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India orders clampdown on Internet porn, sparks censorship debate
Telecommunications department spokesperson says free and open access to porn websites has been brought under check
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Hundreds dead, millions displaced as monsoon rains heap misery on Asia
Rescue workers scrambled to reach remote areas of Pakistan, India and Myanmar in the wake of floods and landslides
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Won't deal with Taliban separately, says Afghan govt
Ashraf Ghani's office says it will not accept any 'parallel political structure' opposed to the Afghan government
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Obama poised to unveil major climate change plan
The White House will release the final version of America's Clean Power Plan for the first time
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Moroccan suffocates trying to enter Spain in suitcase: police
Man's older brother tries to smuggle him into Spain by ferry, police charges him with involuntary manslaughter
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Newborn girl abandoned in Chinese toilet: report
Members of the public were alerted by the baby's cries, the Beijing Times reported
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Nigerian army 'frees nearly 180 Boko Haram hostages'
Sunday's rescue came after several attacks by Boko Haram in recent days
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At least 27 killed as Syrian jet crashes into market
Most of the dead were civilians on the ground in an Idlib province's town, says UK-based Observatory for Human Rights
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Three Pakistani mosques make it to 'world's most beautiful mosques' list
Telepgraph Travel lists Badshahi Mosque, Wazir Khan Mosque and Faisal Mosque among world's most beautiful mosques
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Israel approves jailing Jewish militants without trial to resolve lethal arson
The Israeli cabinet called the arson,which resulted in the death of the toddler, a terror attack in every respect
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Myanmar rescuers race to flood zones, 46 dead
Hundreds have also perished in recent days in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Vietnam following floods and landslides
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Kerry seeks to convince Gulf Arabs on Iran deal
Kerry says if the Vienna plan is fully implemented, it will make Egypt and all the countries of this region safer
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26m pilgrims visited Makkah during Ramazan
Adviser to the governor of Makkah says numbers show an increase of more than 4.6 per cent from last year
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Apple pushed down to 3rd in China smartphones for Q2
China is the world's largest smartphone market by shipments, Canalys has said previously
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Saudi Arabian king leaves France after holiday controversy
About half of the king's 1,000-person entourage have left along with him
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Mullah Omar’s family rejects new Taliban supremo
Dissident Taliban launch parallel Shura to elect Mullah Omar’s successor
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Iran deal can speed solutions in Syria, Yemen: Rouhani
"The final solution in Yemen is political, in Syria the final solution is political," he said
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Boko Haram fighters kill 13 villagers in attack in NE Nigeria: witnesses
The attackers burnt down some houses and killed seven persons in the village
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Canadian PM calls general election for October 19
Harper, in power since 2006, announced the election after meeting with Governor General David Johnston
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Attacks spark calls for Israeli crackdown on Jewish extremists
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has firmly condemned attacks and called them "terrorism"
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Missing plane draws eyes to land of molten lava and killer sharks
Reunion, part of France that lies in Indian Ocean 370 miles east of Madagascar, gained newfound notoriety last week
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Russian airforce helicopter crashes, killing one
Mi-28N attack helicopter was participating in show as part of a competition organised by the Russian defence ministry
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Kerry: 'no question' that Iran deal will make region safer
Kerry met Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in the morning and was to later meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
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Endangered species light up New York's Empire State building
An image of the lion Cecil was among animals whose pictures covered 33 floors of the Empire State Building
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New debris found on island in hunt for MH370 answers
The debris was placed into an iron case on a beach in Saint-Denis on the French Reunion Island
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UAE to try 41 on charges of seeking 'Islamic State-style caliphate'
Such mass trials on terrorism charges are rare in the UAE which has largely been spared the militancy
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Clashes erupt at Jerusalem's Al Aqsa mosque
Police said Palestinian youths threw stones at security forces while protesters held photographs of the child
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MtGox Bitcoin CEO 'misused customer funds': Japanese media
Karpeles is suspected of artificially creating about $1.0 million in Bitcoins
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20 people feared dead in remote India landslide: official
Local magistrate Memi Maryside says side of hill collapsed on village in Manipur state close to border with Myanmar
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Afghan Taliban issues statement quoting 'dead' Jalaluddin Haqqani
Statement quotes Haqqani as mourning Mullah Omar's death and backing Mansoor as the new Taliban leader
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Two Turkish troops killed in 'PKK suicide attack
Suspected PKK suicide bomber drove a tractor laden with explosives up to the military station in Dogubayazit
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Hong Kong bra protest after woman jailed for 'breast assault'
Around 100 people gathered for the light-hearted "breast walk"
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Tracking the retreat of Arctic ice
Scientists claim the Arctic has warmed more than any other region on Earth
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Obama to unveil 'biggest step ever' in climate fight
Obama says power plants are the single biggest source of harmful carbon pollution that contributes to climate change
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Mullah Omar’s successor casts doubts on talks
Mullah Mansoor says ‘Jihad’ will continue amid reports of fissures among Taliban over his ascendency
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Trotsky's house put up for sale in Istanbul
The asking price -- a mere $4.4 million (4.0 million euros)
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Brief stopover: Nawaz wants Pakistan-Turkey to expand bilateral trade, investment
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a two-hour long stopover in Islamabad while returning from Indonesia
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LUMS engineering faculty secures US patent for radar based electronic warfare technology
LUMS says this is the first ever US patent on electronic warfare from Pakistan, and was issued on June 30
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India home to 180 million Muslims: Indian official
India stands as the world's third-largest Muslim country after Indonesia and Pakistan
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Device wrecking bug discovered in Android
Bug targets android devices running versions 4.3 through 5.1.1
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Palestinian youth dies after West Bank clash with Israeli troops
Earlier on Friday, an 18-month-old Palestinian boy was killed in a house fire in the West Bank village of Duma
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Sky-divers make a new world record formation
It took the group 13 attempts to beat the previous record formation built by 138 skydivers in 2012
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US envoy hopes talks with Taliban would resume soon
Ambassador Feldman lauds efforts of General Raheel for bringing all parties to the table for peace talks
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Afghan Taliban leaders to re-elect Mullah Omar's successor
Akhtar Mansoor was rejected as Taliban leaders not consulted before electing new chief
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Zuckerbergs share news: baby girl on the way
The couple are expecting their first child after a series of miscarriages
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Taliban deny reports of Jalaluddin Haqqani's death
Pakistani media on Friday reported the Taliban faction leader died last year after a prolonged illness
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Clinton friend advised on US politics, foreign policy
State Department releases emails, showing adviser Sid Blumenthal sent Clinton exhaustive memos on domestic issues
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Wing part arrives in France as MH370 link investigated
A police escort will accompany the two-metre part on its journey by road to a defence ministry laboratory
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On Army Day, China warns of growing border security risks
The Chinese military, the world's largest, has embarked upon an ambitious modernisation programme in recent years
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Accused Russian Taliban depicted in US court as assault mastermind
Commander portrayed as behind an attack on US and Afghan forces six years ago near the Pakistan border