The Indian government has allowed Chinese telecom company Huawei Technologies to participate in trials for 5G networks, a company spokesman said on Monday. From a report: India's nod to Huawei comes at a time when the global rollout of 5G technology has been complicated by U.S. sanctions against the company. The United States has been lobbying allies not to use Huawei's network equipment in their 5G networks.

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Analysts say US air strikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Syria could become flash point for conflict.

Distrust in government grows after 23 people die in an attack by ADF, which has killed hundreds since late October.

North Korea has warned it will take offensive measures if the US fails to soften its stance on stalled nuclear talks.

Uprisings, elections and conflicts: some of the key moments of an eventful year in the region.

Some of them told Al Jazeera they have been held in Chinese internment camps as part of the country's crackdown on Muslims.

World leaders, regional groups react after US attacks Shia militia bases in Iraq and Syria, killing 25 fighters.

The Chinese scientist who created the world's first genetically altered babies has been sentenced to three years in prison and a lifelong ban from working in reproductive technology, state media reported on Monday. From a report: He Jiankui, a Shenzhen researcher who drew widespread condemnation when he revealed his experiment last year, will also have to pay a 3 million yuan ($430,000) fine, said a report from Xinhua News Agency, citing the verdict of a court in the southern Chinese city. Two others who assisted him were also sentenced. Zhang Renli, a researcher at the Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, received a prison term of two years and Qin Jinzhou, a researcher at the Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group, received a term of 18 months, suspended for two years. The verdict is China's first public statement on the fate of He, who disappeared from public view after his 2018 experiment sparked a global backlash. His work to edit the genes of embryos to make babies who are resistant to the virus that causes AIDS was sharply critiqued by the international scientific community as an abuse of new gene-engineering methods that are still not fully understood.

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Presidential hopeful Embalo claims victory but opponent who led first round urges country to wait for official results.

Countries expel diplomatic staff in tit-for-tat moves as Morales's ex-officials seek refuge in Mexican embassy.

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Decision comes as Spain's ruling Socialist Party attempts to coax Catalan party ERC into coalition.

Brazil's Ministry of Justice said on Monday it has fined U.S. tech giant Facebook 6.6 million reais ($1.6 million) for improperly sharing user data. From a report: The ministry's department of consumer protection said it had found that data from 443,000 Facebook users was made improperly available to developers of an App called 'thisisyourdigitallife.' The data was being shared for "questionable" purposes, the ministry said in a statement.

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