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NPR News: 05-06-2025 2AM EDT
India seized the group that claimed responsibility for the attack as a proxy for the Pakistani military. In an initial response, it also suspended a water treaty it shares with Pakistan. Pakistan denies any connection but says it will defend itself and says the water treaty is existential for the country.
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NPR News: 05-06-2025 2AM EDT
On Monday, Pakistani state media reported the military test fired a missile that has a range of about 74 miles. That follows a test firing of a surface-to-surface missile on Saturday that has a range of about 280 miles. Pakistani state media say the test fires were to ensure operational readiness. Diya Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai.
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NPR News: 12-25-2024 8PM EST
The pews were barely half full in one of Syria's most important churches. It wasn't clear if worshippers were staying away out of fear or whether the bare pews simply reflected a years-long exodus of Christians from Syria amid nearly a decade and a half of war. Syria's war ended abruptly earlier in December after Muslim rebels led by Group HTS overran Damascus.
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NPR News: 12-25-2024 8PM EST
The group's leader and Syria's interim ruler, Ahmed al-Shara, says that Syria's large minorities, including Christians, will be safe and protected. But Christians worry that extremists among the rebels will target them and their churches. Diya Hadid, NPR News, Damascus.
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NPR News: 04-17-2025 1PM EDT
The International Cricket Council's announcement comes more than three years after the Taliban seized power of Afghanistan. Because the Taliban don't allow women to play sports, most female Afghan athletes, including cricketers, sought asylum abroad. Most cricket players went to Australia after prominent sportswomen lobbied on their behalf.
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NPR News: 04-17-2025 1PM EDT
But the International Cricket Council has long faced criticism from women's rights activists for admitting Afghanistan as a member, even though allowing women to play is a condition of joining the council. The council didn't say how much money would be in the fund for the exiled women players, when it would begin, or how long it would last. Dee Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai.
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NPR News: 05-18-2025 8AM EDT
The International Chess Federation says that it's consulting with international sports bodies to try find a constructive solution. It's unclear if one will be found. A Taliban spokesman says that chess is a form of gambling, which is forbidden in Islam.
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NPR News: 05-18-2025 8AM EDT
A former head of the Chess Federation shared a letter on X that he wrote to the Taliban pleading with them to lift the ban, reminding them that chess spread through the world, through Muslim travellers. It's just the latest of many Taliban prohibitions. In swaths of the country, televisions are not allowed to broadcast images of living creatures. Music is forbidden.
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NPR News: 05-18-2025 8AM EDT
Women suffer the worst, banned from all aspects of public life. Dia Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai.
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NPR News: 02-16-2025 7PM EST
The New Delhi caretaker chief minister said on X that many victims were Hindu pilgrims who were heading to the Mahakum Festival in India's north. The festival lasts for six weeks and gathers tens of millions of worshippers. This stampede comes after more than 30 people died at the Kumbh Mela last month in another stampede.
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NPR News: 02-16-2025 7PM EST
Critics of the Hindu nationalist BJP, which rules both the federal government and the state where the festival takes place, say not enough has been done to accommodate the crowds of pilgrims. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on X that he was distressed by the stampede. Diya Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai.