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Nepal makes first arrest over menstruation huts
Agence France-Presse . Kathmandu | Updated at 01:22am on December 07, 2019
Nepali police have detained the brother-in-law of a woman who died in a ‘menstruation hut’ in what is believed to be the first arrest over...
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Maldives seeks to restructure China debt
Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 10:15pm on December 06, 2019
The Maldives is seeking a ‘diplomatic’ solution to restructure its Chinese debt as the small but strategically located atoll nation struggles with repayments, the foreign...
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Suu Kyi to face genocide hearings at highest UN court
Reuters . The Hague | Updated at 06:03pm on December 06, 2019
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will head a team of lawyers to hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague next week...
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Indian police kill rape-murder suspects
Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 11:06am on December 06, 2019
Indian police on Friday shot dead four detained gang-rape and murder suspects as they were re-enacting their alleged crime, prompting celebrations but also accusations of...
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With memories of Rwanda: The Gambian minister taking on Suu Kyi
Reuters. Banjul, Gambia | Updated at 11:12pm on December 05, 2019
The genocide case brought against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) - the first of its kind initiated since the 1990s - may...
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Alleged Indian rape victim set on fire on way to court hearing
Agence France-Presse . Lucknow | Updated at 08:44pm on December 05, 2019
An Indian woman was in a critical condition Thursday after allegedly being set on fire by two men she had accused of rape as she...
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Nine killed, 20 hurt in India road accident
Xinhua . New Delhi | Updated at 02:46pm on December 05, 2019
At least nine people were killed and 20 others were injured after a bus hit a stationary goods-laden truck Thursday in the central Indian state...
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Indian border policeman guns down five colleagues
Agence France-Presse . Raipur | Updated at 01:26am on December 05, 2019
A policeman from India’s armed border force opened fire on his colleagues Wednesday, killing five of them before turning the gun on himself, police said....
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India’s cabinet sends bill to parliament
Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 04:39pm on December 04, 2019
India’s cabinet approved a bill on Wednesday to give citizenship to religious minorities persecuted in neighbouring Muslim countries, the first time that the country is...
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Japanese doctor among six killed in Afghan attack
Agence France-Presse . Kabul | Updated at 04:00pm on December 04, 2019
A Japanese doctor whose long career was dedicated to helping some of Afghanistan’s poorest people was among six people killed Wednesday in an attack in...