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Breaking: Suicide blast at popular Pakistani shrine kills at least 10
A suicide blast at one of Pakistan’s oldest and most popular Sufi shrines killed at least 10 people and wounded 24 in the eastern city of Lahore Wednesday, police said, in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban. The blast —
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India politician charged after donkey ride to file papers
Indian police charged a would-be election candidate with animal cruelty Wednesday after he rode a donkey to file his application for the national ballot. Mani Bhushan Sharma, a perennial long-shot candidate, filed his nomination papers on Monday followed by a
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Putrajaya rubbishes Indian media reports on Zakir Naik
PUCHONG: Putrajaya rubbished reports from Indian media which claimed that controversial Indian Muslim televangelist Dr Zakir Naik received a plot of land here to restart his banned channel, Peace TV. The federal government also denied claims that Naik would be
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Sri Lanka: Easter bombers all killed or arrested
Sri Lankan security authorities have either killed or arrested all the jihadists responsible for the Easter suicide bombings that left 257 people dead, police chief Chandana Wickramaratne said Tuesday. Police have accounted for every individual involved in the April 21
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Najib fails to boot out prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram again
KUALA LUMPUR: Ex-prime minister Datuk Sri Najib Tun Razak failed to remove lead prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram in his upcoming trial on the troubled state fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Court of Appeal judge Zabariah Mohd Yusof ruled that senior
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Dr. Mahathir slams TMJ as ‘stupid’ as escalating Johor-Putrajaya spat
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today used his strongest language yet on Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, calling the vocal Johor crown prince who is better known as TMJ as “stupid”, threatening to escalate a public spat between them.
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Sri Lanka: Curfew in city as religious tensions rises
Sri Lanka clamped curfews at a city outside the capital Sunday to contain religious tensions as the authorities prepared to reopen schools after Easter bombings that killed 257 people. A senior police officer said the night curfew was imposed to
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Muslims begin fast today
KUALA LUMPUR: Muslims in Malaysia will begin fasting today (Monday) May 6, 2019 as announced by the Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal Datuk Seri Syed Danial Syed Ahmad. Syed Danial, when making the announcement, said the date for starting the
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Sri Lankan Muslims: Fast In Solidarity With Fellow Christians
On Sunday morning Sri Lankan Christians went to their local churches for Easter services, as they have done for centuries. Easter is a special occasion for Christian families in ethnically diverse Sri Lanka. A time for families to gather to
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Cyclone Fani fallout blows tents off Everest
High winds blamed on Cyclone Fani more than 900 kilometres (570 miles) away blew tents off the side of Mount Everest on Friday, officials said. Fallout from the deadly storm, which hit India’s Bay of Bengal coast on Friday, spread across South Asia
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