UNGA: HASINA TO LEAVE FOR US FRIDAY ON HER FIRST FOREIGN T...
September 16 ,2021
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave here on Friday on a two-week official visit to attend the United Nations General Ass...
SPACEX LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST ‘AMATEUR ASTRONAUT’ CREW TO...
September 16 ,2021
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September 16 ,2021
China wrapped up the country's first multinational peacekeeping exercise on Wednesday, demonstrating the extent of its military might o...
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September 16 ,2021
Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been named in Time Magazine 100 most influential people list 2021.
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September 16 ,2021
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September 16 ,2021
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ANY EMBASSY SALES BY JUNTA WOULD BE ILLEGAL, MYANMAR’S SHA...
September 16 ,2021
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September 16 ,2021
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Turkey's push into Africa has China looking over its shoul...
September 16 ,2021
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Afghanistan: India’s ‘over-the-horizon’ dilemma
September 16 ,2021
Pentagon claimed its “righteous strike” by a Reaper drone on Aug. 28 in Kabul killed an ISIS terrorist who turned out to...
Afghan chaos mounts as ISIS-K tries to tarnish Taliban tri...
September 16 ,2021
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Aid for Taliban-led Afghanistan poses dilemma for West
September 16 ,2021
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China-India border tension: live-fire drill tests PLA defe...
September 16 ,2021
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Bangladesh ruling party mobilizes online propaganda army t...
September 16 ,2021
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Tortured US-Pakistan relationship: America must learn from...
September 16 ,2021
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Myanmar, a violent tale of two governments
September 16 ,2021
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Saudi Arabia considers buying Israeli missile-defense syst...
September 16 ,2021
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Xi refuses to meet Biden: What should US do now?
September 16 ,2021
President Joe Biden proposed a first face-to-face summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in a call last week, but failed to s...
Pakistan, Russia to ‘coordinate’ positions on Afghanistan
September 16 ,2021
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September 16 ,2021
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The political role of Sufi mystics in Afghanistan
September 16 ,2021
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