Section: Asia
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- Armenia (2,395)
- Azerbaijan (1,400)
- Bangladesh (459)
- China (1,817)
- India (3,608)
- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
- Kazakhstan (682)
- Kyrgyzstan (667)
- Laos (3)
- Malaysia (6,377)
- Myanmar (25)
- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
- Singapore (4,460)
- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
Serena eliminated in third round upset
Olympic champion and world number one Serena Williams was bundled out of the Rio de Janeiro tennis tournament in the third round of the singles on Tuesday after a shock 6-4, 6-3 defeat to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina. …read more Source:...
Russia accuses Ukraine of armed Crimea incursion, says two killed
Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Wednesday it had thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get saboteurs into Crimea and dismantled a Ukrainian spy network inside the annexed peninsula. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine denies Russia’s claim of attempted armed incursion into Crimea
A spokesman for Ukrainian defence intelligence denied Russia’s accusation on Wednesday that special forces had attempted an armed incursion into Crimean territory. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia accuses Ukraine of armed Crimea incursion, says two killed
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Wednesday it had thwarted an armed Ukrainian incursion into Crimea designed to target critical infrastructure and that a Russian soldier and FSB employee had been killed in the clashes. …read more Source: The...
NATO says Turkey membership ‘not in question’ after coup
BRUSSELS: NATO said Wednesday Turkey’s membership of the military alliance is “not in question” following the failed coup in July and stressed its “very clear position” of continued support for Ankara. “Turkey’s NATO membership is not in question,” spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said in a statement issued in response to “speculative press...
Shirak FC sign Constantine Shultz
During the previous season Shultz played for “Gornyak-Sport” FC in Ukraine’s first league. …read more Source:...
21 gold Michael Phelps still rules the pool
In an unforgettable display of Olympic power Michael Phelps won two more finals to take his historic all-time record load to 21 golds and entrench his legendary status. His majesterial display came on a day that Hungary’s ‘Iron Lady’ Katinka Hosszu took her third gold of the week while American gymnast Simone Biles made a flying start...
Lavrov and Steinmeier discuss settlements in Syria and Ukraine
Lavrov and Steinmeier also discussed the Minsk-2 package of measures designed to implement the Minsk agreements for settling the Donbass crisis. …read more Source:...
OLYMPICS Serena’s five-gold dream ends in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO: Serena Williams’ hopes of a fifth Olympic gold medal were crushed by Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina on Tuesday as the battle for the women’s title in Rio was blown wide open. Top seed and defending champion Williams was clearly struggling with a right shoulder injury as she was stunned 6-4, 6-3 by Svitolina, 13 years...
Ukraine: Rebel leader returns to work after surviving assassination attempt
Igor Plotnytsky, the leader of independence-seeking insurgents in Ukraine’s eastern Lugansk region, said he came back to work three days after surviving an assassination attempt.[/capti …read more Source: The Indian...
