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FILE PHOTO: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan pauses as he speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

South Asia

Pakistan's Imran Khan handed 14-year jail term in land graft case

Khan's wife Bushra Bibi was also found guilty and sentenced to 7 years in prison

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South Asia

India achieves 'historic' space docking mission

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South Asia

World Bank makes 10-year plan with Pakistan for $20 billion in funding

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh delivers a speech during a ceremony for the delivery of the first Rafale fighter to the Indian Air Force at the factory of French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation in Merignac near Bordeaux, France, October 8, 2019. File Photo: REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

South Asia

India's defence minister cites power rivalry in Indian Ocean region

A vendor selling bedsheets loads them onto his bicycle on a foggy and cold winter morning in New Delhi, India, January 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh

South Asia

Dense fog over Indian capital delays flights, trains

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South Asia

Indian police arrest 44 men accused of raping teenager over five years

Saleem Bagga, seen by some as a lookalike of US President-elect Donald Trump, sings songs while selling kheer, a traditional South Asian rice pudding, along a road in Sahiwal, Pakistan January 13, 2025. REUTERS/Nida Meboob

South Asia

Trump look-alike sings to sell pudding in Pakistan

Devotees take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers with the mythical, invisible Saraswati river, during the "Maha Kumbh Mela", or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, January 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

South Asia

India's Maha Kumbh marks first 'royal bath' with dreadlocked ascetics' holy dip

Flags of Bangladesh and India. Illustration:UNB

Bangladesh

India says 'observed all protocols, agreements' over fencing, security measures at border

A view shows oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia June 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Manzyuk/File Photo

World+Biz

India halts trade with US-sanctioned Russian companies and tankers, government source says

Indian soldiers disembark from a military transport plane at a forward airbase in Leh, in the Ladakh region, September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo

South Asia

India won't reduce troops along China border in winter, army chief says

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South Asia

Indian troops kill five Maoists, bomb wounds officers

Devotees gather at the river bank to take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, during the "Maha Kumbh Mela", or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, January 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

South Asia

Tens of thousands take holy dip in India as Maha Kumbh festival begins