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Former Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee passes away
Former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died at 93 on Thursday, Narendra Modi confirmed on Twitter. Vajpayee had been hospitalised in…
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106 die in Kerala floods as Indian state faces ‘extremely grave’ crisis
ISLAMABAD: Despite attempts to paper over the cracks it has now become clear that differences have widened between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)…
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Pakistani-born academic becomes Australia’s first Muslim female Senator
At a time when Australia is caught up in a bitter row over racism, Pakistani-born Mehreen Faruqi became the first female Muslim…
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Madonna celebrates turning 60
Madonna, the Queen of Pop, appears to have travelled to the former imperial city of Marrakech in western Morocco to celebrate her…
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France top new-style FIFA rankings, Germany slump to 15th
ZURICH: World champions France predictably shot to the top of the FIFA rankings published on Thursday while previous leaders Germany slumped to…
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India’s Cosmos Bank loses $13.5 mln in cyber attack
MUMBAI: Cybercriminals hacked the systems of India’s Cosmos Bank and siphoned off nearly 944 million rupees ($13.5 million) through simultaneous withdrawals across…
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Mali presidential election results postponed to Thursday
Results for the runoff vote in Mali's presidential elections have been postponed from Wednesday to Thursday for logistical reasons, a senior official…
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Suicide bomber targets Shia students in Kabul, killing 48
A suicide bomber struck a private education centre in a Shia neighbourhood of Kabul on Wednesday where high school graduates were preparing…
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PTI’s Asad Qaiser, Qasim Suri elected NA speaker and deputy speaker amid opposition ruckus
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) Asad Qaiser and Qasim Suri were sworn in as National Assembly (NA) speaker and deputy speaker respectively on Wednesday,…
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Poland marks Army Day with parade, call for US military base
WARSAW : Poland's president voiced hope for a permanent U.S. military presence in his country, speaking as the nation put on a…
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