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Imran Khan may visit Saudi Arabia, IranReuters, Islamabad Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to visit Saudi Arabia and Iran, the foreign office in...
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Kyrgyzstan’s ex-President arrested after violent clashes
AFP, Bishkek :Kyrgyz ex-president Almazbek Atambayev, who faces a litany of accusations including organisation of murder and unrest, goes on trial Friday after months of...
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Turkey detains journalist over Syria operation coverageAFP, IstanbulThe head of a Turkish opposition news site was arrested Thursday, his employer said, as part of a...
Tunisia presidential hopeful walks free from jail in time for runoff
AFP, Tunis :Tunisia’s presidential candidate Nabil Karoui received a hero’s welcome as he walked free from jail Wednesday, just days ahead of a runoff against...
North Korea threatens to resume nuke, long-range missile tests
AP, Seoul :North Korea threatened again Thursday to resume nuclear and long-range missile tests, accusing the U.S. of having instigated some members of the U.N....
Trump ‘should be impeached’: US presidential candidate Joe Biden
Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden called Wednesday for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, saying he’d “betrayed” the United States.Trump, however, showed no sign of buckling...
Measles outbreak kills more than 4,000 in Congo this year
AP, Dakar :More than 4,000 people have died in Congo this year in the world’s largest measles outbreak, the United Nations children’s agency said Wednesday.The...
Taiwan leader rejects China’s ‘one country, two systems’ offer
Reuters, Taipei :Taiwan’s president rejected on Thursday a “one country, two systems” formula that Beijing has suggested could be used to unify the island and...
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Trump’s plan for Syria withdrawal weakens GOP unity AP, Washington Congressional Republicans have spent most of the past two years trying to limit public fights...
Abortions, sexual abuse : Muslim women who fled China recount ordeals
The Washington Post : The women have found refuge from Chinese authorities across the border in Kazakhstan, their ancestral homeland. But they remain haunted by...
Johnson faces fresh Tory rebellion over prospect of no-deal Brexit
AP, London : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a fresh rebellion in his cabinet, with a group of ministers poised to resign due...
Al-Qaeda’s South Asia chief killed in Afghanistan
AFP,Kabul : The chief of Al-Qaeda’s South Asian branch was killed in a US-Afghan joint raid in southern Afghanistan last month, Afghan officials confirmed Tuesday.Asim...