MALÉ, Maldives (Kashmir English): The Maldives has banned smoking for people born after 2006 under a landmark anti-tobacco law with the retailers now required to verify the age and date of birth of every buyer. The country rolled out the groundbreaking anti-tobacco law this month, becoming one of the first nations to completely ban […]
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NEW YORK (Kashmir English): Visa applications for the United States for people with chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and obesity may be rejected, according to US media. The Trump administration has issued new instructions regarding US Visa application to US embassies and consulates around the world. According to the new State Department
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NEW DELHI (Kashmir English): Due to a technical fault with the air traffic control system, around 300 aircraft were delayed on Friday, making life difficult for hundreds of passengers at the Delhi airport. A technical problem with the Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS), which provides data, is causing flight operations at the Delhi airport to
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NEW YORK (Kashmir English): Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York, said that Narendra Modi orchestrated the mass slaughter of Muslims in Gujarat. Speaking at an event, Mamdani said that my father’s family comes from Gujarat in India, he is Muslim, and i am Muslim, “When I tell someone that I am a Gujrati
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WASHINGTON (Kashmir English): US Special Representative Steve Witkoff has claimed that Kazakhstan is expected to join the Abraham Accords and become another Muslim country to establish relations with Israel. According to a Reuters report, US Special Representative had said at a business forum in Florida, without naming any country. In this regard, it was reported that sources
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RICHMOND, USA (Kashmir English): Ghazala Hashmi has won the Virginia lieutenant governor’s race, becoming first Muslim woman elected statewide. Democrat Ghazala Hashmi was declared the winner of the Virginia lieutenant governor’s race in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday. Hashmi defeated Republican John Reid, a former conservative talk show host and the state’s first gay statewide
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NEW YORK (Kashmir English): A 34-year-old Muslim candidate, Zohran Mamdani, has been elected the new mayor of New York City against former Governor Andrew Cuomo. The Associated Press called the race for Mamdani late Tuesday, shortly after polls closed, ending months of intense campaigning in America’s largest city. His victory represents a generational and ideological
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Kashmir English): Former United States Vice President Dick Cheney died at 84 on Tuesday, USA Today reported, citing his family. He died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Monday night, his family said. Cheney served as President Gerald Ford’s White House chief of staff in the 1970s, before spending
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NANKANA SAHIB, Pakistan (Kashmir English): The celebrations for the 556th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak are currently underway in Nankana Sahib which will continue from November 3 to November 6, 2025. Sikh pilgrims from Pakistan and around the world, including a large contingent expected from India, have arrived to participate in the events.
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KABUL (Kashmir English): A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit northern Afghanistan near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least seven people and injuring 150 others, according to local officials. The quake hit at 12:59 am on Monday (20:29 GMT) at a depth of 28km (17 miles) near Mazar-i-Sharif, according to the United States Geological Survey.
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