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  Guterres, Ban Ki-moon call for ASEAN to act on Myanmar

  Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 01:16am on April 21, 2021

  UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres and his predecessor Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged governments in southeast Asia to push to end the crisis in Myanmar, during...

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  US advises against India travel as coronavirus cases surge

  Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 12:25am on April 21, 2021

  The United States has warned against travel to India, where authorities on Tuesday imposed tighter restrictions to combat an explosion of Covid-19 cases. India has...

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  Weeklong lockdown in Delhi

  Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 01:14am on April 20, 2021

  India’s capital New Delhi will impose a week-long lockdown from Monday night, officials said, as the megacity struggles to contain a huge surge in Covid...

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  Extremists release 11 police hostages after anti-France protests

  Agence France-Presse . Lahore | Updated at 09:04pm on April 19, 2021

  Eleven Pakistani police officers seized by supporters of a radical Islamist group campaigning to get the French ambassador expelled have been released, officials said Monday....

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  Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh hospitalised with Covid-19

  New Age Online | Updated at 08:49pm on April 19, 2021

  Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh was admitted to a Delhi hospital with Covid-19 on Monday. The 88-year old veteran Congress leader is admitted to...

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  Pakistan, Indian FMs in crossover visits to UAE

  Agence France-Presse . Dubai | Updated at 01:03am on April 19, 2021

  The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan made crossover visits to the United Arab Emirates this weekend, after it was revealed the Gulf nation has...

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  Myanmar shadow govt wants ASEAN crisis talks invite

  Agence France-Presse . Yangon | Updated at 12:49am on April 19, 2021

  Myanmar’s shadow government on Sunday urged Southeast Asian leaders to give it a seat at the table during crisis talks next week, and not to...

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  7 cops, rangers taken hostage in Pakistan protests

  Agence France-Presse . Lahore | Updated at 12:45am on April 19, 2021

  At least seven Pakistan police officers and special rangers were taken hostage Sunday by supporters of a radical Islamist party, officials said, after days of...

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  Eight members of same family shot to death in Afghanistan

  Agence France-Presse . Jalalabad, Afghanistan | Updated at 02:43pm on April 18, 2021

  Eight members of the same family were gunned down in an attack on a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday...

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  India state polls marred by clashes

  New Age Desk | Updated at 03:09am on April 18, 2021

  The fifth phase of polling in Indian state West Bengal concluded on Saturday as the state registered 78.36 per cent voter turnout. However, the day’s...