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Turkey-Qatar military base serves regional ‘stability’; The visit came as local media reported Qatar intends to buy 100 Turkish tanks DESPARDES — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Qatar’s emir,
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The government had denotified its prosecution team. Still the final hearing was held with the team making its final arguments to the special court. DESPARDES — The interior ministry on
DESPARDES — There’s a Chanakya twist to pink Himalayan salt which according to TIME, its health benefits include: Lamps can increase energy and improve sleep; they are even in “salt
ANIS SHIVANI — I predicted well before the 2016 presidential election that Donald Trump would be elected. I had felt that way ever since he rode down that golden escalator with
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As many as 21,000 Bangladeshis have returned home from Saudi Arabia in the last 10 months; Sumi Akter, a Bangladeshi worker who went viral on social media recently, also returned
DESPARDES — Graphic designer Assam made a tourist attraction map of Pakistan. It’s a great first by a Pakistani passport holder. Plan your next getaway with the help of the
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NAJMA HUSSAIN — A friend of mine told me about seeing Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell in Hollywood. She didn’t know I was in New York. “It’s going to upset your
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DESPARDES — Coal’s role has accelerated since 2000, with global consumption increasing by almost two-thirds, driven by its rising use in China and India. The global coal trade doubled to
DESPARDES — Pakistan Air Force has reportedly installed a Chinese-made radar system for air threat posed by stealth jets including recently acquired Rafale by India, its eastern neighbor, which brazenly
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DESPARDES — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was slapped with three charges on Thursday– bribery, breach of trust and fraud, a criminal indictment that plunged Israel deeper into political disarray
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DESPARDES — A silent revolution has come in the judiciary, said Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa Khosa on Wednesday, while acknowledging that no institution is perfect. He added: “Do not
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IRSHAD SALIM — Pakistan’s former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s insightful take in mid-October that “PM Modi by his recent actions had actually scored a goal against himself and against
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