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Heavy rains in Afghanistan and Pakistan unleash flash floods that killed dozens of people
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Heavy rains in Afghanistan and Pakistan unleash flash floods that killed dozens of people

ISLAMABAD: Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing over the past three days, while in neighboring…

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Usb-C: 12 killed, 40 missing in Afghanistan flash flood

KABUL: At least 12 people were killed and up to 40 more are missing following a flash flood caused by torrential rain in central Afghanistan,…

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Afghanistan: Magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes Afghanistan
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Afghanistan: Magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes Afghanistan

KABUL: An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 has jolted Afghanistan on Sunday, the National Center for Seismology reported. It toook place at 08:46:16 IST, at a…

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Sri Lankan president Wickremesinghe to call all-party meet on implementing pro-Tamil amendment
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Sri Lankan president Wickremesinghe to call all-party meet on implementing pro-Tamil amendment

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will convene an all-party meeting next week on the implementation of the contentious 13th Amendment to the country’s Constitution,…

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Gautam Adani meets Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe, proposes green hydrogen project
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Gautam Adani meets Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe, proposes green hydrogen project

NEW DELHI: Billionaire Gautam Adani on Friday proposed to set up a green hydrogen plant in Sri Lanka, where his conglomerate is already developing a…

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Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban
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Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban

KABUL: Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting in Kabul against an order by Taliban…

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Pak army terms TTP sanctuaries in Afghanistan a security threat
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TTP Sanctuaries: Pak army terms TTP sanctuaries in Afghanistan a security threat | World News

ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN): The top military brass of Pakistan has said that the sanctuaries of Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) in Afghanistan are majorly impacting the security of the…

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Dhaka: Bangladesh: Four killed as waterbus capsizes in Buriganga River, many missing
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Dhaka: Bangladesh: Four killed as waterbus capsizes in Buriganga River, many missing

DHAKA: At least four people were killed after a waterbus they were sailing in capsized near the Telghat area of Keraniganj on the Buriganga River…

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Cross-border rail link between Nepal and India becomes operational
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Cross-border rail link between Nepal and India becomes operational

KATHMANDU: Cross-border railway connection between India and Nepal, the Kurtha-Bijalpura rail section of the Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas has become operational from Sunday.The Minister of Physical Infrastructure and…

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Bangladesh sees surge in dengue cases in July, over 11,000 hospitalised
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Bangladesh sees surge in dengue cases in July, over 11,000 hospitalised

DHAKA: Bangladesh recorded surge in dengue cases with more than 11,000 people being hospitalised for the vector-borne disease in the first half of July, according…

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