Mon 20 May 2019: India’s election is nearly over: voting began on 11 April, and the final ballot was cast on 19 May with results out on 23 May. Every day, the BBC will be bringing you all the latest updates on the twists and turns of the world’s largest democracy. Opposition rejects exit poll […]
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Afghan legislators brawled over the appointment of a new speaker as the assembly sat for the first time since elections were held in October. One man even brandished a large knife as security chased him through the chamber. Video footage from the assembly shows chaos as lawmakers fought about the decision. Members surround the […]
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Sun 19 May 2019: As part of Ramadan, 572 prisoners from Pakistan were pardoned by the UAE Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has extended thanks to President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the […]
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Sat 18 May 2019: Every morning around dawn, dozens of people gather by the dusty banks of a stream snaking through Shikrawa village, two hours south of India’s capital, New Delhi, to do the same thing: defecate in the open. “There are close to 1,600 houses in Shikrawa. And I know for a fact that […]
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Fri 17 May 2019: India’s ruling party says it will ask Pragya Singh Thakur to apologise for calling Nathuram Godse a ‘patriot’ A candidate for India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has set off a political firestorm by describing the assassin of independence hero Mahatma Gandhi as a patriot. The comments on Thursday by Pragya Singh […]
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Fri 17 May 2019: A Muslim man was shot and killed and another injured by Hindu vigilantes on Thursday in Indian-controlled Kashmir over allegations of smuggling cows. A group of Hindu men intercepted the two Muslims in the outskirts of southeastern Bhaderwah town before dawn and shot at them after an altercation, police said. A […]
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Fri 17 May 2019: The Trump administration wanted to reimburse the Taliban for their expenses attending recent peace talks, according to a congressional aide. But a Capitol Hill committee denied the request to cover the militants’ costs such as food and lodging, a lawmaker’s spokesman told the BBC. It was rejected because it would have […]
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Thu 16 May 2019: MUMBAI (Reuters) – Amazon.com faced a social media backlash in India on Thursday after toilet seat covers and other items emblazoned with images of Hindu gods were spotted on its website. Thousands of Twitter users backed a call for a boycott of the U.S. retailer, making #BoycottAmazon India’s top trending topic […]
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Thu 16 May 2019: Parents nervously watch as their children wait to be tested for HIV in a village in southern Pakistan, where hundreds of people have been allegedly infected by a doctor using a contaminated syringe. Dispatched to keep order, police scan the anxious crowd as families hustle into one of five different screening […]
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Thu 16 May 2019: SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) – A tanker carrying Iranian fuel oil in violation of U.S. sanctions has unloaded the cargo into storage tanks near the Chinese city of Zhoushan, according to ship tracking data on Refinitiv Eikon. The discharging of the nearly 130,000 tonnes of Iranian fuel oil onboard the tanker, the Marshal […]
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