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  Pakistan starts graft probe into Nawaz Sharif

  Reuters . Islamabad | Updated at 01:16am on September 09, 2017

  Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency will open a criminal investigation into former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and current finance minister Ishaq Dar, it said on Thursday...

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  Malaysia ready to provide temporary shelter for Rohingyas fleeing violence

  Reuters | Updated at 11:47am on September 08, 2017

  Malaysia’s coast guard will not turn away Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar and is willing to provide temporary shelter for...

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  NATO head says all states must comply with North Korea sanctions

  Reuters | Updated at 12:12pm on September 07, 2017

  NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday all countries must comply with sanctions on North Korea as the international community ratchets up...

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  South Korea’s Moon discusses ‘unpredictable’ North Korea situation with Putin

  Reuters | Updated at 12:24pm on September 06, 2017

  South Korean president Moon Jae-in told Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that the situation on the Korean peninsula could become...

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  Xi urges healthy India ties after border spat

  Agence France-Presse . Xiamen | Updated at 12:11am on September 06, 2017

  Chinese president Xi Jinping sought Tuesday to move past a tense border dispute with India, telling prime minister Narendra Modi the two nuclear-armed neighbours should...

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  Cambodia charges opposition leader with treason

  Reuters | Updated at 10:55am on September 05, 2017

  Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has been charged with treason and could face a jail term of 15 to 30 years if convicted, a municipal...

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  US, Germany for tougher UN sanctions on N Korea

  Agence France-Presse . UN US | Updated at 12:05am on September 06, 2017

  The US has accused North Korea of ‘begging for war’ and pushed for the ‘strongest possible measures’ on Pyongyang following its sixth and most powerful...

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  India new defence minister hails progress for women

  BBC | Updated at 10:20am on September 04, 2017

  Nirmala Sitharaman has been appointed India's first full-time woman defence minister in a cabinet reshuffle announced on Sunday...

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  World leaders condemn N Korea H-bomb test

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 07:21pm on September 03, 2017

  President Donald Trump led international censure of North Korea’s announcement Sunday that it had tested a hydrogen bomb, saying its actions were ‘very hostile and...

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  Molotov cocktail thrown at Myanmar embassy in Indonesia

  Reuters | Updated at 04:51pm on September 03, 2017

  A molotov cocktail was thrown at Myanmar embassy in Indonesian capital of Jakarta early Sunday, Jakarta police said, causing a small fire. This comes amid...