South Asia
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Imran Khan, Wife Handed Additional Jail Terms in State Gifts Fraud Case
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, have been sentenced to additional prison terms after being…
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Sri Lanka Farmers Struggle to Replant as Cyclone Ditwah Wreaks Havoc on Crops
PALLEPOLA, Sri Lanka: Mud and sand have buried the rice crop on Kalanchi Dewage Risman’s two-acre (0.8-hectare) farm just as…
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Sri Lanka Arrests Three after Wild Elephant Burned to Death, Sparks Public Fury
Sri Lankan police have arrested three men accused of setting a wild elephant on fire with flaming torches while attempting…
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Bangladesh Tensions Spike After Killing of 2024 Uprising Figure Sparks Violent Protests
Bangladesh has been placed on high alert after the killing of a prominent youth leader from the 2024 uprising triggered…
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South Asia Tops Global List for Child Water Scarcity, UN Warns
More children in South Asia are facing severe water scarcity, worsened by climate change, than anywhere else in the world,…
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Series of Quakes Rattle Myanmar as Latest 4.4-Magnitude Tremor Hits
NAYPYIDAW: An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale struck Myanmar on Thursday, according to the National Center for Seismology…
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Bangladesh–India Tensions Escalate after Opposition Leader Threatens India’s northeast
Dhaka’s already strained relationship with New Delhi has come under renewed pressure after a Bangladeshi opposition leader threatened to offer…
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Can India Close the Chip Gap? Inside Its Push to Join the Global Semiconductor Race
India is accelerating its efforts to position itself as an alternative manufacturing hub for global semiconductor companies seeking to diversify…
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Tristar UAE Pledges LKR 25 Million to Rebuild Sri Lanka Fund for Ditwah Cyclone Victims
The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Dubai has announced a donation of LKR 25 million (Sri Lankan Rupees Twenty-Five…
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Presidential Advisor Sunil Bahadur Thapa Quits Post to Rejoin Frontline Nepali Congress Politics
KATHMANDU: Sunil Bahadur Thapa, Political Advisor to the President, has resigned from his position to return to active politics within…
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