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Egypt’s Fattah al-Sisi might stay in office until 2030
CAIRO: Egyptians vote this weekend on constitutional changes that will potentially allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in office until 2030 and bolster the role of Egypt’s powerful military. Sisi’s supporters say the changes are necessary to give him
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India Polls: Holding elections in Jammu and Kashmir itself is a big deal
Srinagar: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir are “very satisfied” that elections have been held, that too without any major incident, in the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency despite the dismal voter turnout. The much-awaited second phase of the Lok Sabha polls in
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‘World’s smallest baby boy’ set to go home in Japan
TOKYO: The world’s smallest baby boy, who was born in October in Japan weighing as much as an apple, is now ready for the outside world, his doctor said Friday. Ryusuke Sekiya was delivered via emergency Caesarean section, after 24
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Homeless man reunited with pet rat, thanks to New South Wales cops
SYDNEY: A homeless man in Sydney, Australia, has been reunited with his pet rat which disappeared earlier this month. Chris, 59, is a well known figure in downtown Sydney where the rat, called Lucy, is usually curled up on a
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Consensual sex between adults who don’t marry is rape
Chattisgarh: The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that consensual sex between adults, with mere promises of tying the marital knot but not doing so, as rape. In a significant verdict, the court upheld a trial court order convicting a doctor
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Netanyahu returns to power with Likud and ally having 35 seats each
TEL AVIV: Incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was returned to power in the general election yesterday as his party- Likud, won 35 out of the 36 seats that it contested. The loss of one seat also means that Likud
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Iran’s Sadaf Khadem wins title in France but wanted at home for defying Islamic dress code
ROYAN: An Iranian woman, Sadaf Khadem who became the country’s first female boxer to win an international fight, intends to stay in France, her spokesperson said Wednesday, adding an arrest warrant had been issued against her in Iran. Sadaf Khadem
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India Polls: Focus on Maharashtra – 48 MP seats at stake
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra sends the second highest number of MPs to the Lok Sabha (48) after Uttar Pradesh (80) and is polling in four phases. The state’s politics have traditionally been dominated by the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party and the Bharatiya
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Former IS sieged Kobani Syrians convert to Christianity
KOBANI – The community of Syrians who converted to Christianity from Islam is growing in Kobani, a town besieged by Islamic State (IS) for months, and where the tide turned against the militants four years ago. The converts say the
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Indonesia chooses between Jokowi and Prabowo in biggest one day polls
JAKARTA – Indonesians began voting in the world’s biggest single-day election today as polling stations opened across the sprawling equatorial archipelago following a six-month campaign to choose a new president and parliament. The eight-hour vote across a country that stretches
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