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Pakistan recommends Trump for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

The Government of Pakistan has decided to formally recommend United States president Donald J Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, in recognition of his ‘decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis’...

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Myanmar junta battles guerrillas for control of jade hub

Myanmar’s junta and anti-coup guerrillas battled over the country’s jade mining hub Friday, a combatant and a local said, displacing desperate civilians as they vied for supplies of the precious stone.

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Kuki woman killed in Manipur

A woman from the Kuki community was killed in a crossfire between security forces and suspected Kuki militants in Chingphei village of Churachandpur district on Thursday, shortly after a gun attack left a Meitei  farmer injured in neighbouring...

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Thai PM struggles to defuse political crisis

Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra held make-up talks on Friday with an army commander she criticised in a leaked phone call as she struggled to defuse a crisis threatening to topple her government.

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Suu Kyi marks 80th birthday in junta jail

Myanmar’s deposed democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 80th birthday in junta detention on Thursday, serving a raft of sentences set to last the rest of her life.

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Crisis threatens to topple Thai govt, PM apologises

Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra apologised on Thursday for a leaked phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen that has provoked widespread anger and put her government on the brink of collapse.

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Maoist leader among three killed in India

Indian commandos shot dead three Maoist rebels Wednesday, police said, including a suspected top commander, less than a month after the insurgent group’s chief was killed...

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Mamata slams Modi govt for labelling people as Bangladeshis only for language

The West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a sharp attack on BJP-ruled governments in states and at the Centre over the alleged ‘push back’ of migrant workers from Bengal to Bangladesh, accusing the administrations of labelling those individuals as Bangladeshis only because they speak in Bengali, reports The Telegraph online...

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Five Air India Dreamliner Int’l flights cancelled

Air India cancelled five international flights — all using the 787-8 Dreamliner — Tuesday amid increased scrutiny of Boeing’s flagship aircraft after the horrific crash last week in Ahmedabad, reports NDTV...

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Mamata slams Modi govt for labelling people as Bangladeshis only for language

The West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a sharp attack on BJP-ruled governments in states and at the Centre over the alleged ‘push back’ of migrant workers from Bengal to Bangladesh, accusing the administrations of labelling those individuals as Bangladeshis only because they speak in Bengali, reports The Telegraph online.

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India relocates students in Iran

New Delhi said Monday its diplomats were helping some Indian students relocate out of harm’s way in Iran, which has come under days of deadly Israeli bombardment.

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AIR INDIA CRASH: Relatives wait for remains

Indian health officials have begun handing relatives the bodies of their loved ones after one of the world’s worst plane crashes in decades, but most families were still waiting Monday for results of DNA testing.

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Pakistan shuts border with Iran

Pakistan has closed all its border crossings with neighbouring Iran for an indefinite period, provincial officials said on Monday, as Israel and Iran trade intense strikes and threaten further attacks.