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Supporters of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav are seen through dust as a helicopter carrying Yadav lands at an election rally venue in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Sunday, May 5, 2019. With 900 million of India's 1.3 billion people registered to vote, the Indian national election is the world's largest democratic exercise. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Violence mars 5th phase of India’s marathon elections

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 19, 2009, file photo, an Indian Border Security Force soldier, right, and a Pakistani Rangers soldier face one another at a daily closing ceremony at the Wagah border post near Lahore, Pakistan. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a tough stance on Pakistan the centerpiece of his re-election campaign, equating it with a “New India.” “India has quit the policy of being scared of Pakistani threats,” Modi said at a recent election rally, mocking the ever-present possibility that Pakistan could use its nuclear weapons. “So what do we do then? Are those being saved for Diwali?” he said, referring to India’s own arsenal and the Hindu festival of light. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Modi flexes muscles in Kashmir to woo India’s Hindu voters

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Street shops are seen collapsed due to gusty winds preceding the landfall of cyclone Fani on the outskirts of Puri, in the Indian state of Odisha, Friday, May 3, 2019. Indian authorities have evacuated hundreds of thousands of people along the country's eastern coast ahead of a cyclone moving through the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo)

Strong cyclone lashes east India, impacts Asian subcontinent

By Emily Schmall - Associated Press

In this satellite image acquired from the Indian Metrological Department, shows Cyclone Fani in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday, May 2, 2019. Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated along India’s eastern coast on Thursday as authorities braced for a cyclone moving through the Bay of Bengal that was forecast to bring “extremely severe” wind and rain. (Indian Metrological Department via AP)

India prepares for ‘extremely severe’ Bay of Bengal cyclone

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FILE- A Dec. 29, 2018 file photo of Bangladesh police's elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), a security force focused on combating extremist groups, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Indian and Bangladeshi officials and security experts largely dismissed a fresh threat of violence from an Islamic State-aligned media group, insisting that routine monitoring of would-be militants would prevent a Sri Lanka-style attack from taking place elsewhere in South Asia. Al-Mursalat Media released a graphic on Tuesday of five militants who carried out a 2016 attack at a cafe in the diplomatic enclave of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, according to global terrorism monitor SITE Intelligence. Mufti Mahmud Khan, a spokesman for RAB, told The Associated Press that he didn’t place “any great emphasis” on the threat released by the IS-aligned media group. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

South Asian security experts downplay Islamic State threat

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Maoist rebels kill 15 police commandos, driver in west India

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Indian men and women stand in queue to cast their votes at a polling booth in Bardhaman east constituency, West Bengal state, India, Monday, April 29, 2019. With 900 million of India's 1.3 billion people registered to vote, the Indian national election is the world's largest democratic exercise. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Latest round of India’s national election marred by violence

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Sri Lankan police and army officers display gelatin sticks, detonators, back packs and other bomb making material recovered from the hide out of militants after Friday's gun battle in Kalmunai, in eastern Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 27, 2019. Militants linked to Easter suicide bombings opened fire and set off explosives during a raid by Sri Lankan security forces on a house in the country's east, leaving behind 15 bodies, including six children. (AP Photo/Achala Upendra)

Indian police uncovered a plot, but Sri Lanka didn’t act

By EMILY SCHMALL and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves after filing his nomination papers for the general elections in Varanasi, ,India , Friday, April 26, 2019. He prayed at a temple before arriving at the election office, flanked by Amit Shah, president of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janta Party, and several state chief ministers. Invoking Hindu symbolism, Modi told party workers before filing his nomination papers: &quot;Mother Ganga will take care of me.&quot; (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

PM Modi files nomination papers in India’s general election

By RAJESH KUMAR SINGH and BISWAJEET BANERJEE - Associated Press

Community College board backs instructor over visa

By KATHY ANEY - Associated Press

Indian court lifts ban on Chinese social media app TikTok

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India to observe US sanctions on Iranian oil

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People look at damage inside the St. George's after a suicide bombing, in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt, Sunday, April 9, 2017. Bombs exploded at two Coptic churches in the northern Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria as worshippers were celebrating Palm Sunday, killing over 40 people and wounding scores more in assaults claimed by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Attacks on Christians double since 2017

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

A Kashmir burqa clad woman casts her vote inside a polling station during the third phase of India's general elections, at Verinag, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Kashmiri separatist leaders who challenge India's sovereignty over the disputed region have called for a boycott of the vote during the third phase of Indian general election. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

I killed as Indians vote in 3rd phase of national elections

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In this April 2, 2019, file photo traders Neal Catania, left, and Benjamin Tuchman work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Donald Trump end to Iran oil waivers threatens to energy markets

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 14, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP)

The Latest: Iran brushes off US decision on sanction waivers

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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2018 file photo, Indian Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjan Gogoi, right, speaks with Justice Jasti Chelameswar as they address the media in New Delhi, India. A former employee of India’s Supreme Court has accused Gogoi, now the country’s chief justice, of sexual harassment, an accusation that was vehemently denied by the judge, reports said Saturday, April 20, 2019. (AP Photo/File)

India’s chief justice accused of sexual harassment

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Employees of Jet Airways gather to demand clarification on unpaid salaries at the company headquarters in Mumbai, India Thursday, April 18, 2019. Jet Airways, once India's largest airline, announced on Wednesday that it is suspending all operations after failing to raise enough money to run its services. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Jet Airways’ lenders hope bidding process can save airline

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 16, 2019, photo, engineering student Mayank Thakur, 18, stands for a photograph in New Delhi, India. With nearly half the electorate under 35 and more than 15 million first time voters, India's young can swing the national vote in the world's largest democracy in any direction. “Unemployment is very high in India currently. India has a lot of engineers who haven’t been able to develop their skills because there aren’t enough jobs for them in India,&quot; Mayank told the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s population skews young, which may sway its elections

By RISHABH R. JAIN - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 9, 2019, photo, Associated Press video journalist Vineeta Deepak sits for a photograph in New Delhi, India. The Associated Press on Wednesday named Deepak, an experienced video journalist and bedrock member of its Indian staff, as its South Asia News Director to lead coverage of a region stretching from the heights of the Himalayas to the tropics of the Indian Ocean. She will drive AP's multi-format reporting on the world's largest democracy as it exerts its influence abroad while grappling with rising nationalism and growing inequality at home. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Vineeta Deepak to lead AP’s coverage of South Asia region

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