the Delta Covid-19 variant in Israel.
Most Covid restrictions set to end in England on July 19: UK PM Boris Johnson
Face masks and distancing rules will no longer be legally required in England from July 19, Johnson told a news conference at Downing Street. The rule of six inside private homes will also be removed and work-from-home guidance will be scrapped, said the Prime Minister. The British government is only responsible for coronavirus restrictions in England.
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