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US will permanently close the consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, its closest mission to Afghanistan

New Delhi, March 12 -- The State Department will permanently close the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has been America's closest diplomatic mission to the Afghan border and was a primary ... Read More


Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years

New Delhi, March 12 -- Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords. On Tuesday night membe... Read More


That purple Hawaii vacation lei likely came from Thailand, and some lawmakers want to change that

New Delhi, March 12 -- Dear Tourist: The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawaii vacation almost certainly weren't grown in the Aloha State. The vast majority of those odorless ... Read More


A Senegal boarding school that drew students from the US is at the center of an abuse investigation

New Delhi, March 12 -- The American Dara Academy in Senegal marketed itself to families in the United States as an affordable boarding school where their children could study the Quran alongside an Am... Read More


Cambodia aims to shut down all online scam centers within weeks

New Delhi, March 12 -- Cambodia hopes to shut down all of the country's notorious online scam centers by the end of next month, the head of the Southeast Asian nation's effort to combat the cybercrime... Read More


Drone strike kills UN aid worker in the eastern Congo city of Goma

New Delhi, March 12 -- A series of explosions attributed to drones killed at least one person, a U.N. aid worker, as the attack on the Wednesday rocked downtown Goma in eastern Congo, according to the... Read More


Iran targets busiest international airport as top UN body demands halt to attacks on Gulf neighbors

New Delhi, March 12 -- Iran targeted the world's busiest international airport Wednesday and attacked commercial ships as U.S. and Israeli strikes rocked Tehran, while the United Nations' most powerfu... Read More


China's auto sales sink in February as phase out of subsidies for trade-ins hits demand

New Delhi, March 12 -- China's domestic passenger car sales fell sharply in February from a year earlier, industry figures showed Wednesday, reflecting weakening demand as some trade-in subsidies are ... Read More


Files show British prime minister was warned of 'reputational risk' in appointing Mandelson

New Delhi, March 12 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was warned that Peter Mandelson 's friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exposed the government to "reputational risk," but ... Read More


China is expected to push for an ethnic unity law that critics say will cement assimilation

New Delhi, March 12 -- China is moving to approve a sweeping law to promote what it calls "ethnic unity," a measure that critics say would further erode the rights of some minority groups as authoriti... Read More