The persecution of the Hazaras: Afghan Shiites targeted by deadly attacks
Kabul (France24) — Afghanistan’s Hazara community, a Shiite minority, is regularly targeted by the Afghan branch of the Islamic State
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UK police investigate beating of protester on Chinese consulate grounds
London (AFP) — British police are investigating an assault on a protester who was beaten by several men after being
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Myanmar court convicts Suu Kyi on more charges, extends jail term to 26 years
Myanmar (AFP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on two more
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Taiwan leader vows ‘no compromise’ on democracy in National Day speech
Taipei (AFP) — Taiwan’s leader warned Beijing on Monday that the island would never give up its democratic way of
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North Korea’s Kim oversaw recent ‘tactical nuclear’ drills, state media says
Seoul (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided recent exercises by nuclear tactical operation units in response to
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India seizes Iranian ship carrying 200kg of Afghan Heroin
New Delhi – Indian Navy seized an Iranian ship carrying 200kg of Afghan heroin worth 1,200 crore Rupees, and arrested six
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Salafi Imam shot dead in Pakistan for preaching Anti-ISIS views
Islamabad – Pakistan’s Salafi scholar Sheikhul Hadith Maulana Abdul Aziz was shot dead in Bara town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for
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India police detain one after death threats to billionaire Ambani, family
New Delhi (Reuters) – Police in Mumbai said on Thursday they had detained one person from India’s eastern state of
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Indonesian leader says locked gates contributed to deaths
Malang (AP) — Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday that locked gates had contributed to the crush at the
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Taliban: Mosque blast at Interior Ministry in Kabul kills 4
Kabul (AP) — A suicide bomber struck at a center of Taliban power Wednesday, setting off a blast at a
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