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Six soldiers reportedly killed in heavy border fire exchange in Kashmir
Dec 26, 2019 10:20Troops from India and Pakistan have exchanged heavy fire and mortar shelling along the restive Line of Control (LoC) that divides Kashmir between the two countries, with a total of six soldiers reportedly killed from both sides.
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In Asia Pacific climate crisis is happening now, not in future
Dec 26, 2019 04:48Many big Asian cities, including Mumbai, Shanghai, Bangkok, and Jakarta, are coastal and low-lying, making them susceptible to sea level rise and other extreme weather events.
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Indian Muslims brandish natl. flag, say their protest not anti-India
Dec 24, 2019 04:16Indian Muslims protesting against the country’s recent citizenship law, which they consider discriminatory, have been carrying national flags and copies of the constitution, stressing that their protest rallies are against the biased law, not India.
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Modi’s BJP loses elections in India's Jharkhand state
Dec 24, 2019 02:23Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lost elections in the eastern state of Jharkhand.
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US will have to end ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran: President Rouhani
Dec 23, 2019 12:30President Hassan Rouhani says the United States will have to stop its policy of exerting “maximum pressure” on Iran, stressing that the current conditions that stem from that policy are only temporary.
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Sanctions, terrorism, US main strategies against independent countries: Iran's Shamkhani
Dec 23, 2019 12:08The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says imposing sanctions and fomenting terrorism are two main US strategies against independent countries.
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Zarif hails ‘historic and unbreakable’ ties with India
Dec 22, 2019 14:15Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has hailed longstanding relations between the country and its southern Asian ally, India, emphasizing that relations between Tehran and New Delhi are unbreakable.
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Iranian, Indian FMs discuss closer ties
Dec 22, 2019 09:49Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, held talks on a host of topics, including the latest efforts to boost relations between the two countries.
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Indian govt going to war against its own people
Dec 21, 2019 12:43Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) are now ongoing in every part of India, with a cross-section of society outraged by the religious implications of this law.
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Modi summons ministers as citizenship law protests rage on
Dec 21, 2019 10:48Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has summoned his government ministers to hold a meeting and discuss the security situation in the country following protests against a controversial anti-Muslim law.