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Jakarta riots: Jokowi announces zero tolerance to threats to unity
JAKARTA: Political tension over disputed election results spilled into angry clashes for a second consecutive night in Jakarta, with protesters hurling rocks and firecrackers at police, who in turn responded with tear gas. Thousands gathered at Indonesia’s election supervisory agency
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BJP reaches halfway mark, INC trailing
NEW DELHI: The BJP led NDA has achieved its goal of winning half of the total of number of seats with 272 seats as opposed to the Indian National Congress and its allies in the United Progressive Alliance which has
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How are votes counted in India?
The election was conducted in 7 phases for 543 constituencies of Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India (ECI) uses Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) to conduct elections. Since 2000, ECI has conducted 113 assembly elections and three general elections using EVMs.
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Court rules against Trump, banks to provide his business records to Congress
NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump, three of his children and the Trump Organization on Wednesday lost their bid to block Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp from providing financial records to Democratic lawmakers investigating Trump’s businesses. In
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Pentagon mulling request to send 5,000 troops to Middle East
WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defense is considering its military’s request to send about 5,000 additional troops to the Middle East amid increasing tensions with Iran. Tehran and Washington have traded barbs with one another this month, following US President
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Indonesia election: Defeated candidate’s supporters riot
JAKARTA: Six people are dead and more than 200 are injured after mobs clashed with security forces and set fire to a police dormitory and vehicles in the Indonesian capital following the release of official election results. National Police spokesman
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In a village, Muslims talk of leaving as divide with Hindus widens
NAYABANS: Muslims in Nayabans, an unremarkable village in northern India, say they remember a time when their children played with Hindu youths, and people from either faith chatted when they frequented each other’s shops and went to festivals together. Such
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Risk of nuclear war now highest since WW2, UN says
GENEVA: The risk of nuclear weapons being used is at its highest since World War Two, said a senior United Nations (UN) security expert, calling it an ‘urgent’ issue that the world should take seriously. UN Institute for Disarmament Research
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K-pop star Psy to release new album in July
SEOUL: K-pop star Psy will return to the forefront of the K-pop scene with a new album in early July, Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday. “Psy will return with his ninth full-length album in early July … and premiere
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Game Of Thrones fans want questions answered
The Game Of Thrones finale left fans with a lot of questions, as they tried to puzzle out the unresolved plot threads from eight seasons of the series. The finale left people questioning the plotlines and even the point of
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