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Bollywood star Khan's latest Eid release hits screens

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Trump renews criticism of London Mayor Khan over attack<br>

USPresidentDonaldTrumponceagaincriticizedLondonMayorSadiqKhanonMondayoverhisresponsetoadeadlyattackonthecity,whiletheBritishpublicandpoliticianslaudedthemayorfo

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Trump renews criticism of London Mayor Khan over attack

USPresidentDonaldTrumponceagaincriticizedLondonMayorSadiqKhanonMondayoverhisresponsetoadeadlyattackonthecity,whiletheBritishpublicandpoliticianslaudedthemayorfo

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Indian movie 'Dangal' wins Chinese audience's hearts

Dangal starring Aamir Khan has become the highest grossing Indian movie in China, making more than 100 million yuan  ($145,000) in four days since released.

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London's Chinatown, West End threatened by massive hike in business rates: city mayor

London's famous shopping high streets as well as the capital's appeal as a destination for international visitors and investors are under threat because of a massive rise in business taxes, mayor Sadiq Khan warned Tuesday.

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Canada's Trudeau faces ethics probe over Bahamas trip

Canada's ethics watchdog is investigating whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated conflict of interest laws by taking a New Year's vacation on an island in the Bahamas owned by the Aga Khan, the first such probe of a sitting prime m

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Indian musician Bismillah Khan's instruments 'stolen by grandson'

The grandson of late Indian musician Ustad Bismillah Khan has been arrested for stealing and selling five instruments belonging to the maestro.

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IS leader in Afghanistan killed in U.S. drone strike

The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan was killed in a U.S. drone strike last month, the Pentagon said Friday.

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IS regional leader killed in U.S.-Afghan operation: envoy

Top regional leader of Daesh or Islamic State group, Hafiz Saeed Khan, has been killed in a joint U.S.-Afghan operation, Afghan ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal said on Friday.

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Republican presidential nominee Trump says no plan to change temperament

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he had no plan to change his temperament as the bellicose New Yorker was grappling with his sagging poll numbers following recent feud with a family of a fallen Muslim American soldier and leaders within his own party.

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3 killed, 17 injured in suicide bombing targeting Afghan local leader

Two civilians and a suicide bomber were killed and 17 people wounded after the bomber hit the vehicle of a local leader in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, on Saturday, a provincial source said.

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Is Snapchat preparing for an I.P.O.?

The launch of the social-media platform’s advertising A.P.I. might be about more than just revenue.

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Sadiq Khan, London’s New Mayor, and David Cameron Find Common Cause Fighting Brexit

Putting aside very recent and bitter differences, London’s new mayor, Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party, on Monday joined forces with David Cameron, the Conservative prime minister, in the campaign to keep Britain in the European Union.

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Afghan peace council finalizes draft peace agreement with dissident group: official

The government-backed Afghan High Peace Council on Wednesday finalized a draft peace agreement with Hizb-e-Islami, a militant group led by warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, paving the way for reaching a peace deal with the armed outfit, an official statement said.

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Space for India-Pakistan friendship shrinking: Husain Haqqani

In an exclusive interview to TOI, former Pakistan envoy to the US Husain Haqqani weighs in on the neighbours' fractured ties and the vexed Kashmir question Consistent engagement or sustained isolation are the only two options between India and Pakistan, says Husain Haqqani, former Pakistan envoy to the US and Sri Lanka."These on-again-off-again talks do not yield results, nor do threats that are not carried out. That's our history," adds Haqqani, a leading South Asia expert and academic as well as a key aide to former Pakistan president Asif Zardari.

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Bollywood films no longer need song and dance, according to Shah Rukh Khan

The Indian film industry is changing and films no longer have to have a song and dance sequence to be successful, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says.

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Nepal quake eye-opener for Bangladesh to boost disaster preparedness

​The two successive strong earthquakes and subsequent major aftershocks that hit Nepal in the last few days should serve as a wake up call for Bangladesh, which sits on fault lines and thus prone to tremors, according experts here.