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China's richest man declares war on Disney with giant theme park
Wang said he was setting his sights on Disney, which in June will open its first theme park on the mainland
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Muslims in Turkey demand right to pray at Hagia Sophia
After the Ottoman Empire crumbled, the mosque was transformed into a museum in 1935
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Michelle Obama becomes first-ever first lady to visit Pakistan Embassy in DC
Visit comes at a time when relations between Pakistan and US are strained in the aftermath of a US drone strike
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Hajj row escalates as Iran and Saudi Arabia miss new deal
The dispute has provided another arena for discord between the two countries
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15 happiest, richest, healthiest, and safest countries in the world
Can you guess how Pakistan fared?
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Mobile phone usage linked to cancer, reveals groundbreaking study
Study is believed to be one of the largest and most detailed analysis of mobile phones and cancers
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Iran's Khamenei warns of Western 'schemes' as new MPs meet
Khamene repeated his call for loyalty to the principles of 1979 revolution and resistance against Western infiltration
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Saudi cleric bans people from taking selfies with cats
Sheikh Saleh Bin Fawzan Al-Fawzan says taking pictures is prohibited if not for a necessity
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Malaysia accepts 68 Syrian refugees
Last December, the Southeast Asian country accepted the first batch of 11 migrants who had relatives in Malaysia
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Outrage in multi-ethnic Malaysia as government backs Islamic law
The Islamic penal code includes amputations and stoning, shocking some allies and stoking fears of further strains
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Sri Lanka says 100 missing in landslides are dead
DMC says 67 bodies have been recovered from the worst hit central district of Kegalle
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Olympics should move due to Zika concerns, say 150 experts
'The Brazilian strain of Zika virus harms health in ways that science has not observed before' experts
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Turkey enraged by 'unacceptable' US backing of Kurdish militia
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused the United States of 'hypocrisy' and 'double standards'
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UK's Cameron 'appalled' by pro-Brexit Turkey warnings
Cameron, who is campaigning for Britain to stay in the union, accused the Leave campaign of alienating British Muslims
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NASA to try again to inflate spare room in space
Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is part of an experiment to test expandable habitats
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Private firm hired to hunt for EgyptAir black boxes
EgyptAir Flight MS804 crashed in the Mediterranean between the Greek island of Crete and Egypt's north coast
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SpaceX makes fourth successful rocket landing
The rocket returned to Earth about 10 minutes later, firing its engines and maneuvering to an upright position
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Panama Papers law firm closes Jersey, Gibraltar offices
The announcement came nearly eight weeks after the first reports about the Panama Papers emerged
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North Korea warns South Korea of retaliatory strikes
North's military General Staff says from now on it would open fire without warning
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Iran ends hajj talks in Saudi without final deal
The annual hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam
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‘Warcraft’ cast meet their wax doubles in London
'Warcraft' began its worldwide cinema rollout this week
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99 lashes for partying Iran youths
The action was taken following a report about young boys and girls mingling together, says prosecutor general
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Dalai Lama warns of growing divide among Tibetans
The spiritual leader calls on Tibetans to uphold the community’s traditions of love and compassion
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Amnesty warns of 'dramatic surge' in Saudi executions
Executions in Saudi Arabia have been surging dramatically for two years now
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Saudi man shoots male doctor for assisting wife’s delivery
Man shoots Dr Muhammad Al Zabn arguing that a female gynecologist should have been there instead
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Singapore charges six Bangladeshi men for terrorism financing
The six were among eight Bangladeshi men detained in April under Singapore's colonial-era Internal Security Act
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Six separatists, one soldier die in clashes in Indian-held Kashmir
Several groups have for decades fought hundreds of thousands of Indian forces deployed in restive territory
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Pakistani man accused of making $425,000 by manipulating US stock
Nauman Aly is accused of violating US laws after a false regulatory filing was traced to his computer in Pakistan
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Everest rescuers find body of missing Indian climber
The two men were near the summit of the 8,848-metre mountain when they lost contact with the rest of their team
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Want to boost productivity at work? Stand up
The study examined the productivity differences between two groups of call center employees over six months
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'Most beloved elephant in Japan' dies, aged 69
Mourners flocked to Tokyo's Inokashira Park Zoo to pay their respects on Friday with condolence cards left for Hanako
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French vessel containing black box probes arrives to EgyptAir search zone
The French company will conduct a deepwater search within the 5 kilometre search zone containing the two black boxes
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Quiz: How well do you know India's first prime minister?
We test your knowledge of Jawaharlal Nehru on occasion of his death anniversary
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Hekmatyar accuses Iran of sharing Mullah Mansour's whereabouts with US
Hizb-e-Islami leader says Iran has always stabbed Muslim Ummah in the back
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Cyber firms say Bangladesh hackers have attacked other Asian banks
Hackers who stole $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank have been linked to an attack on a bank in Philippines
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Nearly 3m people need food aid in drought-hit Central America - UN
Prolonged dry spells linked to the El Niño have battered subsistence farmers in Central America's "dry corridor"
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Obama pays tribute at Hiroshima nuclear memorial
The trip comes more than seven decades after the Enola Gay bomber dropped its deadly atomic payload over the city
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China says Nanjing more worthy of remembrance than Hiroshima
China says 300,000 people died in a six-week spree of killing after the Japanese military entered Nanjing in 1937
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British PM Cameron says happy to meet Trump but no dates fixed
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday that no dates had been fixed for a visit by Donald Trump to Britain
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Sun will align directly over Kaaba today
Alignment of the sun over the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque occurs twice every year
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Korean Air evacuates plane at Japan's Haneda airport after engine smoke
The incident prompted authorities to temporarily close down Japan's busiest aviation hub
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Speculation abounds over new Taliban chief's leaked photo
The clarity of the image has led some to speculate that intelligence agencies were behind its circulation
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Speedboat crash kills three tourists in Thailand
Three women from Great Britain, Germany and Hong Kong were killed in the accident on Thursday
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China eyes turning South China Sea islands into Maldives-style resorts
Mayor of Sansha city said he hopes the area will become a major tourist attraction comparable to the Maldives
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Britain launches review into Sharia courts
Govt to investigate whether Sharia councils legitimise forced marriage and issue divorces that are unfair to women
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Fading splendour of Thatta's Mughal mosque
Shah Jahani mosque is a rare example of Pakistan's Mughal heritage outside of the country's cultural centre of...
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Microsoft, Facebook to build transatlantic subsea cable
The construction of the new "MAREA" cable will begin in August and it is expected to be completed in October 2017
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Muslim rapper cancels TV slot to avoid Trump
Belly said he was scrapping the performance because Trump was the main guest and he preferred 'positivity and love'
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Afghanistan sees Taliban leader as rigid conservative uninterested in peace
In his former role, Haibadullah was responsible for issuing a series of death sentences against opponents of Mansour
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India PM asks doctors to treat pregnant women for free
About 174 women die of pregnancy-related causes in India for every 100,000 live births
















































