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  BJP pulls out of ruling alliance in disputed Kashmir

  Reuters | Updated at 06:02pm on June 19, 2018

  India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party quit the ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir state on Tuesday where militant violence has worsened in recent months, the...

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  UN for sustained HR monitoring on ground before Rohingya repatriation

  United News of Bangladesh | Updated at 06:31pm on June 18, 2018

  UN high commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has reiterated that no Rohingya repatriation should take place in the absence of sustained human...

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  Taliban say ceasefire will not be extended, fighting to resume

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 05:33pm on June 17, 2018

  The Taliban said Sunday they would not extend their three-day ceasefire with Afghan security forces and fighting would resume, dashing hopes for the recent peace...

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  Kashmir newspaper editor killed in Srinagar

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:18pm on June 14, 2018

  The editor of a leading newspaper in Indian state of Kashmir was shot dead by unknown attackers in Srinagar on Thursday evening. Shujaat Bukhari was...

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  US-backed broadcaster drops Myanmar channel

  Agence France-Presse . Yangon | Updated at 12:25am on June 13, 2018

  US-backed Radio Free Asia has pulled broadcasts from a television channel in Myanmar after the government tried to ban the word ‘Rohingya’ on its shows....

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  WhatsApp ‘child kidnap’ rumours claim two more lives

  BBC | Updated at 05:15pm on June 11, 2018

  Indian police have arrested 16 people after two men became the latest victims of hysteria over WhatsApp rumours of child kidnappers...

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  Suicide bomber kills 12 in Kabul

  Reuters | Updated at 04:20pm on June 11, 2018

  A suicide bomber killed 12 people and wounded more than 30 on Monday at the entrance to Afghanistan’s rural rehabilitation and development ministry in the...

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  Taliban break new ground with surprise Eid ceasefire

  Reuters | Updated at 11:58am on June 09, 2018

  The Afghan Taliban on Saturday announced a surprise three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday in the middle of June, their first offer of its kind,...

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  Massive fire breaks out in Mumbai's fort area

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:57am on June 09, 2018

  A massive fire broke out inside Patel Chambers in Fort area of Indian commercial hub Mumbai around 4:30am on Saturday. Around 16 fire engines were...

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  Maldives sets vote with opposition in jail or exile

  Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 12:15am on June 09, 2018

  The Maldives has set the date for its next presidential election with incumbent Abdulla Yameen in a commanding position - and his two main rivals...