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Migrant Death Truck Trial Opens In Hungary

Eleven men went on trial on Wednesday over the deaths of 71 migrants found in an abandoned truck in Austria nearly two...

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Bangladeshi Actress’ Film To Faith Tale Proves Smash Hit

In Bangladesh, where morality tales top bestseller lists, the real-life transformation of Naznin Akter Happy from an...

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UN Boss Warns America Will Be Replaced If It Withdraws From the World

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Trump administration on Tuesday that if the United States...

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Vice Media To Push Global Expansion With New Funds

Vice Media's latest capital infusion of $450 million will help accelerate its global expansion to some 80 markets by...

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Gunmen Kill Eight Afghan Guards At Largest US Base

Gunmen have killed eight Afghan guards working at the largest American base in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, as...

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Protester Killed In Street Clashes Near Kabul Bombing Site

Kabul authorities Tuesday demolished a sit-in camp erected to protest spiralling insecurity, triggering street clashes...

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New Magazine and TV Channel Give Afghan Women A Cautious Voice

Afghan women are redrawing the media landscape in the deeply conservative country with the launch of a new magazine and...

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India Trade To See Boost By Transit System

India has become the 71st country to ratify the United Nations TIR Convention .  Managed and developed by IRU, the...

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C. Africa Sapped By Decades of Strife and Misrule

The government of the Central African Republic on Monday signed an "immediate ceasefire" deal with rebel groups aimed...

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10 Militants Killed After Clashes In Faryab Province of Afghan

A total of 10 militants have been killed and 15 others injured as clash erupted in Qaisar district of Afghanistan’s...

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Turkey FM In Saudi For Talks On Gulf Crisis

Turkey's foreign minister visited Saudi Arabia on Friday for talks aimed at resolving the Gulf diplomatic crisis, as...

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Turkey FM In Saudi For Talks On Gulf Crisis

Turkey's foreign minister visited Saudi Arabia on Friday for talks aimed at resolving the Gulf diplomatic crisis, as...

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Tillerson Skips OAS Meeting To Focus On Gulf Crisis

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday cancelled his attendance at next week's Organization of American States...

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Tillerson Skips OAS Meeting To Focus On Gulf Crisis

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday cancelled his attendance at next week's Organization of American States...

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US To Make Afghanistan Troop Announcement In Weeks

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday he will present a new US military strategy for Afghanistan, along with...

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US To Make Afghanistan Troop Announcement In Weeks

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday he will present a new US military strategy for Afghanistan, along with...

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UN Chief Calls For Aid To Afghanistan As Conflict Spirals

Sitting cross-legged with war-displaced women in a mud-brick settlement on Kabul's outskirts, UN Secretary General...

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World Bank To Give Afghanistan $520 Mn Credit

The World Bank on Tuesday said it had approved a $520 million plan to help Afghanistan, which has been weakened by the...

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Trump Lets Pentagon Set Afghanistan Troop Levels

President Donald Trump has granted the Pentagon authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan, a US official said...