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Police in India suspended after lynching of Muslim man

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FILE - In this April 15, 2018 file photo, an Indian protestor stands with a placard during a protest against two recently reported rape cases as they gather near the Indian parliament in New Delhi, India. Violent crime against women has been on the rise in India despite tough laws that were enacted five years ago. Responding to widespread outrage over the recent rape and killings of young girls and other attacks on children, India's government in April approved the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under age 12. (AP Photo/Oinam Anand, File)

Indian police hunt 3 suspects after girl is drugged, raped

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Kashmiri villagers carry body of top rebel commander Gulzar Ahmed Paddroo during his funeral procession in Aridgeen, about 75 kilometers south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Sept 15, 2018. Indian troops laid a siege around a southern village in Qazigund area overnight on a tip that militants were hiding there, police said. A fierce gunbattle erupted early Saturday, and hours later, five local Kashmiri rebels were killed. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Kashmir man, 5 rebels die in anti-India clashes, gunbattle

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This Sept. 11, 2018 photo shows Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan during the Toronto Film Festival in Toronto, Canada. Bachchan is cheering India’s decision to strike down a ban on consensual gay sex, calling it “a wonderful step in the right direction.” India's Supreme Court last week reversed a colonial-era law that made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a landmark victory for gay rights that one judge said would &quot;pave the way for a better future.&quot; (AP Photo/John Carucci)

Indian star Abhishek Bachchan on a victory for gay rights

By JOHN CARUCCI - Associated Press

Extradition case of Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya in UK court

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

A Russian S-400 air defense missile system drives during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Red Square on Thursday, May 3, 2018. The parade will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9 to celebrate 73 years of the victory in WWII. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia markets S-400 Triumph missile defense system, a.k.a. SA-21 Growler, to U.S. allies

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE- Sept. 10, 2010 file photo, a laborer works near an open manhole at Connaught Place in the heart of New Delhi, India. Five men have died from exposure to toxic fumes while cleaning a septic tank at a housing complex in New Delhi. Bezwada Wilson of the Sanitation Workers Movement group says more than 1,800 people across India have died while cleaning septic tanks since 2014, when India's Supreme Court issued a ruling to bolster a 2013 act that prohibits employing people to clean sewage without safety equipment. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)

5 killed by toxic fumes while cleaning septic tank in Delhi

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Congress party supporters shout slogans as they ride on bullock carts during a protest against fuel price hike and other economy issues in Bangalore, India, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. Several political parties participated in the day long strike led by India's main opposition Congress party. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

India faces protests over rising fuel prices

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This photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency shows a part of Pardis petrochemical complex facilities in Assalouyeh on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday his country will continue exporting crude oil despite U.S. efforts to stop it through sanctions. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Trump bid to crush Iran’s oil exports moves forward after Pompeo discusses issue with India

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Czech President Milos Zeman, Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and his spouse Savita Kovind, from right, listen to national anthems during a welcoming ceremony at the Prague Castle on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Ram Nath Kovind is on his four-day official visit to the Czech Republic. (Michal Kamaryt/CTK via AP)

India’s president calls for defense cooperation with Czechs

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hand with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. Pompeo and Defense Secretary James Mattis are holding long-delayed talks Thursday with top Indian officials, looking to shore up the alliance with one of Washington's top regional allies. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Pompeo, Mattis talk bolstering Indian ties despite tensions

By TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

Supporters and members of the LGBT community celebrate after the country's top court struck down a colonial-era law that makes homosexual acts punishable by up to 10 years in prison, in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. The court gave its ruling Thursday on a petition filed by five people who challenged the law, saying they are living in fear of being harassed and prosecuted by police. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India decriminalizes homosexual acts in landmark verdict

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

People watch rescuers search the waters of the Brahmaputra River after a boat capsized on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Police say 28 people are missing after a motorized boat capsized in the flooded Brahmputra River in the remote northeast. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

22 people missing after boat capsizes in India’s northeast

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A protester waves a trade union flag during a protest to highlight the problems faced by Indian farmers, workers and agricultural laborers, at Jantar Mantar, an area near the Indian parliament where citizens from across the country assemble for protests, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Thousands of farmers, workers and agricultural laborers march through New Delhi streets demanding better wages, more jobs, better prices for farm produce and an end to privatization of state-run companies. Agriculture employs more than half of India's 1.3 billion people, but its shrinking earnings means it now only adds 15 percent to India's economy. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian farmers march to seek better prices for produce

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Pakistan says India military kills 1 in disputed Kashmir

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An Indian girl holds up a placard during a protest opposing the arrests this week of five prominent rights activists, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. India's top court ordered Wednesday that five activists arrested for alleged Maoist links be kept under house arrest instead of police custody until it rules next week on a petition challenging their detention. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Hundreds protest in India against arrest of rights activists

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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2016, file photo, men trade buy and sell Indian rupees at a roadside stall set up by Shri Jalaram Gaushala, a shelter for cows, in Ahmadabad, India. India's central bank says nearly all of the currency removed from circulation in a surprise 2016 attempt to root out illegal hoards of cash came back into the financial system. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)

Indian currency decree did little to root out ‘black money’

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Combined Koreas basketball team to play for Asian Games gold

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the BRICS summit of major emerging national economies, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, July 26, 2018. The five leaders of the BRICS emerging economies have gathered in South Africa for an annual summit. (Mike Hutchings/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

India eager to replace U.S. exports to China amid trade war

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, revolutionary poet Varavara Rao, center, followed by Deepa, niece of Maoist leader Kishenji who was killed Thursday, walk to lodge a complaint against his killing, in Kolkata, India. Indian police have arrested Rao and four other rights activists for suspected links to Maoists in raids on their homes and offices at several places in the country Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. &quot;All these people have history of working to protect the rights of some of India’s most poor and marginalized people. Their arrests raise disturbing questions about whether they are being targeted for their activism,” said Aakar Patel, executive director of Amnesty International India. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

Indian Supreme Court orders house arrest for activists

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press