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Hospital floods in Uttar Pradesh as torrential rain hits India
Jul 27, 2020 11:34Torrential rains continue to hit India, posing challenges to a system already struggling to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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Is Kashmir a new Palestine in making?
Jul 21, 2020 03:23Since August 2019 with the scrapping of Kashmir’s special status, New Delhi has started to implement new laws and amend the previous ones with an aim to what it calls ‘mainstreaming Kashmir’ to rest of India, a statement that has been repeatedly questioned by the people of Kashmir.
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Syrians want winners of elections to fight corruption
Jul 19, 2020 17:01Syrians from all walks of life poured on Sunday into electoral centers across the government-controlled parts of Syria to vote for their parliamentary candidates. A total of 1658 candidates are competing to win 250 seats at the parliament, known in Syria as the Peoples’ Assembly.
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Zarif pays tribute to anti-terror commanders before holding meetings with Iraqi official
Jul 19, 2020 08:35Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has paid tribute to martyred commanders of the anti-terrorism fight in Iraq after he arrived in the country’s capital and before his scheduled meeting with the Iraqi officials.
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Fire, explosion reported on US ship at San Diego naval base
Jul 13, 2020 02:39Fire and an ensuing explosion have been reported on a ship at the US Naval base in San Diego.
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Palestinians hold funeral for man killed by Israeli troops south of Nablus
Jul 10, 2020 13:23Palestinians hold a funeral for Ibrahim Moustapha Abou Yacoub, who was martyred by Israeli troops after being shot in the neck at Kifl Hares, a village south of Nablus, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
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Gaza women demonstrate against Israel’s West Bank annexation plans
Jul 06, 2020 09:22Palestinian women demonstrate against Israel’s West Bank annexation plans near the Erez Crossing in the northern Gaza Strip. A controversial peace plan unveiled by Trump in January promised US backing for Israel to annex swathes of the West Bank, including Jewish settlements considered illegal under international law.
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Belgium: Thousands denounce university headscarf ban ruling in Brussels
Jul 06, 2020 03:00Several thousand young people and students gathered in central Brussels on Sunday to protest against a recent court ruling that held that bans on headscarves in higher education were lawful.
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Violence in Kashmir continues unabated despite coronavirus pandemic
Jul 04, 2020 02:21Organization Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society in Kashmir reveals 229 killings, over 100 military operations, 55 Internet shutdowns, and destruction of scores of properties in Kashmir valley in the first half of 2020.
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Iranian police seize large haul of opium, morphine, synthetic drugs
Jul 02, 2020 10:40Police in Iran confiscated over three tons of opium, morphine and synthetic drugs, which were produced in Afghanistan and destined to the regional and European markets.