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An international group set up to curb illicit money flows last week kept Pakistan on a watch list of suspect countries.
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Protesters in Dhaka burn effigy of French President Emmanuel Macron for defending Prophet Muhammad’s caricatures.
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Washington had said the Indian Ocean island must make ‘difficult but necessary choices’ regarding its...
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The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement will allow the US to share top-secret satellite and...
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Explosion in a mosque that also serves as a religious school kills seven people and wounds at least 109 others.
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Islamabad summons French ambassador in Pakistan to issue rebuke on French president’s recent comments regarding Islam.
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Erdogan lends his support to growing calls for a boycott of French goods, widening a rift between Ankara and Paris.
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US secretary of state on five-day Asia trip aimed at strengthening ties amid growing Chinese influence in the region.
US military spokesman says the strike in Wardak province killed five fighters on Sunday.
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With four reported rapes a day and many more unreported, survivors and activists are challenging violence and misogyny.
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A US-brokered truce came into effect on Monday but like two previous peace attempts, it is struggling to hold.
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Ganja city has been hit three times in the war over Nagorno-Karabakh, killing at least 26 people including a baby girl.
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The hypocrisy of the Taliban’s mantra of inclusion has been exposed during the intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha.
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Third attempt at halting fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh has collapsed, with shelling reported by both sides.