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Sri Lanka PM offers resignation after protesters storm president’s house
COLOMBO, July 9 (NNB/Reuters) – Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is willing to resign to make way for an…
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Eid ul Adha being celebrated in Saudi Arabia, other Gulf states
RIYADH: Eid ul Adha is being celebrated in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries today with religious fervour and zeal…
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Lankan president flees as protesters storm his residence, Several injured
Sri Lanka’s beleaguered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence in the capital on Saturday, a defence source said. Television…
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Shinzo Abe’s assailant initially planned to attack religious group leader: Police
The man who fatally shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told police that he initially planned to attack…
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Japan mourns as body of assassinated ex-PM Abe arrives in Tokyo
A hearse carrying the body of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Tokyo on Saturday from the western…
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Muslims ‘stone the devil’ as almost million-strong hajj winds down
Muslim pilgrims cast pebbles in the “stoning of the devil” ritual marking the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday on…
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Japan’s tight gun laws add to shock over Abe’s assassination
The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in broad daylight Friday shocked a world that has come to associate…
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Infants, patients among 13 killed in Congo hospital attack
Rebels attacked a hospital in Congo and killed at least 13 people, including infants and patients, according to hospital and…
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Sri Lanka imposes curfew as cops fire tear gas at protesters
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Police imposed a curfew in Sri Lanka’s capital and surrounding areas on Friday, a day before…
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Syria’s Assad in first official visit to Aleppo since war
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Friday visited the former rebel bastion of Aleppo, including its historic Old City, for the…
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