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Chilling first signs of war with Russia ...

Chilling first signs of war with Russia – loss of phone signal and ca...

Chilling first signs of war with Russia – loss of phone signal and card failure ## Digital Infrastructure Under Threat: Experts Warn of New Era of Warfare The interconnected nature of modern society has fundamentally altered the landscape of international conflict, prompting growing concerns... read more »

Afghans Olympic hope for Taliban dialogu...

Afghans Olympic hope for Taliban dialogue to prompt womens rights U-turn

Afghans Olympic hope for Taliban dialogue to prompt womens rights U-turn ## Olympic Official Voices Optimism for Dialogue on Women’s Rights in Afghanistan Despite ongoing restrictions on girls’ education and participation in sports in Afghanistan, a prominent member of the International... read more »

Newly released video shows Israeli capti...

Newly released video shows Israeli captives inside Gaza tunnel

Newly released video shows Israeli captives inside Gaza tunnel **Video Purportedly Depicts Israeli Hostages in Gaza Prior to Death** A newly surfaced video, circulating widely in Israeli media outlets, is alleged to show six Israeli citizens held captive within a tunnel network in the Gaza Strip... read more »

Eight wars ended? Whats happened to Trum...

Eight wars ended? Whats happened to Trumps peace deals

Eight wars ended? Whats happened to Trumps peace deals ## Evaluating Claims of Peacemaking: A Critical Look at the Trump Administration’s Foreign Policy Legacy Washington D.C. – The legacy of the Trump administration’s foreign policy continues to be debated, particularly concerning claims... read more »

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South Africa against trial of sitting leaders

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 for 6 months

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...

Gaddafi's son demands trail in Zintan, not Tripoli

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

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

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 community, not terrorists

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

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...

Man jailed 5 years in China for flight bomb hoaxes

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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Hasina asks Zia to come down to streets

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...

US criticizes Pak over murder charges against Osama doc Shakil Afridi

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...

Imran Khan wants CIA's Pak chief charged with `murder` over drone strike

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

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...

EU to build economic, political partnership with Myanmar

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

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...

Mixed reactions to Kevin Rudd’s retirement from politics

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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Population of homeless people in NY City and LA has increased by 27 percent

Population of homeless people in NY City and LA has increased by ...

Federal statistics from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) annual survey of over 3,000 cities and counties show the number of people living in emergency shelters and on... read more »

Kerry blames Muslim Brotherhood for 'stealing’ Egypt revolution

Kerry blames Muslim Brotherhood for ‘stealin...

Washington – Secretary of State John Kerry has accused Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood of having ‘stolen’ the revolution that toppled longtime... read more »

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

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

Islamabad – President Barack Obama has said that the United States could diplomatically resolve its nuclear dispute with Iran in the next six... read more »

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

US can access Britons' personal data under secret deal

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

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

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 »

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Scientists 'confirm' existence of hidden megastructures beneath Egypts Giza pyra...

Scientists 'confirm' existence of hidden megastructures beneath Egypts Giza pyramids A radar engineer said he has found compelling evidence to support claims around a vast... read more »

Brit family's joy as Albert Douglas jailed in Dubai over debts that were not his to b...

Brit family's joy as Albert Douglas jailed in Dubai over debts that were not his to be released Albert Douglas has spent six years in a series of high-security jails where he was... read more »

Honduras holds general elections amid tight security

Honduran election authorities resume vote tallies amid allegations of fraud

Honduran election authorities resume vote tallies amid allegations of fraud Central American nation on edge after voting plagued by fraud claims and a recent history of contested... read more »

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Waymo runs into safety concerns and competition as it expands in the US

Waymo runs into safety concerns and competition as it expands in the US A stellar safety record let Waymo expand, but recent accidents and competition from Zoox have raised concerns. This... read more »

US tariffs ruin education dreams for children in Indias diamond h...

US tariffs ruin education dreams for children in Indias diamond hub For decades, India's diamond industry offered workers a way to a better income and life for their families. Not anymore. This... read more »