By IVAN MORENO

MILWAUKEE (AP) — In the course of 15 months and in the space of one city block, Milwaukee police twice encountered two suspects they believed were armed.

One was black; one was white.

One was in fact unarmed; one had a gun.

One was shot; one was not.

That the black man was the one who was shot — though he had no weapon — might come as little surprise at a time when police shootings involving black men seem commonplace nationally.

Islamabad; Dec 31; PTI: At a time when the modernisation of the Indian Army's armoured corps is moving at a "snail's pace", Pakistan has drawn up a mega plan to procure nearly 600 modern main battle tanks, including the T-90 from Russia, primarily to bolster its combat prowess along the Line of Actual Control in Jammu and Kashmir, military and intelligence sources said on Sunday. The T-90 is also operated by the Indian Army.

30 Dec 2018; DW: Voting has ended in Bangladesh's general election, which was hit by violence, voting irregularities and rigging allegations. PM Sheikh Hasina is widely expected to win a historic but controversial fourth term.

Polling stations have closed in Bangladesh's general election that is widely expected to hand a third straight term to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Unofficial results are expected to be out by Monday morning.

By AW Siddiqui

Rebutting allegations that intolerance was rising in the country, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said there was no nation in the world as tolerant as India (PTI; 23 Dec 2018).

Singh told reporters: "The tolerance that exists in India, I don't think that it can be found in any corner of the world."

NEW YORK, Dec 20 (AP): In a new development, young Kashmiris are now providing protective cover to freedom fighters pursued by Indian occupation troops in cities and villages across Kashmir as they attempt to quell the growing insurgency, according to a leading American newspaper.

By Maung Zarni

The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling the crimes committed by Myanmar security forces against Rohingya Muslims a genocide. This was the right thing to do.

The U.S. lawmakers deserve to be applauded for trying to turn “Never again!” into a concrete U.S. governmental policy, following the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s declaration that Myanmar is indeed committing a genocide and crimes against humanity.

JINAN, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- With a "truly exceptional Winter Games" at hand in just a few short years, China aims play a game-changing role for Olympic reform as preparations are in full swing for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Beijing hosted the Summer Games in 2008, and will become the first city ever to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) gave Beijing the right to host 2022 Winter Games.

DAMASCUS, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. sudden decision to withdraw from Syria is read by political experts as a positive step toward pushing forward the political process in Syria's more than seven-year war.

Different circumstances surround the Wednesday decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw forces from Syria, as the United States has around 2,000 special forces deployed in 12 positions in the country.

By DAKE KANG, MARTHA MENDOZA and YANAN WANG

HOTAN, China (AP) — Barbed wire and hundreds of cameras ring a massive compound of more than 30 dormitories, schools, warehouses and workshops in China’s far west. Dozens of armed officers and a growling Doberman stand guard outside.

Behind locked gates, men and women are sewing sportswear that can end up on U.S. college campuses and sports teams.

By KATHY GANNON

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The last time Chaudhry Javed Atta saw his wife was over a year ago — the Pakistani trader in dried and fresh produce was leaving their home in northwestern China’s heavily Muslim Xinjiang region to go back to his country to renew his visa.

He remembers the last thing she told him: “As soon as you leave, they will take me to the camp and I will not come back.”

That was August, 2017. By then, Atta and Amina Manaji, from the Muslim ethnic Uighur group native to Xinjiang, had been married for 14 years.

Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh were BJP’s heart land. But the party has been thrown out in all the three states.

With the exception of 1 seat in Rajasthan, all the election results in three states are out, and Congress is the leading party in all those states.

Kolkata, Dec 10 (PTI) Senior Congress leader and party in-charge of West Bengal Gaurav Gogoi Monday said BJP is a "sinking ship" and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "misrule" has left a trail of crises in India.

Gogoi's comment follows the resignation RLSP president Upendra Kushwaha from the union council of ministers and RBI Governor Urjit Patel during the day.

"Not just the resigantion of RBI governor Urjit Patel.