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China updates deal to invest $400 billion in Iran
Sep 04, 2019 07:15Iran and China have updated a 25-year deal signed first in 2016 that foresees $400 billion of Chinese investment in the resource-rich Middle Eastern nation, well-regarded energy industry publication the Petroleum Economist reports.
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Muslims holding Muharram rituals in Indian-controlled Kashmir despite crackdown
Sep 04, 2019 03:57Amid a tough security clampdown and tensions, Shia Muslims in Kashmir are observing Muharram.
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Pakistan will not initiate armed conflict with India: Khan
Sep 03, 2019 04:24Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan says his country would not pull the trigger first in a potential armed conflict with India over the disputed Kashmir region.
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Pakistan grants India access to alleged spy given death sentence
Sep 02, 2019 09:01Pakistan said it would grant consular access to an alleged Indian spy on death row on Monday, weeks after the International Court of Justice called for a review of his sentence in a case that has stoked tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.
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Pakistan: Large Karachi rally demands more steps on Kashmir
Sep 02, 2019 07:34People in the city of Karachi took to the streets in their thousands to show solidarity with Kashmiris. They demanded stronger actions from Pakistani government as well as the UN against recent moves by India in Kashmir.
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Tens of thousands hold anti-India rallies in Pakistan over Kashmir
Aug 30, 2019 07:45Cities across Pakistan came to a standstill on Friday as tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets in a government-led demonstration of solidarity with the disputed region of Kashmir, after India revoked its autonomy this month.
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Iran, India hope to seal key trade deal by end of 2019: Envoy
Aug 29, 2019 13:20Iran’s ambassador to India says a major trade deal between Tehran and New Delhi is almost there to be concluded by the end of 2019 as the two countries seek to bypass American sanctions imposed on Iran and to increase the size and scope of bilateral trade activities.
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Kashmiris skeptic of India’s promises of equal rights
Aug 29, 2019 13:19After New Delhi scrapped Kashmir’s autonomous status on august 5, it promised equal rights, opportunity and development in return. However, people of Kashmir are skeptic of their promises.
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500 incidents of protests, hundreds injured in Kashmir lockdown: Sources
Aug 28, 2019 13:34Hundreds of incidents of protest have erupted in Indian-administered Kashmir since the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped the Muslim-majority Himalayan region of its autonomy and imposed a security clampdown more than three weeks ago.
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Kashmiri leader calls for peaceful protests, blasts information blockade
Aug 25, 2019 07:32A prominent pro-independence leader in the Indian-controlled Kashmir has called on people in the disputed region to continue holding “peaceful protests” despite attempts by New Delhi to stifle their voices.