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Venezuela president says UN human rights chief welcome to visit
After she urges Caracas to allow an international investigation of the humanitarian situation in the country
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Canada MPs, in symbolic move, vote to strip Suu Kyi of citizenship
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says doing so would not end the crisis in Myanmar
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India top court lifts Hindu temple ban on women
Indian Supreme Court on Friday lifted a ban that prevented women and girls between the age of 10 and 50
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Pakistan supports political solution to Afghan war: FM Qureshi
Qureshi discusses 'political settlement' with US special envoy for Afghanistan
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Passengers safe after Air Niugini flight crashes into sea in Micronesia
Flotilla of small boats rescued all 47 passengers, after crash happened at a runway near the sea
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China says Rohingya issue should not be 'internationalised'
UN to set up a body to prepare evidence of human rights abuses in Myanmar
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Trump's Supreme Court nominee testifies, denies sex assault allegation
The university professor says she is “100 percent certain” it was Kavanaugh who assaulted her
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At least 1,100 civilians killed by US in anti-IS fight: Pentagon
An additional 53 civilians had been killed unintentionally in August
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India will continue to buy Iran's oil: Iranian foreign minister
Washington pushes allies to cut Iranian oil imports to zero
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1,001 ways to lose a Nobel Prize
It's easier to lose a Nobel Prize than to win one
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Israeli PM accuses Iran of harbouring 'secret atomic warehouse'
Iranian FM dismisses Netanyahu's claims
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Moscow dismisses report claiming to identify of Skripal suspect
Kremlin-backed RT channel says Boshirov and Alexander Petrov went to Salisbury as tourists
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Palestine president says 'biased' US cannot be sole Mideast mediator
Mahmoud Abbas criticised Trump's decisions to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital
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China, Russia call at UN for easing of North Korea sanctions
Trump heaped praise on North Korea's Kim Jong Un as one of the world's most repressive leaders
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Indian rights activist slams Modi govt for disenfranchising Muslims ahead of elections
Kavita Krishnan says BJP's hate-mongering is alienating the Muslim minority in Assam
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Seven soldiers, one civilian killed in Mali bomb blast
Mali's unrest stems from a 2012 Tuareg separatist uprising which was exploited by militants
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New UN panel to prepare indictments over Myanmar atrocities
More than 700,000 Muslim Rohingya are now stateless in Bangladesh, many are fearful of returning to Buddhist state
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Indian father slits six-year-old daughter's throat in suicide pact
Condition of child serious
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OIC calls for immediate cessation of rights violation in IoK
UN High Commissioner’s damning report on IoK is based on facts: FM Qureshi
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Kavanaugh, accuser face scrutiny at Senate hearing
With an all-male Republican majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee and an experienced prosecutor
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Apple grower leads fight for property rights for indigenous Indian women
Indigenous women in the districts of Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti are governed by a century-old customary law
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A reader's haven nestled in Beijing hills
visitors stand in line to enter the library, which only opens on weekends
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Catalonia crisis could flare again, with political and economic fall-out
According to a survey released in July 46.7 percent of Catalans want their region to become an independent state
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Frenchman lands job after 'just-go-ask' advice from Macron
The publicity generated by his chat worked wonders for the job-seeker if not the president
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Indian man molests nine-year-old granddaughter day before her surgery
Mumbai police claim to have nabbed accused
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Netanyahu, Sisi discuss Gaza on sidelines of UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi met in New York on Wednesday
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Syrian opposition think militants will quit Idlib buffer zone
Several sources say neither militants nor other groups have started to pull back
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Slovak police detain suspects over journalist murder: media, lawyer
Police carry out home searches in the south of the country, according to reports
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Distracted boyfriend meme deemed sexist by Swedish ad ombudsman
The advertisement objectifies women, says the ombudsman
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Dubai man 'gorges' on biryani before having stomach removed
Abbas is now cancer-free
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Incoming Mexico government promises probe of 43 students' disappearance
Mexico’s next government will investigate the 2014 disappearance of 43 students
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Rockets hit Afghan city during President Ghani's visit
Ghani’s visit to Ghazni was aimed at assessing the security situation in the city
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Japanese carrier drills with British warship heading to contested South China Sea
Three helicopters from the Japanese carrier hovered above,
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Indian top court decriminalises adultery
Law deprived women of dignity and individual choice, and treated them as the property of men, court rules
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Indian Air Force vice chief accidentally shoots self
SB Deo took charge as IAF vice chief in January, 2017
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Trump admits friendship with China's Xi could be over
Trump said China wanted him to suffer an electoral setback as payback for his hard line over trade
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Rare Sumatran tiger found dead in Indonesia
Fewer than 400, they are considered critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature
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US pressure could work only if Iran deal survives: France
Rouhani is being pressed by hard-liners to abandon the deal as its economic benefits evaporate
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US B-52s fly over South and East China Seas
US B-52 bombers have recently conducted transit operations in the South China Sea and East China Sea
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Turkey's Erdogan calls on Germany to list Gulen group as terrorist
Germany and the EU rely on Turkey to stem the flow of Syrian war refugees to prevent a repeat of events of 2015
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Chatroom to courtroom: China's #MeToo movement takes legal turn
'I decided that you have to use the law to prove what you said happened'
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Still smarting from referendum, Iraqi Kurds to elect new parliament
The vote last year saw more than 92% of Kurds back secession, but the federal government rejected that as 'illegal'
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Input sought on justice system reforms
Farogh Naseem says miscarriage, delay in justice can be curtailed by use of technology
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Meghan Markle stuns Britain by shutting her own car door
Social media in wave of shock, awe over incident
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Trump says he wants two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian conflict
In the past, Trump administration said it would support a two-state solution if both sides agreed to it
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Antibody therapy suppresses HIV for weeks at a time: study
A reliable antibody-based treatment regimen can open new possibilities for people living with HIV
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Bangladesh professor held for Facebook comments on PM
Parliament has ratified new digital security law stipulating harsher punishment against violators
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Top US diplomat to return to North Korea as Trump hails Kim
North Korea counts on China as its main economic and political backer
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Lawmakers urge US to call Myanmar's Rohingya campaign genocide
Declaration of genocide could have legal implications of committing Washington to stronger measures against Myanmar
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Iran's Rouhani says US will eventually rejoin nuclear deal
Says talks at UNGA show Trump's isolation