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BREAKING: Major Greece airport shut down after clash between police and pro...

BREAKING: Major Greece airport shut down after clash between police and protesters on runway The runway at Heraklion International Airport in Greece has been swarmed by farmers and livestock breeders, causing the airport to suspended its operations until further notice This article was created... read more »

WFP says six million starving in Sudan

WFP says six million starving in Sudan Carl Skau, deputy executive director at the World Food Programme, talks limitations concerns in Sudan This article was created based on information from various sources and rewritten for clarity and originality. read more »

LIVE: Syria marks one year since fall of...

LIVE: Syria marks one year since fall of Bashar al-Assad

LIVE: Syria marks one year since fall of Bashar al-Assad Syria is marking one year since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad after nearly 14 years of war. This article was created based on information from various sources and rewritten for clarity and... read more »

Are Israel, Hamas entering the second ph...

Are Israel, Hamas entering the second phase of the ceasefire?

Are Israel, Hamas entering the second phase of the ceasefire? Israel has kept attacking Gaza during the first phase, so what will the second phase bring? This article was created based on information from various sources and rewritten for clarity and... read more »

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South Africa against trial of sitting leaders

Cape Town – South African President Jacob Zuma said Wednesday that sitting African heads of state should not stand trial. “What we are guarding against is the situation where countries... read more »

Nigerian President wants emergency rule extended f...

Abuja – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan today asked legislators to extend for another six months the state of emergency in three... read more »

Gaddafi’s son demands trail in Zintan, not Tripol...

Tripoli – Saif al-Islam, the second son of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has demanded he be tried in the western city of Zintan rather than... read more »

Seven Boko Haram militants killed in Nigeria

Abuja – At least seven Boko Haram militants were killed in the latest clampdown against the group in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, the... read more »

Four charged over Nairobi Westgate mall attack

Suspect charged over Kenya mall massacre rejects killing

London – Four people reportedly charged over the Nairobi Westgate mall attack that left nearly 67 people dead. The four foreigners, said to be ethnic... read more »

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‘Law allows me to shoot’: Lankan PM’s take on I...

Sri Lankan Prime Minsiter Ranil Wickramasinghe has stoked a controversy suggesting that Indian fishermen may be shot if they intruded into Sri Lankan waters. Alleging that Indian fishermen were... read more »

Pakistan an irreplaceable, all-weather friend: Chi...

BEIJING: China said on Monday that Pakistan was its irreplaceable and all-weather friend and both the countries were part of the community of shared... read more »

World leaders head to Saudi to meet new King Salman

RIYADH: Dignitaries and leaders from around the world were to arrive in Saudi Arabia Saturday to offer their condolences to its new King Salman, a day after... read more »

Yemen thrown into turmoil as its president resigns

SANAA: Yemeni leader Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi has offered to resign following a standoff with a powerful Shiite militia in control of the capital, throwing his... read more »

China mulls 7,000 km bullet train to connect Beijing an...

China is planning to build a 7,000 km-long high-speed railway line, costing $250 billion, between Moscow and Beijing through Central Asia to provide a fast... read more »

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Man jailed 5 years in China for flight bomb hoaxes

Beijing – A 27-year-old man, who made false bomb threats that affected flights in six Chinese cities in May, was sentenced to five years in jail by a court in the southern city of Shenzhen... read more »

China car attack likely work of discriminated comm...

Washington – China has accused a Uighur separatist group for the Monday’s Tiananmen Square car attack, but analysts say it is likely that... read more »

China issues orange alert against Typhoon Krosa

Beijing – China on Saturday upgraded its warning of high waves to orange level, the second-highest warning in its four-tier colour-coded weather system,... read more »

China assumes UN security council’s rotating pres...

United Nations – China Friday assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for November. Liu Jieyi, China’s permanent... read more »

East Turkestan movement behind Tiananmen crash claims C...

