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Soleimani to be buried in Kerman of Iran today

Shawdesh Desk: General Qassem Soleimani will be buried at Golzar Shohada (Garden of Martyrs) Cemetery in his hometown Kerman of Iran on Tuesday. Huge crowds packed the streets of the

Jamia Millia Islamia opens after being closed due to protests

Shawdesh Desk: Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi of India which was closed after a massive violence and protests followed by the winter break is open now for its

Indonesia braces for more downpours as flood toll hits 66

Indonesians were told on Monday to brace for more heavy downpours after record rains triggered flooding and landslides that authorities said had killed at least 66 people in and around

Iran will forego ‘limit’ on centrifuges as tensions with US soar

Shawdesh Desk: Iran announced a further rollback of its commitments to the troubled international nuclear accord Sunday amid anger over the US killing of a top commander which also prompted

Blasts hit Baghdad area as Iraqis mourn Soleimani

Shawdesh Desk: Several blasts shook the Baghdad area hours after a huge funeral procession for a top Iranian general, killed by a US air strike there on Friday. A projectile

Stage against Andhra Pradesh’s capital shift continues

Shawdesh Desk: Thousands of farmers in Amaravati, the capital region of Andhra Pradesh, on Saturday protested against the proposed shifting of the state’s administrative capital to Visakhapatnam. The farmers, from

Imran Khan tweets Bangladeshi video to ‘expose crackdown on Indian Muslims’!

Shawdesh Desk: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was widely criticised after he shared a seven-year-old video of Bangladeshi incident on Twitter with a claim to ‘expose’ the ‘Indian police’s pogrom

Thousands in shelters as Indonesia flood death toll hits 53

Shawdesh desk: Tens of thousands of Indonesians were still unable to return to their waterlogged homes Saturday after flooding hit the Jakarta capital region, killing at least 53 people, authorities