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Pakistan’s Population Booms

Three men who have fathered nearly 100 children among them are doing their bit for Pakistan's skyrocketing population,...

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Erdogan Vows To Stand By ‘Qatari Brothers’ Amid Crisis

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan requested the full removal of a Saudi-led blockade of Qatar after approving the...

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Sanction Owners of Illegal Fishing Vessels – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has strongly advocated for enhanced international co-operation for effective...

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US Urges Saudis To Ease Qatar Blockade

Mr Tillerson said the blockade was having humanitarian consequences. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Gulf...

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Erdogan Says ‘not Witnessed’ Qatar Give Support To Terror

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said he has never known Qatar to give support to terror organisations,...

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Syria Army Reaches Iraq Border After US Tensions

Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015 on Friday, a monitor...

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Murdered Maldives Blogger’s Father Demands International Probe At UN

The father of murdered blogger Yameen Rasheed in the Maldives accused police Friday of trying to cover up the case, and...

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Indian Soldiers Kill Five Rebels In Kashmir

Indian soldiers killed five suspected rebels Friday in a shoot-out near the de facto border that divides disputed...

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Gulf Crisis Grows As Saudi, Allies Place Qataris On ‘terror List’

The diplomatic crisis surrounding the Gulf escalated further Friday after Saudi Arabia and its allies placed a number...

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Qatar Rejects Saudi-Led Bloc’s ‘terror’ List

Qatar on Friday rejected allegations of supporting individuals and groups blacklisted as "terrorists" by four Arab...

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French ‘bikini Killer’ To Have Heart Surgery In Nepal

A notorious French criminal who earned the nickname "bikini killer" for a string of murders throughout Asia in the...

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Turkey Says Iraqi Kurds’ Referendum Plan A ‘grave Mistake’

Turkey on Friday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum would be...

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Pulisic Double As US Beat Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico March On

Borussia Dortmund star Christian Pulisic scored twice as the United States grabbed a vital 2-0 win over Trinidad &...

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Philippine War Refugees Facing Deadly Health Risks

More than 200,000 people displaced after Islamist militants attacked a southern Philippine city are facing deadly...

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Malaysian Health Officials To Amend Gay ‘prevention’ Contest

Malaysian officials who launched a controversial video contest offering $1,000 cash prizes to explain how to "prevent"...

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Qatar Slams Saudi, Allies Terrorism List As ‘baseless’

Qatar on Friday dismissed as "baseless" a terrorism blacklist published by Saudi Arabia and its allies which linked...

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Indian, Pakistan Prime Ministers Exchange Greetings At Summit

The leaders of rivals India and Pakistan have met for the first time in 17 months, at a summit in Kazakhstan, officials...

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Art Seeks To Heal Wounds In Divided Cyprus

Inside an art gallery on the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Selma Bolayir draws a large yellow sun on a...

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South Africa Joins Others To Suspend Zimbabwe Chicken Imports

The H5N8 strain has been detected in several countries in Europe, Africa and Asia over the past two South Africa has...