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    Bangladesh removes Mujib from banknotes, bans Hasina’s speeches

    Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday ordered a ban on disseminating deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s hate speeches in the mainstream media and social media networks as the tribunal is set to try

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    Freight train to link Pakistan with Russia; trial in March

    Russia and Pakistan are set to be linked by freight train line that will pass through Iran and Azerbaijan with the first trial run likely to take place in March next year, a Pakistan minister has said in an interview...

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    Fear grips Pakistan’s Kurram district as 50 killed in cold blood

    Fear gripped Pakistan’s northwestern Kurram district on Friday as the death toll from two terror attacks rose to 50, with authorities imposing a curfew and suspending mobile phone services in the remote region

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    Air emergency in Delhi: smog halts life, schools closed

    India’s capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes on Monday until further notice as worsening toxic smog surged past 60 times the World Health Organisation’s recommended daily maximum.

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    Sri Lanka’s leftist ruling coalition wins election in landslide

    Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition has achieved a landslide victory in snap elections, delivering the Marxist-leaning leader a powerful mandate to ease punishing austerity measures

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    Suicide Bomber Kills 26 At Pakistan Railway Station 

    Saturday’s assault came a little over a week after a powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in the province

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    India & Canada expel envoys in Sikh separatist killing row

    India on Monday asked Canadian diplomats in Delhi to leave country by Saturday after Ottawa said it was investigating its Indian ambassador and other diplomats as "persons of interest", after killing of a Sikh leader

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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.

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    Droupadi Murmu takes oath as India’s first tribal president

    The former school teacher and state governor was elected to the largely ceremonial position last week with 64 percent of the vote by members of India’s parliament and state assemblies.

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    Sri Lanka: Presidential Secretariat Begins Operations After 100 Days of Unrest

    Sri Lanka's Presidential Secretariat, which was stormed by a sea of anti-government protesters in early July, resumed operation from Monday amidst tight security, 107 days after the building's entry gate was blocked

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    Worshippers Attacked During Friday Prayers in Pakistan, 56 Killed

    One witness saw the attacker clad in black Shalwar-Kameez rush into the mosque during Friday prayers and open "fire with a pistol", picking out the worshippers "one-by-one". He "then blew himself up", Ali Asghar said.

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    Stuck In Ukraine Varsity, 600 Indian Students Await Evacuation Amid Shortage Of Food, Water

    More than 600 Indian students are currently stranded in a university located in Sumy, a city in north-eastern Ukraine, hoping that they will soon be evacuated as "continuous firing and bombing" by the Russia continues.

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    Imran Khan's close ally Arif Alvi elected new Pakistan president

    Dr Arif Alvi, one of the founding members of Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was elected as the new President of Pakistan on Tuesday, according to media reports.

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    India agrees to allow Pakistan to inspect Kishanganga project

    India has agreed to allow Pakistan to inspect the projects in the Jhelum basin, including Kishanganga hydroelectric project, in the near future and Islamabad will allow New Delhi to carry.

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    Pak To Hold Prez Election Today, PTI Candidate Likely To Win

    Pakistani lawmakers are set to choose a new President on Tuesday, an election in which the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party's candidate Arif Alvi is expected to win as the Opposition parties

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    Pakistan Reacts to US 'Arm-twisting' $300 Million ‘Aid’ Cut 

    Pakistan led by new Prime Minister sent a loud and clear message to the United States that Islamabad wants to restore and improve the bilateral relations with Washington but only on mutual trust and self-respect.

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    Iran FM in Pakistan, New Block in Making

    Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iran Javad Zarif on Friday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan and conveyed to him the greetings and best wishes of the people and leadership of Iran.

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    India may face sanctions if it buys Russia's S-400 missiles: US

    The United States cannot guarantee that it will provide India a waiver from sanctions if it purchases major weapon and defense systems from Russia, a top Pentagon official said on Wednesday.

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    2-plus-2 dialogue with India will deepen strategic partnership: US

    The maiden two-plus-two dialogue between India and the United States scheduled in New Delhi next week is an indication of the deepening strategic partnership between the two countries.

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    Arrest of Sri Lanka’s top military officer ordered

    Colombo Fort magistrate Lanka Jayaratne directed police to detain Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, Chief of the Defence Staff, for allegedly helping the main person accused in the killings escape prosecution.

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    Pak-India water talks commence in Islamabad

    Talks between Pakistan and India commenced on Wednesday to discuss the pressing issue of water distribution and construction of two dams on the Indian side of river Chenab under the ambit of.

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    Intellectuals, rights activists arrested in Indian swoop

    Maharashtra police raided homes of leading intellectuals and rights activists in a nationwide swoop on Tuesday, arresting several and quizzing some more in a move that their colleagues described as “undeclared emergency.

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    Pakistan, India participate together in military exercise

    The war games are being held under the umbrella of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and feature soldiers from China, Russia and other SCO countries.

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    India, China agree to expand military ties after defence talks

    India and China have agreed to expand their military ties and enhance interaction to ensure peace on their common border, India said after a meeting between the old rivals’ defence ministers.

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