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Trump plans to send military to guard US-Mexico border

Washington: US President Donald Trump, further escalating his rhetoric on illegal immigration, has said that the military will be sent to guard the US-Mexico border until his long-promised border wall is built.

Austria plans headscarf ban for primary school

Vienna: Austria’s Government announced its intention to bring in a ban on the headscarf for girls in kindergartens and primary schools.

Gurdwara among 10 top faith places in England

london: Europe’s largest Gurdwara in the UK has featured in a new list of most important faith buildings in England, according to a media report. The Guru Nanak Gurdwara, in Smethwick, features alongside iconic locations such as Stonehenge and Canterbury Cathedral, Birmingham Mail reported.

Sharifs, Imran under threat from Taliban

Islamabad: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is biding its time to target former PM Nawaz Sharif, his brother Shahbaz Sharif, cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan and their families, a media report said.

Missing Hindu lawyer’s body found in B’desh

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s police on Wednesday recovered the bloodstained body of a prominent Hindu lawyer who went missing on Friday and arrested four persons, including his wife, suspecting their link to the murder. Ratish Chandra Bhowmik, who fought the state’s case in high-profile murder trials against Islamist extremists, went missing after he left his home in northwestern Rangpur district on Friday morning.

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