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Thousands mourn Islam Karimov as Uzbek strongman’s body laid to rest
03 Sep 2016
With no obvious successor, Karimov's death could trigger an upsurge in Islamist violence in Uzbekistan, posing a threat to the United States, which is trying to contain the insurgency in Afghanistan as also to Russia and China
Ireland, Apple to jointly fight EU tax ruling
03 Sep 2016
Pakistan building economic corridor for China over Baloch’s dead: BRP
03 Sep 2016
Pakistan raises hell when a terrorists is shot down in India, but neither the Indian media nor international rights groups care about mass killings of innocent Balochs by Pakistani forces with help from their Chinese allies
Trump reiterates ultra-hard line on immigrants, Mexican wall
01 Sep 2016
Hopes that Republican candidate Donald Trump may be softening his line on immigrants and his proposed Mexican wall were belied on Wednesday night, when he sounded more hard-line than ever
Brazil's Rousseff voted out, Michel Temer sworn in as new President
01 Sep 2016
The Brazilian Senate voted 42-36 to allow Rousseff to retain the right to hold public office - a departure from the country's law that bars a dismissed president from holding any government job for eight years
Bangla SC upholds death for tycoon Mir Quasem Ali over war crimes
30 Aug 2016
Bangladeshi tycoon Mir Quasem Ali who was a chief financier for Bangladesh's largest Islamist party could be executed in days after losing his final appeal today against a death sentence for 1971 war crimes
US economy grew slower than estimated at 1.1%
29 Aug 2016
Proper handling of Brexit key to EU survival: German minister
29 Aug 2016
A month since Britain voted to leave the EU, the world now regarded Europe as an unstable continent, said German economy minister Sigmar , who is the deputy to chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany’s governing coalition
Over 250 killed as massive quake hits central Italy
25 Aug 2016
Police near the town of Ascoli said they could hear cries for help from under the rubble but lacked the heavy equipment to move the rocks, in the aftermath of a magnitude-6.2 earthquake
Ramen noodles supplanting cigarettes as currency in US jails
24 Aug 2016
Prisoners are so unhappy with the quality and quantity of prison food they receive that they have begun relying on ramen noodles -- a cheap, durable food product -- as a form of money in the underground prison economy
Turkey, allies launch operation to oust IS from Jarablus
24 Aug 2016
Turkey's army and international coalition forces today began an operation to drive Islamic State jihadists out of a key Syrian border town, a statement from the Turkish prime minister's office said
India ranks 7th richest country in 2016 New World Wealth list
23 Aug 2016
The rate of growth of wealth in dollar terms has been the highest for China, the second wealthiest country after the United States, making it the fastest growing wealthiest country over the past 5 years
Singapore's longest-serving president SR Nathan passes away
23 Aug 2016
`Every time there was a tricky task which required a steady hand, someone dependable and who could get things done, his name would pop up,’ Singapore’s founder-President Lee Kuan Yee said on SR Nathan’s 80th birthday
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