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Afghanistan

Pak-Afghan Ulema conference to be held in Kabul on March 10: Foreign Office

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday that a conference of religious scholars (Ulema) from Afghanistan and Pakistan will be held in Kabul on March 10,...

India

Ex-Maldivian president Nasheed no longer faces arrest

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MALE: Mohamed Nasheed, former Maldives President, no longer faces the threat of being arrested, a government spokesman said on Thursday, a day after he...

Iran

Senior Iranian official killed in Syria

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BEIRUT: A senior Iranian official was shot dead in Syria by assailants while he was travelling by road towards the Lebanese capital from Damascus...

Iran

UN nuclear watchdog, Iran fail to reach deal

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VIENNA: Officials of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), have failed to clinch a deal in talks with...

Eastern Europe

Moscow ready to study US proposals on cutting strategic nuclear arsenal: Russian Foreign Ministry

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MOSCOW: The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Moscow has not received yet any specific proposals from the US on cutting its strategic...

Sports

South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius arrested for killing girlfriend: report

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South Africa’s Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been taken into custory after he alleged to have accidentally gunned down her girlfriend as he mistook...

Eastern Europe

Three policemen killed in suicide attack in Russian Caucasus

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MOSCOW: Three police personnel were killed while six other were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in his car at a police security...

Asia

South Korea displays its missile strength

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SEOUL: What appears to be an attempt to address concerns that South Korea is technologically behind its erratic rival, North Korea, which this week...

Middle East

Middle East is drying–NASA alert: Middle East loses freshwater reserves size of Dead Sea in 7 years

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The Middle East is headed towards a water shortage crisis, as NASA satellites show that reserves the size of the Dead Sea have been...

Asia

Assange is official applicant for Australian Senate elections

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Sydney: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has submitted his application to the Australian Electoral Commission. This is the first step in his attempt to become an...

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