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15 dead as trains collide in Bangladesh

At least 15 people were killed and 58 others injured when two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh early Tuesday, police said.

November 12, 2019
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Angered at EU, Turkey threatens to release Daesh prisoners

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned European nations on Tuesday that his country could release all the militant Daesh group prisoners it holds and send them to Europe, in response to EU sanctions over Cyprus.

November 12, 2019
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US State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus

United States welcomes opening of Kartarpur corridor

The US welcomed the opening of the Kartarpur corridor, saying that it sees the initiative as a positive example.

November 10, 2019
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Moody’s cuts India’s outlook to negative

Moody’s Investors Service cut India’s ratings outlook to “negative” from “stable”, citing increasing risks that Asia’s third largest economy will grow at a slower pace than in the past, sending stock markets nearly 1 per…

November 9, 2019
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3 dead, dozens injured as Australia wildfires raze homes

Wildfires razing Australia’s drought-stricken east coast have left three people dead and several missing, more than 30 injured and over 150 homes destroyed, officials said on Saturday.

November 9, 2019
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Indian top court gives Babri Masjid land to Hindus

The top court of India on Saturday ruled that the disputed Babri Masjid land should be given to the Hindus, while ordering the Muslims be allotted an alternate land as a replacement for the destroyed…

November 9, 2019
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Pompeo warns against Chinese, Russian clout on eve of Berlin Wall anniversary

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday NATO must grow and change or risk becoming obsolete, a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said the alliance was dying. German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected…

November 8, 2019
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India allows Sidhu to visit Pakistan for Kartarpur Corridor inauguration

The Indian government has finally allowed Navjot Singh Sidhu to attend the inauguration of the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur Corridor, after the cricketer-turned-politician wrote his third letter to the Indian foreign ministry on Thursday requesting…

November 7, 2019
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US accuses two former Twitter employees of spying for Saudi Arabia

Two former employees of Twitter and a third man from Saudi Arabia face US charges of spying for the kingdom by digging up private user data and giving it to Saudi officials in exchange for…

November 7, 2019
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Nine Mormons slaughtered in Mexico cartel attack

At least three women and six children from an American Mormon community in northern Mexico have been killed in an ambush in an area notorious for drug traffickers and bandits, a relative said.

November 6, 2019
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Yemen govt, southern separatists sign power-sharing deal

Yemen's internationally recognised government signed a power-sharing deal with southern separatists on Tuesday, in a Saudi-brokered initiative to end a conflict simmering within the country's civil war.

November 5, 2019
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UN chief urges Myanmar to resolve Rohingya crisis

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern on Sunday over the plight of the 730,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state, calling on Myanmar's government to take responsibility by dealing with the “root causes”…

November 3, 2019
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German Chancellor express concern over violations in IoK by Indian army

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed concern about lockdown and human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir by Indian army.

November 2, 2019
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Lebanon reopens but crisis remains after PM resigns

The Lebanese government's resignation under pressure from the street looked set to ease a two-week-old nationwide lockdown but protesters vowed on Wednesday to keep pushing for deeper change.

October 31, 2019
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