Asia

The World Rugby has announced pools for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic rugby sevens competitions slated for next month. The 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams have been grouped into three pools of four teams each. Kenya’s national rugby Sevens…
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Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj & Umrah have announced that Hajj 1442 (2021) will be limited to pilgrims and citizens of Saudi Arabia. 60,000 Citizens and Residents of Different Nationalities residing in the Kingdom will only perform…
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Indian villagers built a shrine in honour of “goddess corona”, offering her prayers in the hope that divine intervention can eradicate the deadly coronavirus. Corona goddess Devotees in Shuklapur village, in the northern state of…
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A Pakistan province said Friday it will block the mobile sim card of anti-vaxxers, in the latest move to penalise the unvaccinated in a country where only a fraction of the population has been inoculated. It comes after Sindh province…
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It was mixed feelings, something almost unheard of as a bride died at her own wedding and immediately her sister stepped in to marry the groom at the very same ceremony. The original fiancée, named by her family as Surbhi, suffered…
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Police authorities in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state have arrested a man who confessed to beheading his teenage daughter. Sarvesh Kumar was arrested as he was walking toward a police station in Hardoi district on…
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Many Lgbtq activists are outraged by the decision. A high court in China has upheld a lower court's ruling in favour of a textbook’s description of homosexuality as a mental disorder. China’s LGBTQ community has criticized the…
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A woman in Ahmedabad in India, Ayesha Khan jumped into the Sabarmati river a few minutes after recording her last messages to her family. 23-year-old Muslim woman suffered depression and humiliation from her husband, who, to her…
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Investors and professionals living in the United Arab Emirates can now apply for citizenship in a newly adopted amendment by the Gulf State. The UAE government would now grant citizenship to scientists, doctors and their families, UAE…
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A second explosion has been heard near the presidential palace in Yemen, according to a local news report. Earlier today, the first explosion rocked Aden airport as the new cabinet arrived from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where cabinet…
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