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India hit out at US report on religious intolerance
India hit out Sunday at a US report saying religious intolerance was growing under its right-wing government, setting off a new spat ahead of a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. An annual report on international religious freedom released by
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Dr Mahathir: I will not be PM beyond three years
PUCHONG: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has reportedly said that he “will not go beyond three years” as prime minister, amid calls for his anointed successor, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, to take over. Speaking to CNBC in Bangkok where
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Fashion world shaken by cultural appropriation claims
The women embroiderers of the remote Mexican mountain village of Tenango de Doria made worldwide headlines this week when their government went to war with an American designer for “plagiarising” their patterns. Wes Gordon, the artistic director of the New
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Dr Mahathir’s return a boost for IMT-GT
BANGKOK: The leadership of Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed is being welcomed back at the regional level after an absence of 16 – years. His pro – active outlook on the business prospects and visionary sense of things within
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Saudi women use wedding contracts to assert right to drive
Saudi salesman Majd had just begun his wedding preparations when his fiancee sought to enshrine in their marriage contract a condition already guaranteed by law — her right to drive. Wedding contracts have long been a safety net for brides
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Disabled widower beaten to death by lover’s husband
PARIT: A disabled widower was beaten to death with a stick spiked with nails by his lover’s jealous husband in Jalan Kenanga 8, Felcra Changkat Lada in Kampung Gajah near here. Badrul Hisham Ngah Aziz, 42, who had a deformed left leg, sustained
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One killed, seven injured in Abha airport attack
ABHA: One person was killed and seven others injured on Sunday when Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked Abha airport in south-west Saudi Arabia, a Saudi-led alliance fighting the Iran-linked rebels said. The dead person was a Syrian man, alliance spokesman Colonel
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Dr Mahathir: Is Umno no longer infidel?
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said PAS must declare UMNO as an Islamic party before forging a political cooperation with the opposition party. In a cynical tone, Dr Mahathir said this was because PAS had previously declared UMNO
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