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Air strikes kill 43 civilians in Syria

Shawdesh Desk: Regime and Russian air strikes killed 43 people in northwest Syria on Monday, most of them in a crowded market, a war monitor said, in the latest violence

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Lightning Strikes Kill 32 In Uttar Pradesh

Shawdesh Desk: As many as 32 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh due to lightning on Sunday, said officials. A day earlier, the lightning had claimed one life in the

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Saudi Arabia release Iranian tanker

Shawdesh Desk: ‘Happiness 1’, belonging to the National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC), has been released from Jeddah and is sailing back to Iranian waters with the entire crew and two

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Abe on way to be retained as Japan’s PM

Shawdesh Desk: Japanese voters cast ballots Sunday in an upper house election, with Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc looking to protect its majority and keep on track plans to amend the

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Thousands march again in huge Hong Kong anti-government rally

Shawdesh Desk: Hong Kong witnessed another huge anti-government march on Sunday with seemingly no end in sight to the turmoil engulfing the finance hub, sparked by years of rising anger

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‘Bangladesh a country of religious harmony’

US Ambassador in Dhaka Earl R Miller has said that the allegation Bangladeshi national Priya Saha had made to US President Donald Trump on the minority community is not correct.

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Hungarian philosopher, critic Agnes Heller passes away

Shawdesh Desk: Philosopher Agnes Heller, a dissident under Hungary’s communist regime and later a prominent critic of prime minister Viktor Orban, died Friday at the age of 90, the Hungarian

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Six killed, 27 injured in Kabul University blast

Shawdesh Desk: An explosion on Friday near a gate to the campus of Kabul University in the Afghan capital killed six people and injured at least 27 as students waited

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