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Income tax raid at BBC’s Delhi, Mumbai offices; phones, laptops seized

Shawdesh desk; Income Tax officials landed at the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai this morning for searches, weeks after a huge controversy over the UK national broadcaster’s documentary series

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Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi begins visit to China

Shawdesh desk: Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi arrives in China on Tuesday to begin a three-day visit aimed at strengthening economic cooperation and consolidating relations between the two countries. Raisi is

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More than 36,000 people have died across Turkey and Syria after devastating earthquake

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll across Turkey and Syria following Monday’s catastrophic earthquake reached at least 36,217. The death toll in Turkey has reached 31,643, Turkish Emergency Coordination Center SAKOM

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China says US balloons entered airspace over 10 times since 2022

Shawdesh Desk: Beijing said on Monday that Washington had sent balloons into its airspace more than 10 times since January 2022, deepening a row between the two powers after an

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Israeli air strike hits Hamas complex in Gaza: military

Shawdesh Desk: Israel hit Gaza with air strikes on Monday in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave at the weekend, the army said, as unrest persisted in

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Flights cancelled, power cut as tropical storm lashes New Zealand

Shawdesh desk; Tens of thousands of homes in New Zealand were without power and hundreds of flights were cancelled Monday as a tropical storm lashed the north of the country.

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Turkey-Syria earthquake deaths pass 28,000, millions in need of aid

Shawdesh desk: Rescuers pulled a seven-month-old baby and a teenage girl from the rubble on Sunday, nearly a week after an earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria and killed more than

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Relief goods from Bangladesh handed over to Syrian authorities

Shawdesh Desk: A humanitarian assistance package for the people of Syria from the government of Bangladesh, under the directives of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, arrived at Damascus in Syria on

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