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    Iran marks 31st anniversary of US downing of passenger plane

    Iran is commemorating the 31st anniversary of the downing of its passenger plane by a US Navy guided-missile cruiser in the Persian Gulf waters.A memorial ceremony was held at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport on Tuesday.

    West Asia
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    Anger grows over Israel’s controversial al-Quds dig in presence of US officials

    Palestinians and several organizations have condemned the inauguration of a highly contentious tunnel built by the Israeli regime at an archaeological site in occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds and the attendance of Americ.

    West Asia
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    Nowruz: Celebrating the New Year on the Silk Roads

    Nowruz is a rite dating back to at least the 6th century BCE, marking the new year and ushering in spring. Variously known as Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz or Nevruz, this historic.

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    China wants to develop Kashmir, won’t take sides in India-Pak dispute: State media

    China will not pick sides in the India-Pakistan dispute as its primary aim is to develop the “poor and backward” Kashmir, a state media opinion piece has said, adding that Beijing is willing.

    South Asia
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    India's top court orders mediation in Hindu temple dispute

    India's top court set up a mediation team on Friday to try to settle a land dispute between Muslims and Hindus over plans to build a Hindu temple on a site where hard-liners demolished a 16th-century.

    South Asia
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    Amnesty urges travel sites to ban Israel settlement listings

    Amnesty International has slammed online tourism companies for offering services in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, saying they are actually contributing to the regime’s land theft.

    West Asia
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    ‘Saudis gave green light to Arafat’s assassination’

    A former senior adviser to Yasser Arafat, the late leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), has said that Arafat's death was not natural and he was actually assassinated, with Saudi Arabia.

    West Asia
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    US sponsored anti-Hamas resolution defeated at the UN

    Arab nations outmanoeuvred the United States at the UN to defeat a resolution it sponsored condemning Hamas by requiring a two-thirds majority for it to pass, rather than the simple majority it received.

    West Asia
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    Babri Masjid demolition:No evidence of a Temple under the Masjid, says Archaeologist

    Two archaeologists have accused the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) of having ‘preconceived notions’ following the six-month-long excavation under the Babri Masjid that took place.

    West Asia
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    All eyes on Ayodhya as Hindu outfits plan programmes on Babri demolition anniversary

    Days after it organised a 'Dharam Sabha' in Indian city Ayodhya to seek support for construction of a grand Ram temple, the right-wing party, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is planning.

    South Asia
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    Peace: half a kilometre per year

    It took Islamabad and New Delhi 71 years to allow for a pocket of peaceful coexistence on their shared border as the nations travelled four kilometres in these seven decades to meet at Kartarpur.

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    1984 anti-Sikh riots in India: Delhi HC upholds conviction of 88 people accused

    The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of around 80 people and awarded them five year jail term for rioting, burning houses and violation of curfew during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India.

    South Asia
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    Jadhav case: ICJ rejects India's request for six-month time to submit response

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected India's request to delay proceedings for Kubhushan Jadhav's case until December and ordered India to submit a response by September 13, Attorney General.

    South Asia
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    Obfuscating the truth, Israeli way

    Back in 2008, a Zionist Jew named Barre Seid living in the US issued a check for just under $17 million. The purpose was to fund the distribution of 28 million copies of a hate-filled documentary.

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    In a first, China seeks to mediate between Pakistan, Afghanistan

    China is willing to mediate between Pakistan and Afghanistan and help organised a meeting so the countries can improve their relations, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s office said in a statement on Tuesday.

    Central Asia
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    Bomb blast kills senior Saudi officer in Qatif region

    A senior Saudi police official has been killed and two other policemen wounded in an explosion that targeted their patrolling vehicle in Saudi Arabia’s Shia-dominated Eastern Province, the Interior Ministry says.

    West Asia
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    Erdogan vows to stand by 'Qatari brothers' amid crisis

    Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has requested the full removal of a Saudi-led blockade of Qatar after approving the deployment of Turkish troops there, saying Riyadh needed to put brotherhood .

    West Asia
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    SCO Summit: Modi meets Chinese President amid growing bilateral rift

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Astana on Friday on the sidelines of the SCO summit, seen as an effort to repair ties hit by growing differences between the two countries.

    Southeast Asia
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    Saudi lobbyist 'threatens' Qatari emir with same fate as Morsi

    The president of a US-based Saudi lobbyist group stated on Twitter that the emir of Qatar's alleged support of Iran and "insults" against Riyadh could see him suffer the same fate as Egypt's deposed president.

    West Asia
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    Pakistan draws redlines for joining Saudi alliance

    It was thought that the government had already joined the alliance when in April it granted permission to former army chief General (retd) Raheel Sharif to lead the 41-nation counter-terrorism alliance.

    South Asia
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    Why Indian Muslims feel shaken and ‘harassed’

    Anam Nisha is a first-year student in the department of chemical engineering at the Rohilkhand University in Bareilly. The daughter of a mechanic, her parents battled hostile relatives, uncomfortable .

    South Asia
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    View from Kashmir Observer: Award for Major Gogoi is a crude message for Kashmir – expect no mercy

    Nobody in Kashmir expected Major Nitin Leetul Gogoi to be taken to task for using a civilian as a human shield during the Srinagar bye-poll but no one in his worst imagination would have thought he would be conferred.

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    India considering punitive actions against Pak: US official

    India is moving towards isolating Pakistan diplomatically and is considering punitive actions against Islamabad for its alleged support to cross border terrorism, a top American defence intelligence chief has said.

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    In Saudi Arabia, President Trump Finally Gets Treated Like A King

    As President Donald Trump landed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday with the winds of two weeks’ worth of existential crises at his back, an old Arab proverb came to mind.

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