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Eight reported killed as Myanmar protests aim to “shake the world”

Myanmar Hlaing Township protest

Reuters Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days on Sunday killing eight people, media reported, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis.  The protests, after a spell of dwindling crowds and what appeared to be more restraint by the security forces, were coordinated […]

Pakistan decries EU parliament’s move on blasphemy laws

Islamabad, PakistanAP Pakistan has decried a move by the European Parliament, which last Thursday adopted a resolution demanding Islamabad allow freedom for religious minorities and asked the EU to reconsider the South Asian country’s preferential trade status.  The European Parliament appealed on Islamabad to free a Christian couple – Shagufta Kausar and her husband Shafqat […]