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Israeli arms firms make record profits o...

Israeli arms firms make record profits of the back of Gaza war

Israeli arms firms make record profits of the back of Gaza war ## Surge in Demand Fuels Record Profits for Israeli Defense Sector **Tel Aviv, Israel** – Israel’s defense industry is experiencing an unprecedented surge in demand, translating into record profits for several leading arms... read more »

Australian PM apologises over Bondi atta...

Australian PM apologises over Bondi attack, calls for tougher hate laws

Australian PM apologises over Bondi attack, calls for tougher hate laws ## Albanese Government Grapples with National Grief, Pledges Action Following Bondi Tragedy Sydney, Australia – In the wake of the horrific mass casualty event at Bondi Junction Westfield, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has... read more »

Bondi Beach terrorist Sajid Akram unmask...

Bondi Beach terrorist Sajid Akram unmasked as new details of atrocity emerg...

Bondi Beach terrorist Sajid Akram unmasked as new details of atrocity emerge ## Bondi Beach Attack Claims Fifteen Lives, Sparks National Mourning **Sydney, Australia –** A wave of grief has swept across Australia following a mass shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday night, leaving fifteen dead and... read more »

Member of 'worst gang in world'...

Member of 'worst gang in world' receives 1,300-year jail sentence...

Member of 'worst gang in world' receives 1,300-year jail sentence for killing and crime spree ## Extensive Gang Prosecution Nets Cumulative Millennia in Prison Sentences A sweeping prosecution targeting a notorious criminal organization has concluded with the sentencing of 248 individuals... read more »

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Africa

Nelson Mandela Former South African President dies at 95

Nelson Mandela Former South African President dies at 95

Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first elected black president and a global anti-apartheid icon has died early today aged 95, President Jacob Zuma said. “Fellow South Africans, our... read more »

Nelson Mandela 'on his death bed, but still a fighter', says family

Nelson Mandela ‘on his death bed, but still ...

Johannesburg – Former South African president Nelson Mandela’s family has said that although he is on death bed, he is still a... read more »

UN members asked to back France on Central African Repu...

10 killed in Central African Republic violence

Wellington – An international group of lawmakers Wednesday called on all the UN member states to back the French government’s efforts to stop the... read more »

40 killed in fresh Nigeria attacks

40 killed in fresh Nigeria attacks

Abuja – At least 40 people were killed in fresh attacks by gunmen in Nigeria’s state of Plateau, where ethno-religious crises have claimed hundreds... read more »

9 killed, 51 wounded in Benghazi clashes

9 killed, 51 wounded in Benghazi clashes

TRIPOLI – At least nine people were killed and 51 others wounded in the heavy clashes that erupted on Monday in the Libyan eastern city of Benghazi... read more »

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Asia

Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe takes office as new Prime Ministe...

Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister on Friday as the island nation’s two major political parties signed an agreement to work together in the new parliament. His... read more »

India ‘advises’ Pakistani NSA Aziz not...

India has advised Pakistani NSA Sartaj Aziz not to meet separatist Hurriyat leaders before talks with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval, raising a... read more »

Hurriyat leaders released hours after house arrest

Just hours after they were placed under house arrest, Kashmiri separatist leaders were on Thursday released by authorities in Srinagar indicating a confused... read more »

Sri Lanka votes as Rajapaksa eyes comeback

Sri Lankans began voting on Monday in parliamentary polls with former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa eyeing a political comeback as prime minister months after... read more »

Death toll in Pakistan’s Attock suicide attack rises to...

The death toll in a brazen suicide attack that killed Pakistan’s Punjab province Home Minister at his ancestral home in Attock district on Monday rose to... read more »

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China

China Mobile's ex-vice president gets life sentence

China Mobile’s ex-vice president gets life sentence

Beijing – The former vice president of China Mobile, the country’s largest telecom operator, was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking bribes, a court in China’s Jilin province... read more »

Death toll from China oil pipeline blast rises to 52, 11 missing

22 killed in China oil pipeline blast

Beijing – At least 22 people were killed Friday morning when a leaking petroleum pipeline caught fire and exploded in the coastal city of... read more »

Chinese SC bans police from torturing suspects to extra...

China allegedly withholds residence visas for NYT, Bloomberg reporters

London – Chinese Supreme Court has ruled officials in the country to stop torturing suspects for them to make confessions. On its official microblog, the... read more »

China’s military modernization is challenging US ...

China's military modernization is challenging US military power

A US congressional panel, which advises lawmakers on the national security implications of the relationship between Washington and Beijing, has warned that... read more »

China, EU to enhance cooperation on urbanisation

China, EU to enhance cooperation on urbanisation

Beijing – China is willing to learn from the European Union (EU) in i! ts push towards urbanisation, Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday. Addressing the... read more »

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Middle East

Iran rejects US-led coalition against IS

Seen from Tehran, which has helped both Damascus and Baghdad to confront IS advances, the coalition lacks credibility because some of its members had financed and armed the group as part of their... read more »

Arab states mull air strikes on ISIS

PARIS: Several Arab countries have offered to carry out airstrikes against militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, senior US state... read more »

Iraq Crisis: John Kerry says US-Arab coalition ‘c...

Kerry visits Israel amid reports of faltering Israeli-Palestinian talks

Ten Arab countries have agreed to help the US in its fight against the jihadist group, Islamic State (IS). After talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in... read more »

Life under ISIS: Captured teenage girl tells story of h...

