Rights activists and medical experts have urged the government to take concrete actions to prevent underage marriages. Activists say poverty is one of the biggest push factors behind child marriage in ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan To Block TikTok Over Indecency Complaint
Pakistan will block the popular social media app TikTok after a court order over a complaint that it runs indecent content, a spokesman for the country's telecoms regulator said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan follows India in banning TikTok
TikTok was banned in Pakistan on Thursday, according to local media reports, in another blow to the viral video app’s ambitions in south Asia after it was shut down in neighbouring India last summer. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Pakistan to block social media app TikTok, says telecoms regulator
Pakistan will block a popular social media app TikTok after a court order, a spokesman for the country's telecoms regulator said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Sinabung volcano’s burst of hot ash
The rumbling Mount Sinabung volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra island unleashed an avalanche of searing gas clouds flowing down its slopes during eruption on Thursday. No casualties were reported. (March ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia bus crash kills at least 27
Watch "Indonesia bus crash kills at least 27 after crashing into ravine", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS News reporting. ( read original story ...)
England must learn lessons from India tour but future still looks bright
The Test series defeat to India came in extreme conditions and Joe Root’s side can bounce back this summer ... ( read original story ...)
China All but Ends Hong Kong Democracy With ‘Patriots Only’ Rule
China drew the curtain on decades of adversarial politics in Hong Kong as the national legislature approved changes that would put pro-Beijing loyalists firmly in charge of the city and squeeze out ... ( read original story ...)
China adopts new laws to ensure only ‘patriots’ can govern Hong Kong
UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab accuses Beijing of hollowing out the space for democratic debate ... ( read original story ...)
China approves plan to tighten control of Hong Kong elections so that only ‘patriots’ run the city
The move gives a pro-Beijing committee power to choose Hong Kong’s lawmakers. HONG KONG -- China’s parliament has endorsed electoral reforms that pave the way for Hong Kong's biggest shake-up ... ( read original story ...)