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President Ghani asks Afghan Taliban to break ties with Pakistan
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday linked the release of Taliban prisoners with the group first breaking ties with neighbouring Pakistan. ...Iran virus deaths now 77 as emergency services chief infected
Coronavirus has claimed 77 lives in Iran, officials said on Tuesday, as the emergency services chief became the latest high-ranking official to ...‘All will be remembered’: Soul-stirring poem by Indian activist takes internet by storm
NEW DELHI: Indian poet and activist Aamir Aziz on Thursday became an internet sensation in Pakistan after Prime Minister Imran Khan shared ...US, Taliban sign ‘peace deal’ as Afghanistan looks for end to 18-year war
US, Taliban sign ‘peace deal’ as Afghanistan looks for end to 18-year war DOHA: Senior officials of the US government and the ...Taliban order halt to attacks in Afghanistan ahead of US agreement
The Taliban ordered all their fighters “to refrain from any kind of attack” on Saturday ahead of the signing of an agreement with the ...Something ‘dangerous’ is happening beneath the surface of the market selloff
No asset class appears to be safe amid the current global market rout. And while it goes without saying that people are ...Foreign pilots at Chinese airlines return home on unpaid leave as demand plummets
BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Foreign pilots at some Chinese airlines have returned to their home countries and are considering other jobs after being ...Woman raped after being robbed of cash
RAWALPINDI: Two women were deprived of cash and one of them raped after being abducted in Rawat area, police said on Monday. ...Coronavirus slows China’s Belt and Road push
When President Xi Jinping made his first state visit this year to Myanmar and signed new infrastructure contracts, there was no indication ...Ashraf Ghani declared winner of Afghan presidential poll
Ashraf Ghani has secured a second term as president of Afghanistan, according to final results of the September 28, 2019 poll released ...UAE issues reactor licence for first Arab nuclear power plant
The United Arab Emirates said on Monday that it has issued a licence for a reactor at its Barakah nuclear power plant, ...Is Oscar-winning film Parasite inspired from a Tamil film?
Thalapathy Vijay’s Minsara Kanna, when released in 1999, was one of the biggest hits then in Kollywood that year South Korean dark ...