A Yazidi girl captured by ISIS has revealed the extreme abuse she suffers as a sex slave at the hands of Islamic State (IS) extremists. Only 17 years old,... read more »

Gaza official: Israel Navy arrests Gaza fishermen

An official in the Gaza Strip says the Israeli Navy has arrested four Palestinian fishermen and seized their boat in one of the first instances of friction... read more »

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South Asia

US defense secretary to hold talks in Pakistan

US defense secretary to hold talks in Pakistan

Islamabad – US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is scheduled to hold talks with the Pakistani civil and military leaders on security issues Monday, officials here said. Hagel earlier visited... read more »

I am opposed to India, US policies, says Imran Khan

I am opposed to India, US policies, says Imran Kha...

Islamabad – Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan said he opposes the policies adopted by India and the US on Kashmir and drone... read more »

Bangladesh court orders Abdul Kader Mullah to be hanged

Don't hang Mollah, says rights group

London – A Bangladeshi war crimes court has ordered prison authorities to hang Abdul Kader Mullah of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, months after he was... read more »

Caretaker issue not on UN emissary’s agenda: Hasi...

Caretaker issue not on UN emissary's agenda: Hasina's aide

Dhaka – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s advisor Gowher Rizvi said Saturday that the visiting UN emissary will no! t discuss the caretaker... read more »

Pakistan’s new army chief stresses on professiona...

Pakistan's new army chief stresses on professionalism

Islamabad – Pakistan’s new army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, has stressed on the importance of professionalism in dealing with challenges, a media... read more »

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Europe

Pope Francis sets up Vatican committee to fight child sex abuse

Pope Francis sets up Vatican committee to fight child sex abuse

London – Pope Francis is setting up a Vatican committee to fight sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church. The announcement was made by the archbishop of Boston, and comes after a... read more »

Berlusconi’s girlfriend appeals to Pope Francis to salvage his name

Berlusconi’s girlfriend appeals to Pope Francis to...

London – Silvio Berlusconi’s girlfriend has requested Pope Francis to grant her an audience so she can fight to clear the expelled... read more »

Oz sticks to stand on China’s disputed air defence zone...

Oz sticks to stand on China’s disputed air defence zone despite Beijing criticism

Sydney – Australia has stood by its criticism of China’s decision to impose an air-defence zone in the East China Sea without consultation, despite... read more »

Italy’s senate expels Silvio Berlusconi over tax ...

Italy's senate expels Silvio Berlusconi over tax fraud

London – The Italian Senate has voted to expel former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from parliament over his conviction for tax fraud. According to... read more »

Princess Diana’s `fairy-tale` dress set to fetch 80,000...

Princess Diana’s `fairy-tale` dress set to fetch 80,000 pounds at auction

Melbourne – Princess Diana’s “most ornate and romantic” ball gown is all set to go under the hammer and is expected to fetch around 80,000... read more »

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North America

Snowden denies wanting asylum in exchange for information

NSA gathering 5bn cellphone records daily, Snowden documents reve...

Washington – The National Security Agency is reportedly gathering nearly five billion records a day on the whereabouts of cell phones globally. The move enabled the agency to track the... read more »

Income inequality 'defining challenge' for US: Obama

Income inequality ‘defining challenge’...

Washington – President Barack Obama Wednesday said incom! e inequality is the “defining challenge” for the US while a growing... read more »

Kerry visits Israel amid reports of faltering Israeli-P...

Kerry visits Israel amid reports of faltering Israeli-Palestinian talks

Jerusalem – Amid reports of Israeli-Palestinian talks losing momentum, US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel late Wednesday. Kerry has... read more »

Obama names acting Pentagon deputy chief

Obama names acting Pentagon deputy chief

Washington – US President Barack Obama has named Christine Fox, the former chief programme and budget analyst with the department of defence, to serve as... read more »

US condemns shelling of Russian embassy in Damascus

US condemns shelling of Russian embassy in Damascus

Washington – The Obama administration has denounced the shelling of the Russian embassy Thursday in the Syrian capital of Damascus, calling for all... read more »

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Iraqi premier urges Fallujah residents to expel militants

MSF urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death

MSF urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death ## Humanitarian Crisis Deepens in Gaza as Winter Claims Lives Gaza City – The ongoing humanitarian crisis in the... read more »

U.S. Considers Scaling Back Federal Childhood Vaccine Recommendations

The Trump administration is weighing a significant change to national vaccination policy, potentially reducing the number of childhood vaccines formally recommended by federal health... read more »

Microsoft Teams down LIVE as Office 365 platform suffers major outage

Microsoft Teams down LIVE as Office 365 platform suffers major outage ## Microsoft Teams Faces Widespread Disruption, Impacting Office 365 Users Microsoft Teams, the ubiquitous... read more »

Epstein Files released – exactly why some parts are censored or redacted

Epstein Files released – exactly why some parts are censored or redacted ## Bipartisan Pressure Forces Release of Epstein Documents **Washington D.C.** – In a rare display of... read more »

Exactly why theres no 'Epstein client list' in newly-re...

Exactly why theres no 'Epstein client list' in newly-released Epstein Files documents ## Scrutiny Intensifies as Epstein Documents Surface, Absence of Explicit “Client List”... read more »

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