UMNO split widens on ‘free Najib’ rally cry
September 10, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Malaysian ex-prime minister Najib Razak's jailing is making political waves inside his ruling UMNO party. Image: Twitter
SINGAPORE – Former...
India will observe state mourning on 11 September to mark...
September 10, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
File image of Queen Elizabeth II | Photo credit: royal.uk
New Delhi: India will observe a day’s state mourning Sunday in memory of lat...
Can Liz Truss fix Britain?
September 9, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
During her campaign to become leader of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss’s team tweeted a promise to “hit the ground from day one&rd...
Israel’s war on love
September 9, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
The Israeli government has imposed various rules which affect Palestinians' private life, including marriage [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]
Israel loves wa...
Queen Elizabeth dies
September 9, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on Thursda...
Booker Prize 2022 shortlist: A reader’s introduction to th...
September 9, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
The 2022 Booker Prize shortlist.
From a longlist of 13 books, the Booker Prizes announced its shortlist of six novels on Tuesday, Septe...
US ready to sell F-16 equipment to Pakistan
September 9, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
In a major development, the US has approved the potential sale of F-16 aircraft sustainment and related equipment to Pakistan. The US Defense Security...
INS Vikrant: Why India’s aircraft carrier is no match for...
September 9, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Indian navy officers stand on the flight deck of India's first home-built aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant, after its commissioning ceremony at a s...
Dhaka, Delhi sign first defence contract
September 9, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh and India have signed the first contract under the $500 Line of Credit (LoC) which India finds an "important first step" in strengthening d...
India drops one spot to 132 in UN Human Development Index...
September 9, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Image for representation. | Raveendran/ AFP
India ranked 132nd among 191 countries in the 2021 Human Development Index – one spot...
India: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi launches march to ‘unite In...
September 9, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
The Congress leader accompanied by supporters will cover more than 3,500km (2,175 miles) from Kanyakumari to the Indian-administered Kashmir [File:...
Why Putin is still so popular in Russia
September 8, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Vladimir Putin appears larger than life on screen as he addresses an audience at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on the eighth anniversary of the ann...
UK prime minister Liz Truss names Indian-Origin Suella Bra...
September 8, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
New British home secretary Suella Braverman. Photo: Facebook/SuellaBravermanOfficial
London: Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss hi...
Writers From US, Britain, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka...
September 8, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
The 2022 Booker Prize shortlist. Photo: Twitter/@TheBookerPrizes.
London: American authors Elizabeth Strout and Percival Everett are up agai...
Bangladesh PM Hasina remembers ‘Indian brothers who sacrif...
September 8, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the award ceremony of 'Bangabandhu Sheikh Majibur Rahman Student Scholarship' in New Delhi on 7 Septmeber...
'Over 300 attacks against Christians till July 2022': NGO...
September 8, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Representative image. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi/Files
New Delhi: Last week, the Union government told the Supreme Court that a public inter...
Time for an 'Accurate and Down-to-Earth Assessment' of Vik...
September 7, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
In this undated file photo, the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant sails in the sea. IAC Vikrant will be commissioned by Prime Minister Naren...
India keeps eye on recent turmoil in Myanmar’s Rakhine sta...
September 7, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Indian external affairs minister S. Jaishankar pays a courtesy call on prime minister Sheikh Hasina at the meeting room of her palace residence in N...
As rights wither and duties Beckon, Delhi's rajpath is bei...
September 7, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Papercut of Rajpath. Photo: ebay.com
New Delhi: The latest target for the Bharatiya Janata Party’s renaming zeal is Rajpath, with the...
As Hasina visits India ahead of Bangladesh polls next year...
September 7, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina poses with folk artists who welcomed her upon her arrival at the AFS Palam, in New Delhi, September 5, 20...
Pakistan’s hybrid regime is coming to an end. What next?
September 7, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Pakistan’s hybrid democracy is facing unprecedented upheaval. The ousting of Imran Khan in the country’s first-ever successful v...
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