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Ousted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday demanded parliament be allowed to choose between the two rivals to run the country’s g...
New cabinet of PM Mahinda Rajapakse sworn in
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Angela Merkel to step down as German chancellor in 2021
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Lion Air crash: Sonar and drones used in Indonesian search
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US sending 5,200 troops to border with Mexico
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Ranatunga arrested over fatal shooting in Sri Lanka
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1 GB data cheaper in India than bottle of cold drink, says Modi
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Indonesia search and rescue says all 189 aboard crashed jet 'likely' dead
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Bangladesh Supreme Court rejects Khaleda Zia's plea to halt graft case verdict
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Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia sentenced to 7 years in jail in another graft case
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Delhi's Bhavye Suneja was captain of Indonesia's Lion Air plane that crashed into the sea
Delhi resident Bhavye Suneja was the captain of the Indonesian Lion Air plane which crashed into the Java Sea Monday morning with 189 passengers on bo...
Six wounded in suicide attack on Kabul election workers
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Scientists develop web-based tool to monitor fake news on Facebook
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6.1-magnitude earthquake hits El Salvador
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Michael D Higgins re-elected as Irish president for second term
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Jair Bolsonaro wins Brazil Presidential elections
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Houthi militias use Iranian-made ballistic missile to bomb in Hodeidah
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Foreign workers in Qatar can low leave country without prior permission
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Indonesian passenger flight crashes into sea: Officials
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First private Chinese attempt to send rocket into space fails
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‘We are preparing for war’ Russia issues SHOCK warning over US withdrawal from INF Treaty
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Saudi foreign minister says global outcry over Khashoggi hysterical
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Turkey to host Syria summit with Russian, French, German leaders
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Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena suspends parliament amid crisis
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