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Twitter lifts restrictions on accounts covering India’s farmer protests

02-02-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies SAN FRANCISCO/ NEW DELHI: Twitter has removed the restrictions that it had allegedly placed on the coverage of India’s growing and controversial farmer protests, a local fact-checker who initially reported the development confirmed Monday evening. “All the accounts are back,” Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of and fact-checker …

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Aung San Suu Kyi detained in Myanmar

01-02-2021 MYANMAR (BURMA)/ DHAKA: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the governing party were detained in a series of early morning raids, the spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy said on Monday, following days of escalating tension between her civilian government and the …

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Mass arrests across Russia during Navalny rallies

31-01-2021 MOSCOW: Russian police have detained thousands of people as protesters took to the streets across the country demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny. On Sunday, police detained more than 4,000 people at protests in cities nationwide, according to OVD-Info, a group that monitors political arrests. More …

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China launches advanced warship for Pakistan

31-01-2021 SHANGHAI/ BEIJING: China launched the second Type 054A/P frigate for Pakistan in Shanghai which will significantly enhance Pakistan’s maritime defense and deterrence capabilities, Global Times reported. The launch of the second Type 054A/P frigate was held at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. The occasion coincides with the completion of 70 …

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