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Taliban hail Oslo meet as ‘success’

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On their first visit to Europe since returning to power, the Taliban held landmark talks with Western diplomats in Oslo on Monday over the

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Taliban representative Mutiul Haq Nabi Kheel is seated, ahead of a meeting, in Oslo, Norway.

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China sends 52 aircraft towards Taiwan zone

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Taipei scrambles jets, issues warnings in response to fresh aerial incursions

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A J-16 fighter jet prepares for takeoff at a training base in Ningbo.

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Group opposes protection from caste discrimination in California Varsity’s faculty union

Sriram Lakshman

CBA only be approved after caste, as a category, is removed, demands the group

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Several injured in German lecture hall shooting, gunman killed: police

School shootings however are relatively rare in Germany, a country with some of the strictest gun laws in Europe.

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Police cars in line stand on the compound of the University of Heidelberg, southwestern Germany, after an attack by a lone perpetrator on January 24, 2022.

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Taliban representative Mutiul Haq Nabi Kheel is seated, ahead of a meeting, in Oslo, Norway.

Taliban hail Oslo meet as ‘success’

A J-16 fighter jet prepares for takeoff at a training base in Ningbo.

China sends 52 aircraft towards Taiwan zone

Photo used for representation purpose only.

Group opposes protection from caste discrimination in California Varsity’s faculty union

Police cars in line stand on the compound of the University of Heidelberg, southwestern Germany, after an attack by a lone perpetrator on January 24, 2022.

Several injured in German lecture hall shooting, gunman killed: police

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Taliban hail Oslo meet as ‘success’

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