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Vietnam hit by Typhoon Kalmaegi as tropi...

Vietnam hit by Typhoon Kalmaegi as tropical storm leaves 114 dead in Philip...

Vietnam hit by Typhoon Kalmaegi as tropical storm leaves 114 dead in Philippines ## Typhoon Kalmaegi’s Devastation Extends from Philippines to Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam – Following a trail of destruction across the Philippines, Typhoon Kalmaegi has made landfall in Vietnam, unleashing... read more »

Kazakhstan, which already recognises Isr...

Kazakhstan, which already recognises Israel, to join Abraham Accords

Kazakhstan, which already recognises Israel, to join Abraham Accords ## Kazakhstan Signals Intent to Deepen Ties with Israel Through Abraham Accords **Astana, Kazakhstan** – Kazakhstan has indicated its intention to formally align itself with the principles and objectives of the Abraham Accords,... read more »

UNSC votes to drop sanctions on Syrias a...

UNSC votes to drop sanctions on Syrias al-Sharaa ahead of Washington visit

UNSC votes to drop sanctions on Syrias al-Sharaa ahead of Washington visit ## UN Security Council Lifts Sanctions on Syrian Businessman Ahead of High-Stakes US-Syria Talks **New York, NY** – In a move preceding potentially pivotal discussions between Washington and Damascus, the United... read more »

How long will the US government shutdown...

How long will the US government shutdown last?

How long will the US government shutdown last? ## Record Stalemate: Government Shutdown Drags On, Impacting Services and Economy Washington D.C. – The United States government has entered uncharted territory, surpassing previous records to become the longest shutdown in the nation’s... read more »

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Israel passes bill to annex part of Jordan Valley

Israel warns of forging alliances with Sunni countries to counter...

London – Israel’s envoy to the United Kingdom has warned of formation of its new alliances with a number of predominantly Sunni countries, including the Gulf states and Saudi Arabia, in... read more »

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahead unless US sanctions issue resolved

Iran, Pak to fast track IP gas pipeline project st...

Islamabad – Pakistan and Iran have agreed to fast track the IP gas pipeline project starting this December in a bid to formulate a more... read more »

U.S. warns Karzai of complete exit in 2014 unless secur...

U.S. warns Karzai of complete exit in 2014 unless security deal signed

Washington – The United States has issued an ultimatum to Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai for signing the security pact, failing which the troops... read more »

Rasheel Sharif to be new Pak Army chief

Rasheel Sharif to be new Pak Army chief

Ending weeks of speculation, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday appointed Lt Gen Raheel Sharif as Pakistan’s new Army Chief and Lt Gen Rashid Mehmood... read more »

Pakistan begins work on civil nuclear power plant

Sharif offers to bring home Musharraf's ailing mother

Pakistan has broken ground on what will be the country’s largest civil nuclear power plant, which is being built with help from China. Pakistani Prime... read more »

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