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Pakistan moves to freeze assets of UN-sanctioned armed groups
Islamabad, Pakistan - The government of Pakistan has passed a regulation authorising the seizure of assets of armed groups that have been sanctioned by the United Nations and also enlisted under Pakistani domestic anti-terrorism laws. "The objective
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Facebook bans foreign-funded ads for Indonesia election
To allay concerns that its platform is being used to manipulate voting behaviour, Facebook has banned political advertisements from outside Indonesia as the world's third-largest democracy heads to its presidential and legislative elections. The announcement is a part
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Flash floods in Afghanistan, Pakistan kill at least 45 people
At least 45 people have been killed after heavy rains, flash floods and snowfall hit different parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. At least nine people were reportedly killed in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas
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Second man seems to be free of AIDS virus after transplant
A bone marrow stem cell transplant has led to a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) going into long-term remission, meaning he might become the second person to be cured of the infection. Although
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Shamima Begum case highlights ‘two-tier, racist system’
The United Kingdom's decision to revoke the citizenship of Shamima Begum, a British teenager who travelled from London in 2015 to ISIL-controlled Syria, highlights a deeply founded two-tier system, legal experts have said. Begum's case has created
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Seven Syrian ministers added to EU sanctions list
Starving Hodeidah where death stalks streets, as food for millions sits in storage DUBAI: A woman rummaging through garbage for scraps of food; a father pushing his skeletal teenage son in a wheelbarrow searching
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Second man seems to be free of AIDS virus after transplant
A bone-marrow stem cell transplant has led to a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) going into long-term remission, meaning he might become the second person to be cured of the disease. Although the
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‘Tough struggle’: China moves to shore up slowing economy
China will cut billions of dollars in taxes and fees, boost infrastructure spending, and step up lending to small firms to shore up an economy expanding at its slowest pace in nearly three decades.
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Saudi Arabia using ‘terror’ laws to stifle dissent: UN experts
Saudi Arabia is using its counterterrorism laws to silence activists in violation of international law guaranteeing freedom of speech, United Nations human rights experts said. A panel event titled "Saudi Arabia - Time for
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US senators frustrated over White House silence on Khashoggi
Senators in the United States left a closed-door briefing with Trump administration officials frustrated by the lack of new information on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The meeting on the status of the


