To monitor its population even more closely, North Korea is placing surveillance cameras in schools and workplaces. According to a report, North Korea is collecting fingerprints, photographs and other biometric information from its citizens to keep a record of the population.

Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil organiser disbands

Bitcoin regained some ground on Tuesday, a day after touching a two-week low after China's central bank reaffirmed a crackdown on cryptocurrencies and restricted trading channels for Chinese residents.

Bitcoin recoups some losses in Asia after plunging on Chinese crackdown

A slew of crypto-related accounts in China's Twitter-like Weibo platform were blocked over the weekend, as Beijing stepped up a crackdown on bitcoin trading and mining.

China blocks several cryptocurrency-related social media accounts amid crackdown

Jerusalem descended into chaos after Israeli police unleashed a wave of violence on Palestinian protesters- injuring more than 300 of them. Palki Sharma tells you why Palestinians are protesting and how the world has reacted to Israel's crackdown.

Gravitas: Hundreds injured as Israeli cops storm Al-Aqsa mosque

Myanmar's most powerful Buddhist monks' association called on the junta to end violence against protesters and accused an 'armed minority' of torture and killing innocent civilians since last month's coup, media said on Wednesday.

After bloody crackdown, Myanmar Buddhist group signals break with authorities  

Police in London drove itself under fire as it handcuffed mourners at a vigil for a woman who was murdered after setting out to walk home. Sarah Everard`s disappearance as she walked home on the evening of March 3 had led to a wave of accounts from women about the dangers of walking streets alone at night, and dismay at the failure of police and wider society to tackle this.

UK police under fire after crackdown on vigil for murdered woman

Myanmar witnesses deadliest crackdown on anti-coup protesters

The EU wants to strengthen border security and gain access to encrypted messages as it begins a pan-European crackdown on Islamist terror. All eyes now on EU Interior ministers as they meet to chart a common strategy. WION's Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: Europe begins crackdown on Islamist terror

Bullet for bodies in Iran: Is Iranian regime cracking from within?

Saudi Arabia has detained at least nine academics, writers and activists, campaigners said Monday, the latest in a series of crackdowns on intellectuals over the past two years.

Saudi Arabia: 9 academics, writers detained in new crackdown

Up to 20,000 opposition supporters rallied in Georgia on Monday, stepping up pressure on the increasingly unpopular ruling party, despite a police crackdown last week and the arrest of protesters.

Defiant Georgia opposition stages fresh protest despite crackdown

Iraqi protesters struggled to keep up their anti-government sit-ins Sunday following a deadly crackdown by security forces that Amnesty International warned could turn into a "bloodbath".

Iraqis struggle to continue protests after deadly crackdown by authorities

Around 500 million Chinese suffer visual impairment

China's crackdown on video game addiction

Pakistan denies these allegations but President Donald Trump has escalated the criticism against Islamabad since he took office.

Pompeo seeks crackdown on terrorist safe havens in Pakistan

And to think that Smriti Irani's I&B ministry could have come up with the diktat, proposing the cancellation of the accreditation of journalists found guilty of publishing 'fake news', without keeping the PMO in the loop is being naive at best

Opinion: Rollback of fake news crackdown is Modi government's first, most significant retreat

The Pakistani government has called in the army to restore order

Islamabad: 6 dead, over 200 injured in clashes between Pakistan police, protesters

Human rights groups have expressed alarm over the Communist-ruled country's biggest crackdown?on?activists?in?years.

Vietnam jails dissident in crackdown on activists

A total of 4,451 military personnel have been dismissed since July including 151 generals and admirals

Action against alleged Turkey coup plotters continues, 8,000 security personnel removed

Under Chinese pressure, Pakistan army has lately conducted operations against al-Qaeda linked ETIM's training bases

Pakistan army chief promises China firm crackdown on Uyghur militants

He also slammed Western leaders for failure to show solidarity over coup attempt, 'Not a single person has come to give condolences'

'Mind your own business', Erdogan tells West

Turkey's energy minister said authorities had been planning a major purge of the military and other institutions ahead of the coup attempt

Turkey PM warns post-coup crackdown not over

Seven Islamist militants have been shot dead since Bangladesh started its crackdown on Jihadist groups

Bangladesh bloggers' murder:?Main suspect?dead in gunfight with police

Police also arrest 100 Islamist militants, who killed over 30 minorities and activists, in the mainly Muslim nation

5,000 arrested in Bangladesh in crackdown on wave of targeted killings

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