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Islamabad: Pakistan today re-opened its Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan after closing it for about six days due to tension over construction of a gate, officials said. The busy border crossing in the north-west was closed on…
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Dhaka: A 17-year-old militant who was arrested this week while carrying out a failed assassination attempt on a Hindu lecturer in southwestern Bangladesh was killed overnight in what police claimed to be a "shootout". "Golam Faizullah…
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On Board Special Aircraft: India has, in principle, agreed to look into Ghana's request for cooperation in civil nuclear energy field, President Pranab Mukherjee said today as he wrapped up his six-day visit to three African countries which…
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Washington: Russia has bombed US-backed fighters in southern Syria, according to a US official in Washington, who said the aggressive action by Moscow raises "serious concern." "Today, Russian aircraft conducted a series of air strikes…
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Hong Kong: Angry protesters gathered in Hong Kong today after a city bookseller broke silence to reveal how he was blindfolded, interrogated and detained in China for eight months for trading titles critical of Beijing. In a surprise…
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Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull voiced regret today after inviting a senior Islamic leader who has condemned homosexuality to a fast-breaking Ramadan dinner. Sheikh Shady Alsuleiman was present yesterday at an exclusive…
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Windhoek: Resource-rich Namibia today assured that it will look into "legal ways" through which its uranium can be supplied to India for peaceful nuclear use. Speaking at the State Banquet hosted in the honour of President Pranab…
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Washington: Religious tolerance in India is "deteriorating" while religious freedom violations are "increasing", a rights expert has told American lawmakers. "A pluralistic democracy, in India today religious tolerance is deteriorating and…
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Washington: A day after US President Barack Obama criticised him for using the term "radical Islam", Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump today vehemently defended his stand arguing that the phraseology makes a "big…
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Niamey: The bodies of 34 migrants, including 20 children, who were abandoned by people smugglers while trying to reach neighbouring Algeria were found in the Niger desert last week, authorities have said. "Thirty-four people, including…
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