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Brazilian player falls into tunnel celebrating goal

Brazilian player falls into tunnel celebrating goal ## Unforeseen Descent: Brazilian Footballer’s Celebratory Leap Takes Unexpected Turn **A moment of unbridled joy on the football pitch led to an unexpected and rather dramatic descent for Brazilian player Jacy Maranho, as captured in widely... read more »

Trump names Will Scharf as White House c...

Trump names Will Scharf as White House counsel ahead of midterms

Trump names Will Scharf as White House counsel ahead of midterms **White House Staff Secretary Tapped for Top Legal Role** **Washington D.C.** – In a significant personnel shift within the Executive Office of the President, White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf has been appointed to the... read more »

Why can't Sikhs with beards join US forces?

Wildfires bear down on homes in Canadas ...

Wildfires bear down on homes in Canadas Okanagan region

Wildfires bear down on homes in Canadas Okanagan region **Okanagan Region Under Siege as Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations** **KELOWNA, BC –** Thousands of residents in British Columbia’s picturesque Okanagan region are facing an urgent exodus as a rapidly escalating wildfire threatens to engulf... read more »

Whats driving unrest in Pakistan-adminis...

Whats driving unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir?

Whats driving unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir? ## Tensions Simmer in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir Amidst Growing Discontent **Islamabad, Pakistan –** A palpable sense of unease is currently permeating Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK), a region long defined by its complex geopolitical... read more »

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Africa

100 killed in Central African Republic violence

Bangui – At least 300 people have been killed in two days of violence in the capital city of the Central African Republic, the Red Cross has said. The Red Cross said its staff stopped... read more »

Nelson Mandela was on U.S. terror list until 2008

Washington – Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who passed away last night following recurring lung infection, had remained on the... read more »

Nelson Mandela took history in his hands: Obama

Washington – America’s first black President, Barack Obama, in a moving and eloquent tribute, remembered South Africa’s first black president... read more »

Tributes pour in for Nelson Mandela

Mandela's transformational leadership to last forever

Johannesburg – World leaders mourned the death of anti-apartheid icon and South Afri! ca’s first black president Nelson Mandela who died Thursday... read more »

Hundreds of South Africans gather outside Mandela’s hom...

Johannesburg – Hundreds of South Africans have gathered at Nelson Mandela’s home in Houghton, a suburb of Johannesburg, to pay their respects to the... read more »

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Saudi coalition downs Yemen rebel missile near Mecca

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia was shot down late on Thursday, said the Saudi-led coalition fighting in... read more »

China may have quietly moved tonnes of war gear in...

may have quietly moved tonnes of military gear while it was conducting military exercises in the remote mountainous Tibet region, the PLA Daily, the... read more »

UAE Behind Hacking of Qatari Media that Begins New Midd...

WASHINGTON — The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of a Qatari government news site in May, planting a false story that was used as a pretext for... read more »

10 gunned down near China ‘Belt and Road’ p...

HIGHLIGHTS The attack on the Pakistani labourers took place some 20 kilometres from the emerging port city of Gwadar Gwadar’s deep-water port is the... read more »

Nepal in turmoil, protest against new Constitution rage...

Protests against the new Constitution in Nepal have intensified with one member of Sadbhavana Party even committing suicide. Nepal Police has also increased... read more »

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China

Two dead, 26 missing as two ships sink off China

Beijing – Two sailors were confirmed dead and 24 were missing after two ships sank in separate accidents off the coast of China’s Shandong province, authorities said Monday. According to... read more »

Death toll from China oil pipeline blast rises to ...

QINGDAO – The death toll from Friday’s oil pipeline blasts in east China’s Shandong Province rose to 52 after four bodies were... read more »

China oil pipeline blast toll rises to 44

The death toll from two huge blasts caused by a leaked oil from a ruptured pipeline in an eastern Chinese port city has risen to 44 with 166 injured in one the... read more »

China successfully tests its first drone

Beijing – The Chinese military carried out a successful test flight of the Asian nation’s first jet-powered stealth drone, the South China Morning... read more »

China conducts test flight of stealth drone

Beijing – China has successfully conducted the first test fl! ight of the domestically built and designed stealth unmanned aerial veh! icle (UAV), media... read more »

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Middle East

Islamic State video shows beheading of British hostage Alan Henni...

