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Myanmar court jails US journalist for 11 years for breaching immigration laws and encouraging dissent against military

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2021

Fenster’s trial took place behind closed doors, inside Insein prison, where he and many of those detained are imprisoned.

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US President Joe Biden calls Baseball legend Satchel Paige the ‘great Negro’ during Veterans Day address

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2021

Joe Biden has called Satchel Paige "the great negro" at during his Veterans Day address at the Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday.

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Fiddlehead founder Melinda Byerley goes from calling Indians ‘parasites’ to ‘underprivileged’ in apology that came late: Details

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2021

The silicon valley entrepreneur in her Twitter post on Friday ‘thanked’ the netizens for the honest feedback. She further apologized for her statements and for ‘taking too long to understand.’

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Conspiracy theory group claims US govt has replaced all birds with surveillance drones, asks Twitter to change its logo

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2021

Birds Aren't Real says every bird is a govt surveillance drone and every use of “bird” imagery is intentional pro-bird social programming

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‘Reading Quran every day’: Mathew Hayden reveals Muhammad Rizwan gifted him an English translation of the Islamic holy book

OpIndia Staff - 11 November, 2021

Mathew Hayden said that when he was curious about Islam, Rizwan gifted him an English translation of the Holy Quran, and discussed about it

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Taliban is selling ‘pardon certificates’ to extort money from citizens, former VP reveals, blames Pakistan

OpIndia Staff - 10 November, 2021

Former Afghanistan VP Amrullah Saleh accuses Taliban terrorists of extorting money from Afghans in lieu of 'pardon certificates'

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India hosts security dialogue on Afghanistan: NSAs from 7 nations including Russia meet Ajit Doval in Delhi

OpIndia Staff - 10 November, 2021

NSA Doval said that India is keeping a close watch on the developments in Afghanistan as it affects not only the people of Afghanistan but also the neighbours and the region.

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