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Pakistan sentences former dictator to death in treason case
A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced the country's former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf to death in a treason case related to the state of emergency he imposed in 2007 while in power, officials said.
Indian students decry police as citizenship protests grow
Students involved in a massive weekend protest at a predominantly Muslim university in India's capital described a clash with baton-wielding police at a news conference Tuesday, while opposition grew nationwide against a new law that provides a path to citizenship for non-Muslim migrants.
Hong Kong's "yellow" stores support protests
Nicknamed "yellow shops," they make their politics plain and are winning customers in protest-hit Hong Kong because of it.
Sri Lanka arrests Swiss Embassy worker who claimed abduction
Sri Lankan police arrested a Swiss Embassy employee on Monday who said she was abducted and was threatened to disclose embassy-related information.
In Afghanistan, Sen. Graham says US troop drawdown coming
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday that President Donald Trump will announce an American troop drawdown from Afghanistan this week, which will likely begin next year.
AIIB to fund Central Asia's largest wind power plant in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's Zhanatas wind power plant, the largest of its kind in Central Asia, will get loans of 46.7 million U.S. dollars from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
China, Philippines vow to advance cooperation in oil, gas exploitation
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin agreed here on Monday to advance bilateral cooperation in oil and gas exploitation.
Hong Kong police say over half of people arrested Sunday are students
Hong Kong police said Monday that students accounted for more than half of the people arrested during the violent incidents that happened on Sunday.
Across India, opposition building against citizenship law
Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India's capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held a silent protest in the northeast on Monday to protest a new law giving citizenship to non-Muslims who entered India illegally to flee religious persecution in several neighboring countries.
China's Xi says HK had its grimmest year since handover
Hong Kong has faced its "grimmest and most complex year" since the former British colony was returned to China, President Xi Jinping said Monday, before reiterating his support for the semi-autonomous city's leader.