Hunger striking Kurdish MP Leyla Guven given honorary citizenship of Paris
Steve Sweeney Kurdish hunger striking MP Leyla Guven was awarded honorary citizenship of Paris last night after the city council
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A million Communists rally in India pledging to oust Modi
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PTI minister Aleem Khan taken into custody by NAB Lahore
Provincial minister and senior Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Aleem Khan was taken into custody by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials in
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Rights activist Gulalai Ismail arrested from Islamabad
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Pakistan police culture of impunity faces trial by social media
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Recognising Juan Guaidó risks a bloody civil war in Venezuela
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Climate change threatening millions in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region: report
Over 200 scientists collaborated on a report that forecasts a hot future for the high mountains of Asia. Two-degree temperature
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Comrade Manto – I
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West Indies Women edge out Pakistan in second T20I, clinch series 2-0
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Hindu Kush Press Club set up in Upper Chitral
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Dodging Avalanches, Simone Moro abandons Manaslu
Angela Benavides Simone Moro and Pemba Gelje Sherpa have been evacuated from Manaslu. The massive snowfall of previous days has
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Maduro ‘ready to negotiate’ with opposition, calls for early parliamentary
AFP Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said he was prepared to hold negotiations with the United States-backed opposition and added he
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