Boy or girl? Hong Kong at centre of banned China gender test

May 22,2019
Shady middle-men are openly advertising on Chinese social media to smuggle blood samples of pregnant women to Hong Kong to skirt the mainland's ban on gender testing, an AFP investigation has found.
2 militants killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir gunfight
May 22
Two militants were killed Wednesday in a fierce gunfight with government forces in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.
India launches earth observation satellite RISAT-2B successfully
May 22
The Indian space research organization (ISRO) Wednesday morning successfully launched radar imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2B, officials said.
April foreign visitors to Japan hit monthly record
May 22
The number of foreign visitors to Japan hit a monthly record in April. But year-on-year growth was moderate.
Rouhani vows not to yield to US pressure
May 22
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stressed that his country won't yield to pressure from the United States.
Saudi Arabia: Houthi missiles intercepted
May 21
Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted two missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Death toll from Libya's Tripoli fighting rises to 510: WHO
May 21
A total of 510 people have been killed and 2,467 others injured in the fighting in and around Tripoli, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday.