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India probes Twitter claim over fire at Rohingya camp
Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 12:32am on April 21, 2018
Indian police are investigating a fire that destroyed a Rohingya Muslim settlement in New Delhi last weekend after a Twitter user claimed responsibility for setting the blaze....
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Indian opposition moves to impeach chief justice
Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 12:22am on April 21, 2018
India’s opposition parties launched an unprecedented bid to impeach the top judge on Friday, accusing him of failing to protect the independence of the judiciary from executive interference, among other charges.....
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Trump invites Putin to US
Reuters . Moscow | Updated at 12:22am on April 21, 2018
US president Donald Trump invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to the United States during a phone call, and said he would be glad to see Putin in the White House, RIA Novosti reported on Friday, citing the Russian foreign ministry....
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Israeli troops kill 4 Palestinians in new border protest
Reuters . Gaza | Updated at 01:20am on April 21, 2018
Israeli troops shot dead four Palestinians on the Gaza-Israel border on Friday, bringing to 35 the death toll among Palestinians protesters demanding the right to return to their former homeland....
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Boat carrying 76 Rohingya lands in Indonesia
Reuters . Bandha Aceh, Indonesia | Updated at 12:04am on April 21, 2018
A boat carrying 76 Rohingya Muslims landed in northwest Indonesia on Friday, the latest in what rights groups expect will be a wave of dangerous sea crossings by members of the persecuted minority from Myanmar....
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Plane skids off Kathmandu airport
Agence France-Presse . Kathmandu | Updated at 12:25am on April 21, 2018
A Malaysian jet carrying 139 people that aborted its takeoff and skidded into mud forced Kathmandu airport to shut down for more than 12 hours until the plane was moved Friday....
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Syria returns Legion d’honneur award to France
BBC | Updated at 12:20pm on April 20, 2018
Syria has returned to France the prestigious Legion d’honneur presented to President Bashar al-Assad, saying that he would not wear the award of...
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India video reunites man with family after 40 years
BBC | Updated at 11:51am on April 20, 2018
An Indian man who disappeared 40 years ago reunited with his family after his brother recognised him in a YouTube video that had...
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South Africa leader curtails Britain trip over unrest at home
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 10:05am on April 20, 2018
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has cut short his participation in the Commonwealth summit in Britain to tackle violent demonstrations at home, his office said,...
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HRW denounces eviction of Syria refugees in Lebanon
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 09:35am on April 20, 2018
Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Lebanese municipalities for what it called the unjustifiable expulsion of hundreds of Syrians from their homes since 2016, as...
