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Tourists stay away from Taj Mahal, other Indian attractions as protests flare
There has been a 60% decline in visitor footfalls in December this year, says official
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Saudi Arabia sentences Yemeni man to death over Spanish theatre stabbing
Court also sentences an accomplice to over 12 years in jail for November 11 attack during Riyadh musical festival
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India cuts LoC fence, deploys missiles: Qureshi
Foreign minister says Modi desperate to take spotlight off domestic chaos
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N Korea's Kim holds top party meeting ahead of US deadline
North Korea is under heavy US, UN sanctions over its nuclear programme
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Australia to compensate bushfire volunteers
Volunteers who are also government employees were last week granted additional paid leave to help fight the blazes
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The 'lathi': India's colonial vintage anti-protest weapon
At least 27 people have died in the past two weeks of protests
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China scraps extra-judicial forced labour for sex workers
Beijing however stresses that prostitution remains illegal in the country
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OIC to convene meeting on IOK lockdown, anti-Muslim law in India
Insiders say the ministerial level summit would take place in Islamabad in April 2020
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Hardline leader in Indian state defends 'strict' action to quell protests
Every troublemaker is astonished looking at strictness of the Yogi government, says UP chief minister
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Japan police find human remains in boat suspected from North Korea: Coast Guard
Police found the heads of two persons, five bodies
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WATCH: Indian police officer threatens protesters, tells them to go to Pakistan
The video was shot on Dec 20 when five people died during protests against the anti-Muslim citizenship bill in India
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Ukraine separatists say to swap prisoners with Kiev Sunday
Swap would come three months after Ukraine carried out a long-awaited exchange with Russia of 35 prisoners each
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Death toll in Mogadishu bomb blast rises to 76
Somalian government confirms at least 90 civilians, mostly students, have been injured in the explosion
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Pakistan resumes visa service at Kabul Embassy
Embassy had closed its visa section on November 4 to protest alleged harassment of its diplomats
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Taliban kill 10 Afghan soldiers in attack on base
Taliban dug a tunnel into the base in volatile Sangin district and then blew it up
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More than 235,000 flee intense bombing in NW Syria
Despite an August ceasefire deal and international calls for de-escalation, scores of civilians have been killed
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Iraq rocket attack kills US contractor, wounds military personnel
Five rockets hit al-Asad air base on December 3, just four days after US Vice President Mike Pence’s visit
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Hong Kong police paid $17m in allowances related to protests
Many protesters are demanding an independent inquiry into their complaints of police brutality
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FBI investigating British socialite and others who 'facilitated’ Epstein
Epstein’s suicide in August came a little over a month after he was charged with trafficking dozens of underage...
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Navy SEAL cleared by Trump called 'freaking evil' by comrades
He was accused of premeditated murder after allegedly stabbing to death a captured, wounded 17-year-old IS fighter
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Pompadour & rooster cuts: Iraqi styles sculpt 'revolution'
One thing strikes the eye perhaps above all else is the unbridled hairstyles young men sport
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India's protests: why now?
Years of pent-up anxiety among Muslims have finally found an outlet in the protests rippling across the country
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Remains of six recovered from missing Hawaii helicopter wreckage
Final recovery efforts were suspended due to weather conditions but will resume on Saturday (today)
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Nearly 2,000 evacuated, one missing as 'scary' cyclone hammers Fiji
Cyclone Sarai destroyed houses and crops, cut power and caused considerable flooding
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India security clampdown keeps citizenship law protests under control
In New Delhi, police impose an emergency law in some parts of the city, forbidding large gatherings
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Iran, China, Russia start joint naval drills
Rear Admiral Gholamreza Tahani says joint exercise shows that Tehran cannot be isolated
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Turkey unveils national electric car prototypes
Two models were unveilled on Thursday, but five are planned with an autonomy of 500 kilometres on a full charge
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France summons Iran envoy over academics' 'intolerable' imprisonment
Imprisonment of Fariba Adelkhah and Roland Marchal has added tensions between Tehran and Paris
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Hundreds join final Gaza-Israel border protests for three months
At least 348 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israeli fire since the marches began in 2018
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UN experts demand justice for blasphemy accused in Pakistan
Human rights experts urge Islamabad to clear scholar Junaid Hafeez and lift death sentence
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Norwegian woman told to leave India after joining citizenship law protest
Johansson told Times of India said she had sought permission from police to take part in protest
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Climate change caused 15 disasters costing over $1 bn this year: charity
Floods, storms and fires brought chaos and destruction as extreme weather struck every corner of the globe
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'India violating ceasefire at LoC to divert attention from internal anarchy'
FM Qureshi says the anti-Muslim and Hindutva-based thought of Modi government has divided entire India
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India ejects second European 'for protesting'
Earlier, police gave her verbal assurance that she could take part in peaceful protests
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Internet restrictions ahead of fresh India protests
Thousands of armed policemen patrolled Muslim-dominated localities ahead of the weekly congregational prayers
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Death toll reaches 28 as Philippines recovers from Christmas typhoon
12 people still missing, 49 homes destroyed
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Australian wildfires threaten Sydney water supplies
Large quantities of ash could pose a threat to the quality of water in dams, if fire is followed by heavy rain
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Fury grows after protest deaths in Indian Muslim neighborhood
Five men died after they were shot by police as a protest flared against the new law
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Pakistanis among seven migrants die in Turkey boat capsize
Turkey has been a key transit point for irregular migrants aiming to cross to Europe to start new lives
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Egg-standing test goes viral as ring-of-fire eclipse crosses Asia
Videos shared online show dozens of users succeeding in getting eggs to balance on different surfaces
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‘Modi creating war-like situation to divert world’s attention from internal crises’
AJK president says 2019 has proved to be the worst year for more than 500,000 people of AJK living along the LoC
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More India protests as Hindu hardliners flex muscles
Several thousand baton-wielding volunteers from a Hindu hardline group held rally in support of govt
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'Afghan war caused 100,000 civilian casualties in last decade'
War continues to rage across the country, with ordinary Afghans frequently bearing the brunt of the violence
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Uttar Pradesh demands damages, threatens to confiscate property over violent protests
India's most populous state has suffered some of the most violent protests against Anti-Muslim citizenship law
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Third day of Christmas clashes in Hong Kong
Protesters spent the afternoon marching through multiple malls chanting anti-government and anti-police slogans
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Emerging from obscurity: 2019's unforeseen history-makers
Many whistleblowers stay anonymous, and some collect million-dollar rewards for exposing fraud
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The year the world woke up to the climate emergency
Paris Agreement 2015 saw nations commit to limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit)
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In pictures: Ring of fire - last eclipse of 2019
10 photos of the solar eclipse as seen in countries across Asia
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Erdogan says Turkey will send troops to Libya
Ankara signed two separate accords a month ago with Libya’s internationally recognized government of Fayez al-Serraj
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Typhoon Phanfone kills at least 16 in Philippines
It also hit Boracay, Coron and other holiday destinations that are famous for their white-sand beaches

















































