Ayeshea Perera
Asia Editor at BBC World
Asia Editor, @bbcworld. Formerly India editor BBC News.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Ayeshea Perera
Hong Kong frees four pro-democracy lawmakers after completing jail termsAyeshea PereraGetty ImagesClaudia Mo is one of four pro-democracy leaders who have been released from jailThe four - Claudia Mo, Kwok Ka-ki, Jeremy Tam and Gary Fan - had pleaded guilty and were each sentenced to four years and two months behind bars in November. They were released on Tuesday because the fact they they had been in prison since their arrests in 2021 was taken into account when calculating their sentence.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Ayeshea Perera
The Vatican has named 167 people who died in the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka as "heroes of faith". The country's cardinal, Malcolm Ranjith, made the announcement at an event to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the suicide attacks which targeted Catholic churches and five star hotels during Easter Sunday mass, killing 269 people. Those recognised by the Vatican were Catholic faithful attending mass at the churches that were attacked.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Ayeshea Perera
As the trade war between China and the US escalates, attention has been focused on the increasingly high levels of tit-for-tat tariffs the two countries are imposing on one another. But slapping reciprocal tariffs on Washington is not the only way Beijing has been able to retaliate. China has now also imposed export controls on a range of critical rare earth minerals and magnets, dealing a major blow to the US.
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2 months ago |
yahoo.com | Azadeh Moshiri |Ayeshea Perera
Armed militants in Pakistan's Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers and taken a number of hostages, military sources have told the BBC. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fired at the Jaffar Express Train as it travelled from Quetta to Peshawar. A statement from the separatist group said it had bombed the track before storming the train in remote Sibi district. It claimed the train was under its control.
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Jan 29, 2025 |
msn.com | Ayeshea Perera
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