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31.01.2024 16:01 Hong Kong on Tuesday revealed details of fresh national security legislation aimed at wiping out "undercurrents" of dissent and support for democracy among the city's own population, as well as espionage by the CIA and British intelligence services, officials said.

31.01.2024 16:01 In a move set to tighten government control over practicing religion in China's western Xinjiang Province, the Muslim-majority region will introduce a set of regulations that - among other things - will require all new places of worship to reflect "Chinese characteristics and style."

31.01.2024 16:01 Beijing's revelation that it sentenced an elderly and well-connected British businessman who has lived in China for decades to five years in prison for espionage will further discourage business and trade, say analysts and a friend of the man.

31.01.2024 16:01 February 1 will mark three years since Myanmar's military toppled the country's democratically elected government, setting off a bloody civil war that continues to tear apart the country of 54 million people.

31.01.2024 16:01 Three years after the military deposed the elected Government in Myanmar, the ever-deteriorating human rights crisis in the country is now in freefall, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday, appealing for greater attention from the international community.

31.01.2024 16:01 After receiving new designs to further enhance effectiveness in information-based combat in modern warfare, China's CH-7 unmanned aerial vehicle has completed tests and its development is scheduled to finish this year. Chinese observers expect the drone to make a new appearance at the upcoming Airshow China in November.

31.01.2024 16:01 Iran's permanent ambassador to the United Nations has categorically rejected accusations leveled by the United States about the country's involvement in anti-American operations in the West Asia region.

31.01.2024 16:01 Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army General Sergei Shoigu has visited the Central Military District and inspected the fulfilment of the state defence order at the defence industry enterprises in Yekaterinburg.

31.01.2024 16:01 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated two cybersecurity experts affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria for providing ISIS leadership and supporters with cybersecurity training, enabling their use of virtual currency, and supporting the terrorist group's recruitment. Additionally, OFAC designated an ISIS financial facilitator involved in transferring funds to ISIS-affiliated individuals in Syria.

31.01.2024 16:01 The United States is taking new steps to cut off efforts by the Islamic State terror group to grow its virtual, self-declared caliphate.

31.01.2024 16:01 Iran's Defense Ministry says the country has long-term plans to develop satellite launch vehicles capable of putting cargoes weighing up to 15 tons into orbit.

31.01.2024 16:01 The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 26,751, and 65,636 others wounded since Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

31.01.2024 16:01 A senior UN relief coordinator for Gaza has rejected an Israeli call for stripping the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees of its authority in the Gaza Strip, saying there is no alternative to the agency known as UNRWA.

31.01.2024 16:01 A ranking Yemeni official says the US's threats against the country will not deter it from continuing its operations in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who have come under a genocidal Washington-backed war by the Israeli regime.

31.01.2024 16:01 Iran's permanent representative and ambassador to the United Nations has issued a stark warning, saying the Islamic Republic would decisively respond to any attack on the county, its interests and nationals under any pretexts.