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HONG KONG - Even with the city in lockdown mode, thousands in face masks marched on Saturday (Oct 5) from the busy shopping district of Causeway Bay to Central, holding banners and chanting slogans, openly defying the face-mask ban which took effect on the sa…

Yuvraj Mohite’s deposition before the Srikrishna Commission set up to investigate the 1993 Mumbai riots. Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty On the evening of January 8, 1993, then 27-year-old reporter Yuvraj Mohite overheard Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray gi…

The charred remains of SHO Subodh Kumar Singhs vehicle, set on fire by a mob in Bulandshahr on Monday. (Express file photo) The key accused in the December 2018 Bulandshahr riots, in which a policeman was killed allegedly by the mob protesting against allege…

Hong Kong's embattled leader insisted a new measure banning masks at rallies was not a move toward authoritarian rule or at the behest of the Chinese government, which signalled its approval shortly after she implemented the toughened response to quell four m…

Hong Kong's embattled leader has used a colonial-era emergency law to ban protesters from wearing face masks after four months of anti-government demonstrations that have, at times, turned violent and put the city on edge. Interested in China? Add China as …

It takes only a few minutes for Joker to spell out the closest thing this movie has to a point. "Is it just me," Arthur (Joaquin Phoenix) asks, "or are things getting really crazy out there?" Even this early in the film, we already know it's not just Arthur…

Police broke up a scuffle Tuesday between Beijing supporters and pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong on the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China. (Oct. 1) AP Domestic A pro-democracy protester was shot and at least 30 were arrested as viol…

(Recasts with cabinet meeting, NGO quotes) By Alkis Konstantinidis and Vassilis Triandafyllou LESBOS, Greece, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Greece aims to deport 10,000 migrants by the end of next year, the government said on Monday, following a deadly fire and clash…

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam came under a barrage of criticism at a town hall session Thursday, with citizens accusing her government of turning a deaf ear to months of protests calling for democratic reforms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. READ MOR…

BORIS Johnson has been warned Britain faces civil unrest on the scale of the riots in Los Angeles or French gilet jaunes protests if Brexit is frustrated, it has been reported. The Prime Minister has been accused of using inciting language for describing a n…