BEIJING – China’s top security official blamed a little-known militant group for this week’s suicide car crash that killed five people in the heart... read more »

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Arabs see Gaza war stoppage as Hamas victory despite destruction

Arab reactions to what seems to be the end of the Gaza war, for now, has been schizophrenic in that there has been widespread condemnation of Israel’s attacks and the resulting destruction in... read more »

Israeli army announces total withdrawal from Gaza ...

JERUSALEM: A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas meant to last at least three days and end nearly a month of fighting went into effect in the Gaza... read more »

Gaza conflict: Israel calls up 16,000 reserve soldiers

Israel is calling up 16,000 extra reservists to bolster its military as the conflict in Gaza continues. The deployment brings the total called up by Israel to... read more »

Former Libyan deputy prime minister kidnapped in Tripol...

TRIPOLI: Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped Libya’s former deputy prime minister Mustafa Abu Shagor, a parliamentarian confirmed. The gunmen... read more »

Gaza residents see no joy in Muslim Eid holiday

One of the most joyous days in the Muslim calendar, the holiday of Eid al-Fitr was marked on Monday by tears and sorrow in the Gaza Strip, left battered by... read more »

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South Asia

Hasina asks Zia to come down to streets

Dhaka – As the faceoff in Bangaldesh between th! e two feuding begums intensified, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has aske! d opposition leader and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson... read more »

Iran rejects Saudi Arabia, Qatar's call to join n-talks

Iran invites IAEA to visit Arak heavy-water produc...

Vienna – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has received an invitation from Iran to vis! it Iran’s Arak heavy-water production... read more »

US criticizes Pak over murder charges against Osama doc...

Islamabad – The United States has criticised Pakistan’s decision to bring murder charges against Dr Shakil Afridi, who helped the CIA track slain Al... read more »

Imran Khan wants CIA’s Pak chief charged with `mu...

London – Former cricketer Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has alleged that the CIA’s most senior officer in Islamabad was... read more »

Stop praising Tendulkar, Taliban tells Pakistan media

Islamabad – The Pakistani media has been warned by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan to immediately stop praising India’s cricket legend Sachin... read more »

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EU threatens to freeze data sharing with US

EU disappointed at Japan’s new emission target!

Warsaw – The European Union has expressed disappoi! ntment at Japan’s new greenhouse gas emission reduction target announced Friday, Xinhua reported. Tokyo said it would cut its carbon... read more »

South Korea mourns Nelson Mandela's death

DPRK slams S. Korean president as “maniac...

PYONGYANG – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday blasted South Korean President Park Geun-hye for her recent... read more »

EU to build economic, political partnership with Myanma...

Yangon – The European Union (EU) has vowed to build economic and political partnership with Myanmar and cooperate in areas of establishing industries and... read more »

Scottish parliament passes independence referendum bill

Edinburg – The Scottish parliament Thursday passed a bill to allow the people of Scotland to choose whether Scotland should be an independent... read more »

Mixed reactions to Kevin Rudd’s retirement from politic...

Sydney – Former Australian Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has wound up his 15-years of political career today, while his friends and opponents remain... read more »

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North America

Obama defends Iranian nuclear deal against 'tough talk and bluster'

US-Iran nuke dispute might end in six months, says Obama

Islamabad – President Barack Obama has said that the United States could diplomatically resolve its nuclear dispute with Iran in the next six months. Obama also made a personal appeal to... read more »

US can access Britons’ personal data under s...

London – The US National Security Agency has stored the personal electronic data of British citizens under a secret deal with London, according... read more »

Kerry, Karzai reach pact on U.S. troop stay beyond 2014

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said that he and Afghan President Hamid Karzai had agreed on the terms of the bilateral security agreement (BSA) to... read more »

US Congressman Trey Radel arrested for cocaine possessi...

US Congressman Radel arrested for cocaine possession

Washington – First-term US congressman Trey Radel of Florida has been arrested for possession of cocaine, court documents showed on Tuesday. A form filed... read more »

End self-inflicted fiscal pain, says Obama

Washington – US President Barack Obama called for bipartisan efforts to end self-inflicted fiscal pain in the nation, like the government shutdown that... read more »

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