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Saudi Arabia to install surveillance cameras in all major mosques
Cameras will be installed outside as well as inside the mosques
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Five arrested over kidnap of monkey in India
Short clip carried by Indian media shows struggling monkey being thrown in back of car
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Countries must deal with health risks of more frequent heatwaves: UN
WHO and its WMO join forces to create guidelines for experts and authorities in preparation for heatwaves
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India revives $18b campaign to develop technology infrastructure
"Digital week" aims at popularizing Modi's campaign promise to connect 250,000 villages to Internet by 2019
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China upset with Turkey's concern on Ramazan restrictions
Some local governments in China's far western region of Xinjiang have stepped up controls on the Islamic faith
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HRW urges Gulf states to follow Kuwait on maid rights
New law provides for a maximum 12-hour working day but does not specify "hours of rest", says rights groups
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UK teachers to observe Ramazan fast to raise money and awareness
Teachers say they are fasting to connect with their Muslim students and to raise money for the food bank
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Landslides kill at least 11 in India's Darjeeling
Overnight landslides struck homes built on slopes in West Bengal State
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Greece defaults on IMF payment despite last-minute overtures to creditors
Greece, as expected, was not able to repay 1.6 billion euros it owed to the International Monetary Fund
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Al Qaeda suspects among 1,200 militants to escape in Yemen prison break
Groups of al Qaeda supporters today attacked the central prison in the city of Taiz
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Saudi strikes hit homes, markets in Yemen: Human Rights Watch
Reports says at least 59 people had died in a month, from April 6 to May 11, including 14 women and 35 children
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British shoe seller tries to crowdfund Greek bailout, but falls a billion short
More than 13,000 people have donated to the IndieGoGo project "Greek Bailout Fund", raising 209,000 euros
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Greece in last-minute rescue appeal as default looms
Germany, though, says it will not discuss any new Greek request until after Sunday's referendum
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Sugary drinks kill 184,000 people every year
The results of the research are terrifying and suggest that sugary drinks can cause as many deaths as the flu
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US names new envoy to lead Guantanamo Bay prison closure
Lee Wolosky will lead ongoing diplomatic engagement to make possible the closure of the Guantanamo detention facility
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8 million visit Makkah during first 10 days of Ramazan
Director of the Hajj and Umrah Public Administration says numbers show an increase of 49% from last year
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French prosecutor confirms IS link to factory beheading
Links between Salhi and a known French extremist in Syria discovered during investigation, says French prosecutor
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Hijab-wearing Muslim student voted best-dressed at US school
Shahin has been shattering long-held views about Muslims but still remains true to her religious traditions
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US Senators urge Pakistan to bring Malala attackers to justice
Senators express serious concerns about transparency and accountability of country’s judicial system
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Suicide blasts hit Afghanistan as Taliban wage bloody fighting season
Interior ministry spokesperson says it was a suicide car bomber targeting a convoy of foreign forces in Kabul
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28 dead in attack on Shias in Yemen claimed by IS
Sources say car bomb targeted Huthi rebel chief brothers during a gathering to mourn death of a family member
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After decade of disasters, UN shifts its Asia operations
OCHA head says humanitarian staff is being downsized due to efforts by local government and civil society groups
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NYPD revamps efforts to hire black, Muslim officers
Police Commissioner says hiring practices being overhauled to reflect changing city demographics
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In 'first', IS beheads two women in Syria: monitor
Women were accused of 'witchcraft and sorcery'
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Afghan president nominates first female judge to Supreme Court
Anisa Rasouli is the only female nominated to the nine-member bench
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Suicide truck bomb kills two, wounds 40 in Afghanistan: officials
Attacker detonates a lorry loaded with explosives at the gate of the police headquarters in Lashkar Gah
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At least 116 feared dead in Indonesia military plane crash
Air force chief says so far 49 bodies have been recovered and taken to hospital
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Robert Redford sees 'last chance' to fix climate
World governments will try to forge a new global accord to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius as of 2020
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Operation near kabul: US raid on arms cache incites protests
Solo US operations are legal under a bilateral security agreement the two nations signed last year
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France bets on Arab Sunni states as Iran nuclear deal nears
France has asked its firms to prepare a return to Iran to renew long history of commercial, political and social links
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Two feared dead in Japan bullet train suicide fire: official
Train was travelling from Tokyo towards Osaka, with around 1,000 passengers on board, when fire broke out near Odawara
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Common fight: Afghan Taliban faction approaches IS leader
Fidayee Mahaz says it has no objection to group’s operations
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Cameron tells BBC to stop referring to ISIL as 'Islamic State'
Says ISIL is not an 'Islamic State', rather it is an appalling, barbarous regime
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Articles of association: Framework for China-led AIIB signed
Representatives of 57 founding members participating including Ishaq Dar
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Way found to give UN access to suspect Iran sites: US
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Monday it was too soon to tell if a nuclear deal with Iran is possible
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Europol organised crime swoop: Drug parcels sent to Europe from Pakistan, Afghanistan on ‘daily basis’
Over 500 suspects arrested, over 2.8 tonnes of cocaine and hundreds of vehicles seized in operations
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Kuwait attack shows Gulf vulnerability to Islamic State
IS is adept at exploiting vulnerabilities with its puritanical message in Gulf Arab states where inequalities persist
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'Black Monday' as bank lockdown spooks Greeks
"I feel like I'm voting for sudden death or slow death"
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Merkel ready for new Greece talks 'after referendum'
Merkel says if "capability to find compromises is lost, then Europe is lost"
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China doubles 4G users to 201m in six months
China Mobile added 80 million 4G connections in the first five months of the year
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Women's college in Kerala bans jeans and tops
College introdcues a uniform comprising of a shalwar, churidar bottom, and an overcoat
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China's Great Wall is disappearing: report
The Beijing Times reports 962 kilometres have melted away over the centuries
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Cairo bomb wounds Egypt state prosecutor
Witnesses say one of the charred vehicles belonged to prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, who has been taken to hospital
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France says it deported 40 imams since 2012 for 'preaching hatred'
Several mosques being investigated for inciting terrorism and if found to be doing so, "will be shut down"
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UAE woman sentenced to death for killing US teacher
Hashemi was found guilty of stabbing to death Ibolya Ryan in a shopping mall toilet
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Inter-religious march in Rome demands action on climate change
Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and Muslims march through Rome to the Vatican
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Cameron - IS militants are plotting 'terrible' UK attacks
There are people in Iraq and Syria who are plotting to carry out terrible acts in Britain, says Cameron
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Greece reels in shock as banks shut
Greece has less than 48 hours to pay back 1.6 billion euros ($1.77 billion) of International Monetary Fund loans
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Taliban ambush kills 11 Afghan soldiers: officials
Najibullah Najibi, a spokesperson for the army confirms the attack
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Israel to free Palestinian hunger striker: lawyer
Adnan was detained a year ago, shortly after the kidnapping and murder of three young Israelis

















































