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Hindu group behind Modi’s rise in India opens up as elections near
NEW DELHI A Hindu nationalist group behind the rise of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is opening up to critics…
SpaceX announces new plan to send tourist around Moon
Hawthorne SpaceX on yesterday announced a new plan to launch a tourist around the Moon using its Big Falcon Rocket…
Indian man fills potholes out of love for dead son
Mumbai Dadarao Bilhore smoothes the road surface, rests his shovel, looks to the sky and prays for his son, one of…
Steve Bannon drafting curriculum for right-wing Catholic institute in Italy
Rome Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon is helping to craft the curriculum for a leadership course at a…
Sweden faces political impasse after far-right election gains
STOCKHOLM Sweden faces a political impasse after its mainstream center-left and center-right blocs virtually tied…
Regulating the urban anarchy of war-torn Kabul
Kabul In the alley winding between the earthen walls of Old Kabul, Wakil Mohammad Saddeq insists on honouring his…
Oslo’s bid for Mideast peace fades 25 years on
PARIS A handshake on the White House lawn sealing the first of the landmark Oslo accords inspired hope that…
Gay rights rule change sets up cultural battle in conservative India
NEW DELHI When R. Balaji, a 30-year-old gay man from India’s IT hub Bengaluru, comes up for white-collar job…
Pilgrims descend on Mecca for ‘smart hajj’
Mecca Two million Muslims gather in Saudi Arabia this week for the hajj as the annual pilgrimage becomes…
‘Hijab is like a key’: Myanmar blogger battles bias with beauty…
YANGON Muslims in Buddhist-majority Myanmar usually keep a low profile for fear of intimidation, but Win Lae Phyu…