Facebook, Twitter down in Pakistan amid crackdown against protesters
KARACHI: People in the country are having problems accessing social media networking services including Facebook… Read More
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Saudi Arabia says 201 people held in corruption crackdown
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Thursday 201 people are being held for questioning over an estimated… Read More
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Saudi Arabia faces battle to repatriate assets after corruption crackdown
DUBAI/ZURICH: Saudi Arabia has announced it will confiscate money and assets held by dozens of… Read More
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India’s crackdown on Muslim-run leather units dents exports, hits jobs
NEW DELHI: A government crackdown on Muslim-dominated abattoirs and the trade of cattle dragged down… Read More
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Chinese investors bemoan Beijing’s bitcoin crackdown
BEIJING: Beijing's decision to shut down bitcoin trading platforms has left investors scrambling to cut… Read More
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How Trump’s immigration crackdown could slow flood-hit Houston’s efforts to rebuild
HOUSTON/SAN FRANCISCO: In the coming weeks, as Houston turns its attention to rebuilding areas devastated… Read More
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Punjab govt launches crackdown on musicians involved in making anti-govt songs
KARACHI: The Punjab government on Thursday launched crackdown on the musicians involved in making songs… Read More
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China targets Alibaba’s Taobao, other e-commerce sites, in VPN crackdown
BEIJING: Chinese authorities have issued a warning to the country's top e-commerce platforms, including Alibaba… Read More
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Amnesty over, ‘illegal expatriates’ await Saudi Arabia crackdown
RIYADH: For four months, texts from the government pinged into every mobile phone in Saudi… Read More
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Chicago set to become first US city to sue Trump team over immigration crackdown
CHICAGO/NEW YORK: Chicago will sue the Trump administration over threats to withhold public safety grant… Read More
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Rohingya villagers tell media of abuses during army crackdown
KYAR GAUNG TAUNG, Myanmar: Rohingya Muslim women lined up to tell reporters of missing husbands,… Read More
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Sweden intensifies crackdown on illegal immigrants
STOCKHOLM: Sweden has intensified its crackdown on illegal immigrants after a failed asylum-seeker killed five… Read More
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Special Report: How a two-week army crackdown reignited Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis
BALUKHALI CAMP, BANGLADESH: When army helicopters fired on Rahim's village in northwest Myanmar one day last… Read More
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88 suspects rounded up in countrywide combing operations
ISLAMABAD: Security forces across the country apprehended at least 99 suspects in different raids as… Read More
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Malaysia PM urges Myanmar to end Rohingya crackdown
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak Thursday urged Myanmar to end its crackdown on the… Read More
9 years ago
Germany plans to fight against hate speech, fake news
BERLIN: Top officials in Germany's ruling coalition said on Friday they planned legislation to crack… Read More
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Beijing’s scrap collectors swept up in latest crackdown on migrants
BEIJING: Working in the shadow of Beijing's looming skyscrapers, Yin Xueqiang weighs a pile of… Read More
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PTI to lodge case against Sharif brothers, Nisar over crackdown
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has decided to lodge a case over the crackdown on its activists… Read More
9 years ago
WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube interrupted in Turkey
ISTANBUL: Internet users in Turkey were on Friday experiencing severe difficulties accessing social media after… Read More
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End crackdown on PTI activists, release them: Amnesty International
ISLAMABAD: Amnesty International has asked the Pakistan government to end crackdown on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)… Read More
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