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U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged on Saturday to provide nearly $300 million in new security funding for Southeast Asia, as China forges ahead with plans to bolster its engagement in the region.
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The ATR-72600 planes are part of a deal for 20 new aircraft that Iran Air agreed to buy in 2017 (File)

Tehran: 

Iran Air said Saturday it was set to take delivery of five new planes from Franco-Italian firm ATR just before renewed US sanctions go into effect.

"Based on existing agreements, five new ATR aircraft will land at Mehrabad Airport at 9 am

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Sarah Jeong was dragged into a racism controversy for tweets she wrote from 2013 to early 2015.

San Francisco: 

The New York Times has defended its new hire, Sarah Jeong, who was dragged into a racism controversy for tweets she wrote from 2013 to early 2015.

The paper announced this week that it had hired Jeong as the lead technology writer for its

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No group has claimed responsibility for the school burning incident yet.

Gilgit-Baltistan:: 

Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai on Friday condemned the attack on 12 schools in Gilgit-Baltistan which took place late on Thursday night.

She tweeted, "The extremists have shown what frightens them most - a girl with a book. We must rebuild these schools

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The parents of 410 of the 572 immigrant children under government care are outside US (Representational)

Los Angeles: 

The federal judge who ordered the reunification of families separated at the southern US border said Friday it was the government's responsibility to locate parents deported without their children.

According to government figures

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The US Department of Defense has already stopped selling mobile phones made by Huawei and ZTE (Reuters)

Washington: 

The Democratic National Committee warned party candidates running in November elections not to use devices made by Chinese telecommunications companies ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies because they pose a security risk, a Democratic

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