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India-Pakistan tensions: All the latest updates
Tensions are running high between India and Pakistan following a suicide attack on an Indian paramilitary convoy last month, which killed 42 soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir. The suicide attack, the deadliest in 30 years of Kashmir
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Lebanon’s misogynistic citizenship law
Beirut, Lebanon - Aziza Chami wipes away tears as she describes the toll Lebanon's misogynistic citizenship laws have taken on her daughter. "My daughter graduated three years ago but still can't find a job," Chami
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Nigerian women brace for election upsets
Abuja, Nigeria - Nigerian women are hoping to use Saturday's local elections to change the country's political dynamics by triggering an upset in the polls. Women's groups have been mobilising support for female candidates seeking office,
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Ex-Trump campaign boss Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison
US President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for tax and bank fraud related to his work advising Ukrainian politicians, much less than what was called
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MH370: Bewilderment and disbelief five years after plane vanished
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - For a legion of armchair enthusiasts, the disappearance of MH370 is an opportunity to spin increasingly far-fetched conspiracy theories about what happened to the plane once it vanished from radar on
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The many firsts of Hanan Ashrawi, one of Palestine’s most notable politicians
‘It’s a challenge’: Raya Al-Hassan, the Middle East’s first female interior minister BEIRUT: “What, it’s been two weeks? Wait, three weeks? No!” Lebanon and the Arab world’s first woman interior minister Raya Al-Hassan exclaimed
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‘It’s a challenge’: Raya Al-Hassan, the Middle East’s first female interior minister
‘It’s a challenge’: Raya Al-Hassan, the Middle East’s first female interior minister BEIRUT: “What, it’s been two weeks? Wait, three weeks? No!” Lebanon and the Arab world’s first woman interior minister Raya Al-Hassan exclaimed
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Wife of imprisoned Qatari royal tells of suffering of children at hands of regime
Wife of imprisoned Qatari royal tells of suffering of children at hands of regime JEDDAH: Asma Al-Rayyan, the wife of Sheikh Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Thani, an imprisoned member of the Qatari royal family, on
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MH370: Bewilderment and disbelief five years after plane vanished
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - For a legion of armchair enthusiasts, the disappearance of MH370 is an opportunity to spin increasingly far-fetched conspiracy theories about what happened to the plane once it vanished from radar on
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‘Doing it all’: Indonesian women’s double burden
Jakarta, Indonesia - Psychologist Jackie Viemilawati wakes up at 5:30am every day to get her eight-year-old son, Noah, ready for school. She makes sure he showers and eats his breakfast, prepared by the family's


