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A long road to freedom: Despite risks of detention or death more women are finding ways to leave Afghanistan

A long road to freedom: Despite risks of detention or death...

Fatima was sat on the floor of a room she was renting in Quetta, a city near Pakistan’s...

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India's schoolgirls are leading a silent cycling revolution

India's schoolgirls are leading a silent cycling revolution

Nibha Kumari, a resident of Bihar, India’s poorest state, recalls how a bicycle...

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Lebanese hold their breath as mediators scramble to avert all-out war

Lebanese hold their breath as mediators scramble to avert...

The Middle East is in turmoil. International diplomacy is in overdrive. And for...

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Indonesia's Independence Day celebrated in planned new capital

Indonesia's Independence Day celebrated in planned new...

Indonesia has celebrated Independence Day in its future new capital city Nusantara...

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Far-right spreads false claims about Muslim attacks in Bangladesh

Far-right spreads false claims about Muslim attacks in...

The videos are shocking: buildings burning, horrifying violence and women weeping...

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No golds for India: Why the world’s most populous country punches below its weight at the Olympics

No golds for India: Why the world’s most populous country...

The competition was tight until the very last shot. India’s Abhinav Bindra was level...

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Japan’s economy bounces back, supporting case for more rate hikes

Japan’s economy bounces back, supporting case for more...

Japan’s economy expanded by a much faster-than-expected annualized 3.1% in the second...

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Hundreds of fleeing Rohingya reportedly killed in drone strikes as fears mount of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar

Hundreds of fleeing Rohingya reportedly killed in drone...

Renewed fears of ethnic cleansing against the stateless Rohingya Muslim community...

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Bangladesh court orders murder probe into ousted former leader Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh court orders murder probe into ousted former...

A court in Bangladesh has ordered an investigation into former Prime Minister Sheikh...

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Young people in China aren’t spending on romance. That’s a problem

Young people in China aren’t spending on romance. That’s...

During China’s go-go years, young couples holding enormous bouquets of roses were...

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Yunus: I will help make students' dream for Bangladesh come true

Yunus: I will help make students' dream for Bangladesh...

Bangladesh’s new leader is clear: this was not his revolution, and this was not...

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Why India's market regulator is in the eye of a storm

Why India's market regulator is in the eye of a storm

India's stock market has been a hot topic of conversation for the past couple of...

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The 'superfood' taking over fields in northern India

The 'superfood' taking over fields in northern India

Like his father and grandfather before him, Phool dev Shahni once made a living...

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'On verge of an explosion': Policeman's killing part of spiralling West Bank violence

'On verge of an explosion': Policeman's killing part of...

When a white van drew up next to the office of the Palestine Customs Police in Tubas,...

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Palestinian horse centre vows to rebuild after West Bank demolition

Palestinian horse centre vows to rebuild after West Bank...

It was 07:30 in the morning in late January when Khaled Ifranji received the phone...

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