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India Ends Statehood for Jammu and Kashmir

As of early Thursday, India lost one state and gained two federal territories as part of the government’s effort to take control of years of insurgency.

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Syria’s groundbreaking constitutional talks: ‘a clear success of mediation’ says Guterres in Turkey

Mediation is “one of our most important tools to reduce and end conflict”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the sixth Istanbul Mediation Conference, in Turkey's largest city on Thursday.

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‘Historic’ new Syria talks should focus on relief for war-weary civilians, says UN negotiator

Schoolchildren in eastern Aleppo in the Syrian Arab Republic return from the first day of...

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More than half of South Asian youth are not on track to have the education and skills necessary for employment in 2030

An estimated 54 per cent of South Asian youth leave school without the necessary skills to get a decent job in the next decade, according to data produced by the Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Education), the Education Commission, and...

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