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    Israel, Turkey Restore Full Diplomatic Ties

    Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on Wednesday and agreed on reinstating their respective ambassadors and general consuls, thus restoring full diplomatic ties.

    West Asia
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    All 11 Life Imprisonment Convicts In Bilkis Bano Gang Rape Case Released

    All the eleven convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2002 post-Godhra Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder of seven members of her family on Monday walked out of Godhra sub-jail.

    South Asia
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    Free Period Products' Access In This Country, A First In The World

    Scotland will on Monday become the first country in the world to ensure universal access to free period products following the passing of landmark legislation in 2020.

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    81 People Beheaded In Saudi Arabia In Single Day

    Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people, most of them pro-democracy activists in what is now known as the largest known mass execution carried out in a single day in the modern history of conservative Arab kingdom.

    West Asia
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    Speedy Pilot Fined for Shaking Central Israel, Terrifying Civilians

    An Israeli F-35 fighter pilot was fined 500 shekels ($150) Thursday for exceeding the speed limit over central Israel this week, causing several sonic booms that shook windows and frightened civilians.

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    Saudi Arabia: Abdullah al-Huwaiti Sentenced To Death A Second Time

    A Saudi man whose death sentence for alleged crimes committed when he was a minor was overturned last year has been given a new death sentence, his family said on Wednesday.

    West Asia
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    Female Dancer Shot Dead In Pakistan In Second Such Killing In A Month

     A 19-year-old female dancer has been shot dead in Pakistan's Punjab province, the second such killing of an entertainer in the last one month in the country. Ayesha was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Monday evening

    South Asia
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    5 Key Ukrainian Cities Russia Is Trying To Take

    As Russia pushes deep into Ukraine, with a vast armored column closing on the capital Kyiv, we look at the key cities its forces are targeting. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Berdyansk and Kherson are major cities.

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    'Left Alone' by West, Ukraine Offers Neutrality; Russia Calls for Surrender

    The conflict between Russia and Ukraine continued for the second day, with explosions reported in Kiev as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rued being "left alone" by the West.

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    Dubai Ruler's Daughter Tells UN She Is Well, Year After "Hostage" Videos

    An Emirati princess, who last year said she was being held "hostage" in a palace, has assured the UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet that she is well during a meeting in Paris, the High Commissioner said Friday.

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    58 girls suspended from college in Karnataka for wearing Hijab, holding protest

    Girl students in many parts of Karnataka were denied entry into their respective educational institutions on Saturday as they arrived in hijabs, despite a court order, as the issue showed no signs of abating.

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    India Polls: All 117 Seats in Punjab, 59 in UP Vote Today

    Voting for 59 assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh will take place on Sunday in the third phase of the polls. Campaigning for the third phase of the state elections ended on Friday.

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    Putin hosts Syria talks, hails partnership with Turkey

    President Vladimir Putin hailed close ties between the Russian and Turkey militaries as he welcomed Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Friday’s talks focusing on Syria.

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    UN chief mulls talking to India, Pakistan on Kashmir

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is mulling the option of talking to senior officials from India and Pakistan on the situation in Kashmir and will see how things can be improved on the ground.

    South Asia
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    India:Court makes rare conviction against Hindu radicals

    The trio wasconvicted of charges related to explosives and conspiracy to commit unlawful acts over the strike that left three dead and at least 15 injured, the men's lawyer Jagdish Rana told reporters outside the Jaipur.

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    Kabul Hospital attack death toll rises to 49

    The death toll from a brazen attack on Afghanistan’s largest military hospital by terrorists disguised as medics has risen to 49 with dozens wounded, a senior health official said on Thursday.

    Central Asia
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    From travel bans to alternative facts: the dangerous descent into irrationality

    Donald Trump has signed a new executive order preventing citizens of six Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for the next 90 days. The decree covers Syria, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen.

    World
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    Russia, Turkey, U.S. hold military talks

    The meeting between Turkish Chief of Staff Hulusi Akar, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford and Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov appears to be the first of its kind.

    West Asia
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    Iraq forces retake government HQ in Mosul

    Iraq announced Tuesday that its forces have retaken the provincial government headquarters, the Turkish consulate general, and a bridgehead from Daesh in west Mosul.

    West Asia
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    Israeli PM to meet Putin for talks on Iran’s Syria role

    Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been busy lobbying the United States and its allies against Iran, is reportedly set to visit Russia for discussions on the Islamic Republic’s role in Syria.

    West Asia
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    Somalia: 110 die from hunger in 48 hours

    Somalia’s prime minister has announced the deaths of at least 110 people due to hunger and diarrhea in the country over the past 48 hours amid a drought in the Bay region.

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    'First chemical attack' in Mosul battle injures seven

    Seven people, among them five children, have been hospitalised over the past two days near Iraq’s Mosul with injuries from chemical weapons, the Red Cross said on Friday.

    West Asia
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    Syrian army liberates Palmyra from Daesh

    Syrian government forces battling the militant Islamic State (IS) group re-entered Palmyra on Thursday in their quest to again take the historic town they had lost to the militants in December, state media reported.

    West Asia
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    US plan against Daesh includes Pak-Afghan region

    US Defence Secretary James Mattis has delivered to the White House a new plan for combating the militant Islamic State group (Daesh), which calls for using both military and non-military means for defeating.

    South Asia

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