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    Everest climbers prepare to pick up their own poo as season gets under way

    Authorities are now mandating that climbers remove their waste from the mountain using biodegradable bagsIt’s one...

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    Indian opposition claim ‘conspiracy’ as Delhi chief minister arrested

    Aam Aadmi party leader Arvind Kejriwal is held as part of corruption case a month before...

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    Auction of Aung San Suu Kyi’s home in Myanmar attracts no bidders

    Home being sold after supreme court ruling in dispute with Aung San Suu Kyi’s estranged brother,...

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    Star wars: Sri Lanka’s powerful astrologers split over auspicious dates

    Group employed by government divided for first time over best date for new year ritualsSri Lanka’s...

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    Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding

    After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic...

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    India to hold world’s biggest election in seven stages from April

    Modi favourite to win third term in largest democratic exercise in history held across six weeks...

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    Five killed in attack on Pakistan military post near Afghan border

    Unnamed militant group drove vehicle laden with explosives into post and detonated suicide bombsMilitants have attacked...

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    Narendra Modi’s BJP given £570m under scheme allowing anonymous donations

    Party of Indian prime minister was by far biggest beneficiary of electoral bonds, which were struck...

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    India blocks access to documentary about death of Sikh activist in Canada

    CBC aired an investigation into the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose killing the Canadian government...

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    India enacts citizenship law criticised as ‘discriminatory’ to Muslims

    Citizenship amendment act grants Indian nationality to refugees who are Hindu, Christian, Parsi, Jain or Buddhist,...

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    Asif Ali Zardari elected Pakistan president for second time

    Zardari played a key role in talks to form a coalition government after February’s disputed parliamentary...

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    Narendra Modi visits Kashmir for first time since state’s autonomy stripped

    Thousands of police mobilised for Srinagar rally seen as Modi’s campaign event for elections India’s prime...

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    Shehbaz Sharif elected as prime minister of Pakistan

    Nominated candidate of eight-party coalition takes office after gathering of national assemblyShehbaz Sharif has been appointed...

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    ‘Why are you asleep?’ Rahul Gandhi pleads with India’s low castes to vote out Modi

    On his 4,000-mile march across the country, congressman tells voters to wake up to the vast...

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    India confronts Google over Gemini AI tool’s ‘fascist Modi’ responses

    Junior minister accuses tech firm of violating country’s IT laws with ‘downright malicious’ answersA response from...

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    Indian runaway train travels 43 miles without a driver

    Inquiry ordered after 50-carriage freight train set off on its own when driver disembarked at station...

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    Pakistan election: coalition against Imran Khan says deal reached to form government

    Shehbaz Sharif expected to become prime minister again after plans for coalition government announced between PML-N...

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    UK minister says he ‘cannot disprove’ claims Afghans were unlawfully killed

    Johnny Mercer tells UK inquiry of reports SAS had killed civilians between 2010 and 2013The UK’s...

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    UK special forces blocked resettlement applications from elite Afghan troops

    MoD conducts review but stands accused of conflict of interest while public inquiry investigates conduct of...

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    Senior Pakistan official admits election rigging as protests grip country

    Confession by Punjab commissioner exacerbates tension over legitimacy of February general election resultsA senior official in...

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    Pakistan: coalition agrees to form government and shut out Imran Khan’s party

    Rival parties will make Shehbaz Sharif prime minister, despite Khan’s party getting most votes at election...

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    Election turmoil leaves Pakistan with a weak and unpopular coalition

    Government will be formed by Nawaz Sharif’s party but it may not survive long given the...

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    Canada: second Sikh activist’s house hit by gunfire this month

    Bullet hole found in Inderjit Singh Gosal’s house, reigniting fears of apparent campaign of violence targeting...

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    Protests take place across Pakistan amid election vote-rigging allegations

    Police fire teargas on supporters of Imran Khan amid turmoil as several parties claim they would...