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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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Seoul: South Korea today kicked off a live-fire naval exercise near its disputed sea border with North Korea -- a move likely to fan already elevated military tensions with Pyongyang. The three-day exercise in the Yellow Sea is aimed at…
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Dhaka: Suspected Islamists claiming to be the ISIS followers have threatened to kill a Hindu priest of the Ramakrishna Mission here if he continues to preach in "Islamic Bangladesh", prompting authorities to beef up security around the…
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Beijing: Acknowledging that India is "inching closer" to get membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, Chinese official media today said if New Delhi is admitted into the elite grouping, "nuclear balance" between India and Pakistan will be…
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AGENCY Riyadh: Terming terrorism as the enemy of humanity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there was a need to "delink" religion from it and asserted that "segmented and partial" approaches to counter the menace will not be…
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