LONDON: British taxi driver Alan Henning, who skipped Christmas with his family to raise funds to purchase ambulances and medical equipment and join an aid convoy to Syria, has been beheaded by... read more »

Israeli Army kills suspected murderers of Jewish t...

Jerusalem: Two Palestinians suspected of having kidnapped and murdered three Jewish teenagers in June have been killed in an exchange of fire with... read more »

1,30,000 Syrian refugees reach Turkey fleeing IS

ANKARA, Turkey: The number of Syrian refugees who have reached Turkey in the past four days after fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants now totals... read more »

Al-Qaida affiliate in Syria kills captive Lebanese sold...

9:53 P.M. The Nusra Front, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, has killed one of the Lebanese soldiers it had been holding in captivity, Lebanese security... read more »

France conducts first airstrike in Iraq, destroys logis...

PARIS: France says it has conducted its first airstrike in Iraq and has destroyed a logistics depot held by the Islamic State group. The office of President... read more »

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South Asia

US hopes India will persuade ‘friend’ Karzai on troop...

Washington – The United States has expressed hope India would persuade Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a deal allowing US troops to stay post-2014. Testifying before a Senate committee, a... read more »

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahe...

Islamabad – Pakistan has said it cannot move ahead with the Iran gas pipeline project unless the issue of possible US sanctions is... read more »

Chinese hackers snooped on five EU ministries, says US ...

London – Chinese hackers reportedly snooped on five European foreign ministries with malware-infected emails over the summer, new research from US... read more »

Bangladesh SC stays execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader

Dhaka – The Supreme Court of Bangladesh late Tuesday halted the execution of Abdul Quader Molla hours before the convicted war criminal was to be hanged,... read more »

Pak govt. to press five charges against Musharraf in hi...

Islamabad – The Pakistan government has decided to press five charges against former President General Pervez Musharraf in the ‘high treason’... read more »

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Europe

Op Blue Star Lt Gen Brar’s London attackers sentenced upto 14 yea...

London – Operation “Blue Star” Lieutenant-General Kuldeep Singh Brar’s London attackers have been jailed for slashing his throat in revenge for the 1984 military offensive. A Sikh gang,... read more »

Same sex weddings expected in Britain next year

London – The first same sex weddings in Britain are expected to hap! pen from March 29 next year, Women and Equalities Minister Maria Miller... read more »

Police clash with protesters in Ukrainian capital

Security forces clashed with protesters as they began tearing down opposition barricades and tents set up in the centre of the Ukrainian capital early... read more »

Jailed Pussy Riot members might be pardoned under new K...

London – The jailed members of the Pussy Riot band could be released under a Kremlin amnesty. The Kremlin-friendly daily Izvestia said the amnesty bill... read more »

Costa Concordia Captain abandoned ship leaving almost 3...

Washington – An Italian court has heard that a coastguard official aboard the doomed cruise liner Costa Concordia had told its captain, Francesco... read more »

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North America

13 Anonymous hackers plead guilty to PayPal site attack

London – Thirteen people have pleaded guilty to charges related to their involvement in the cyber-attack of PayPal’s website as part of the hacking group Anonymous. The defendants... read more »

Kerry shows optimism on Israel-Palestinian peace t...

Jerusalem – US Secretary of State John Kerry exhibited Friday optimism on the Mideast peace talks at the end of his trip to Israel, saying... read more »

Both Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton would make great pre...

Washington – US President Barack Obama has said that both Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will make outstanding... read more »

US says China air defence zone unacceptable, shouldn...

Air defence zone remarks: China refutes Japanese PM

Washington – The White House said on Thursday that China’s new air defence zone over the East China Sea was “unacceptable” and urged... read more »

Snowden leaks have identified areas of concerns: Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama has acknowledged that leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden have identified some areas of legitimate concerns with regard to... read more »

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