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Named after 'Game of Thrones' character, 6-year-old UK girl denied passport
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Named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character, 6-year-old UK girl denied passport

A UK woman’s excitement for a long-awaited family holiday was crushed when her six-year-old daughter’s passport application was rejected due to her name, Khaleesi, inspired…

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Singapore's Indian-origin ex-transport minister facing corruption charges surrenders passport
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Singapore’s Indian-origin ex-transport minister facing corruption charges surrenders passport

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Indian-origin former transport minister S Iswaran, who is facing corruption charges, has surrendered his passport to the authorities on his return from Australia,…

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Yemen: High Court seeks Centre's response on Kerala woman's plea to travel to Yemen to save daughter on death row | India News
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Yemen: High Court seeks Centre’s response on Kerala woman’s plea to travel to Yemen to save daughter on death row | India News

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s stand on a plea to permit the mother of a woman from Kerala, who is…

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King Charles III: 'Couldn't care less': Netizens react as UK issues passports in name of King Charles III
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King Charles III: ‘Couldn’t care less’: Netizens react as UK issues passports in name of King Charles III

For the first time in 70 years, British passports bearing the title of “His Majesty” will start being issued this week in the name of…

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Milan Kundera, exiled Czech writer who made light of the unbearable, dies at 94

PRAGUE: Czech-born novelist Milan Kundera, who satirised totalitarian regimes and mixed dark irony with philosophical musings to explore the human condition, has died, a library…

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UK Passport Strike: UK passport workers launch five-week walkout over pay
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UK Passport Strike: UK passport workers launch five-week walkout over pay

London: UK passport office workers launched a five-week stoppage Monday, the latest walkout in strike-hit Britain as the country reels from the worst cost of…

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Canada: Indians among six found dead in river on US-Canada border
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Canada: Indians among six found dead in river on US-Canada border

MONTREAL: Authorities in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne in Canada said Friday that one child was missing after the bodies of six migrants of Indian…

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