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DESPARDES — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to walk away from the purchase of a Russian missile defense system, calling it a “very serious
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Tomatoes, a high-potassium veggie, is used in almost every daily food preparation across Pakistan. DESPARDES — The government has allowed import of tomatoes from Iran to arrest the skyrocketing prices
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DESPARDES — A Europe-based disinformation watchdog has reportedly cracked open a nexus of dormant companies and fake media outlets promoting India’s diplomatic interests, reports Quartz. According to the report, an
DESPARDES — India weaponizes music to push Saffron agenda of Hinduatva, cow protection, anti Muslim sentiments, and push to transform Kashmir’s social fabric through forced conversions and immigration. A recent
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DESPARDES — Announcing that ‘We are moving ahead with our civil nuclear program’, Saudi energy minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman also reaffirmed Kingdom’s commitment to diversifying its energy sources,
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Only 20 percent of the available cargo capacity was being airlifted which has now been improved to 80 percent. DESPARDES — Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has halved its monthly operating
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SRINAGAR — Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir yesterday marked 100 days since PM Modi’s government stripped the region of its autonomy and imposed a strict communications blackout, with local journalists protesting
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KADUNA, Nigeria — Yahaya Makaho feels his way to the microphone before launching into a song for his new album at a recording studio in the northern Nigerian city of
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DESPARDES — A statue of an Indian pilot whose plane was shot down over Kashmir earlier this year has been installed in an exhibit at a museum in Karachi run
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DESPARDES — When Narendra Modi was first elected in 2014, many hoped he would focus on the economy over social issues. Five years hence, the world’s third-largest economy is in
Any student of India-Pakistan relations knows that breakthroughs derived from track one diplomacy are few and far between C J WERLEMAN — Last week, India and Pakistan signed a historic
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Three return tickets have been booked – for Nawaz, his brother Shehbaz Sharif and family physician Dr Adnan Khan – at Qatar Airways for a flight that will leave for
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