South Asia
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200,000 Rohingya rally to mark ‘Genocide Day’ in Bangladesh camps
Some 200,000 Rohingya rallied in a Bangladesh refugee camp to mark two years since they fled a violent crackdown by…
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India’s top opposition leaders sent back from Kashmir
The administration of Indian Kashmir on Saturday sent back a delegation of India’s top opposition leaders, including former Congress president…
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Facebook shuts dozens of Myanmar social media accounts over ‘inauthentic behaviour’
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had shut 216 social media pages, groups and accounts in Myanmar, some tied to…
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‘We won’t give an inch’: India faces defiance in ‘Kashmir’s Gaza’
In an act of defiance against New Delhi’s controversial decision to withdraw occupied Kashmir’s special status and integrate it fully into India,…
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Khalilzad resumes efforts to finalise a peace deal with Taliban
US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad resumed his efforts on Wednesday to finalise a peace deal with the Taliban after a…
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Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh say they don’t want to return home
Few Muslim Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have responded to plans for their repatriation to Myanmar, and all who did said…
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India’s Moon probe enters lunar orbit
India’s Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Tuesday, executing one of the trickiest manoeuvres on its historic mission to…
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The rise of the militant Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan
A suicide bombing at a wedding party in Kabul claimed by a local affiliate of the militant Islamic State (IS)…
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Bangladesh to start repatriation of Rohingya next week
Myanmar government spokesman Zaw Htay, speaking in his country’s capital, Naypyitaw, said the parties concerned had agreed that the process…
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India’s Modi hails ‘path-breaking’ Kashmir move
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed on Thursday his “path-breaking” move to strip Kashmir of its autonomy, as his Pakistani…
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