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Last Native American WWII D-Day vet Charles Shay dies at 101

Last Native American WWII D-Day vet Charles Shay dies at 101 ## Nation Mourns Loss of Charles Shay, Penobscot D-Day Veteran, at 101 France – The passing of Charles Norman Shay, a decorated World War II veteran and the last known Native American to have participated in the D-Day landings, has been... read more »

Miracle endangered white lion cubs born ...

Miracle endangered white lion cubs born weeks before Christmas

Miracle endangered white lion cubs born weeks before Christmas ## Rare White Lion Cubs Offer Hope for Endangered Species in Venezuela **Caracas, Venezuela** – A glimmer of hope has emerged for the endangered white lion population with the recent birth of two cubs at a zoological park in... read more »

Sick satanic neo-Nazi group linked to ho...

Sick satanic neo-Nazi group linked to horror crimes in the UK

Sick satanic neo-Nazi group linked to horror crimes in the UK ## Concerns Mount Over Alleged Criminal Activities Linked to Esoteric Neo-Nazi Group **London, UK** – Security agencies and extremism researchers are increasingly focused on the alleged activities of the Order of Nine Angles (O9A), an... read more »

Ukraine peace talks fail as two killed i...

Ukraine peace talks fail as two killed in overnight missile strikes

Ukraine peace talks fail as two killed in overnight missile strikes **Diplomatic Efforts Stall as Renewed Hostilities Erupt Between Ukraine and Russia** Kyiv, Ukraine – Hopes for a de-escalation of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia have been dashed following the breakdown of high-level... read more »

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Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tamil issue: President Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa regime losing its grip

Delhi: Casino mogul James Packer must wish he could vote in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections next Thursday. Not only is the main challenger Maithripala Sirisena threatening incumbent... read more »

Chinese react to stampede deaths: Thought this hap...

China on Friday mourned the 36 dead from New Year festivities at its financial capital Shanghai, as the city government revealed the victims of the... read more »

Explosion in Auto-Parts Plant in China Kills 17, Xinhua...

An explosion at an auto-parts factory in southern China’s Guangdong province killed 17 people and injured 20 others, the official Xinhua News Agency... read more »

Chinese man jailed for 13 years for eating tigers

BEIJING – A Chinese man has been jailed for 13 years for buying and eating endangered tigers and making wine made out of their blood, state media... read more »

Father of pilot captured by ISIS pleads for release

AMMAN (Jordan): The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State militants in Syria has pleaded for his son’s release. Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh,... read more »

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As Iraq burns, world feels the heat

This is largely a battle between the three major groups of people in Iraq — Shias, Sunnis and Kurds. Shias and Sunnis are Islam’s major sects. Kurds are Sunnis but they’re a different... read more »

US military deploys assessment teams in Iraq

WASHINGTON: The US military began deploying assessment teams in Baghdad on Tuesday to evaluate the state of Iraqi security forces and decide how to... read more »

Kerry in Kurdistan to urge leaders to be part of nation...

US Secretary of State John Kerry struggles to keep Middle East peace talks on track

ARBIL: US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday to urge its leaders not to withdraw from the political process in Baghdad after their... read more »

John Kerry lands in Baghdad to press Iraqi leaders as i...

BAGHDAD: US secretary of state John Kerry landed in Baghdad on Monday to press Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to form a more inclusive government in response to... read more »

Israel kills Palestinian teen in escalating West Bank a...

HEBRON, West Bank: Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Friday and arrested 25 people, pursuing a weeklong crackdown... read more »

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Now, Osama doc Shakeel Afridi booked in murder case for unauthorized surgery

Now, Osama doc Shakeel Afridi booked in murder case for unauthori...

Islamabad – Pakistan’s Khyber Agency has registered a murder case against Dr Shakeel Afridi, who helped U.S. in tracking slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden to his hideout in Abbottabad,... read more »

Sri Lankan president calls for national unity

Sri Lankan president calls for national unity

Colombo – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called for national unity to defeat any attempt to destabilise the country. Speaking in... read more »

NATO can’t slow down given complex threats

NATO can't slow down given complex threats

Budapest – Given the complex threats of terrorism, wea! pons of mass destruction and cyber warfare, NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Alexander... read more »

Nawaz Sharif assures Afghan negotiators help in peace

Nawaz Sharif assures Afghan negotiators help in peace

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has assured the visiting Afghan High Peace Council President that his government will fully back the... read more »

Pak FIA fails to collect `concrete evidence` against Mu...

Pak FIA fails to collect `concrete evidence` against Musharraf in high treason case

Islamabad – The Pakistan Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) inquiry committee has failed to collect concrete evidence against former President... read more »

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Berlin summons British ambassador over spying report

Berlin summons British ambassador over spying report

Berlin – German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle Tuesday summoned the British ambassador over claims of spying by the British embassy here. German officials told ambassador Simon McDonald... read more »

UK cabinet banned from using iPads in `sensitive` meetings over `bugging` fears

UK cabinet banned from using iPads in `sensitive` ...

London – British cabinet ministers have reportedly been banned from using iPads during top government meetings over fears that Chinese,... read more »

Five arrested over French journalists’ slayings i...

Five arrested over French journalists' slayings in Mali

Bamako – Police have arrested five people in northern Mali for the murder of two French journalists, Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, France’s... read more »

UK to scrap `paid-visa` rule for `high-risk` Indians

UK to scrap `paid-visa` rule for `high-risk` Indians

Tokyo – The UK is reportedly planning to scrap the recommendation of demanding cash bond of 4,800 dollars from visitors belonging to six ‘high-risk’... read more »

World War II bomb defused in German city

World War II bomb defused in German city

Berlin – Bomb experts defused a 1,800-kg bomb from World War II Sunday in the western German city of Dortmund after officials evacuated 20,000... read more »

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Modest relief for Iran if it halts activity: Obama

Modest relief for Iran if it halts activity: Obama

Washington – President Barack Obama has said that if Iran halts advances and reverses parts of its nuclear program, the United States would offer “modest relief” to ease the... read more »

Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wins re-election

Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wins...

Washington – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie won re-election by a crushing margin on Tuesday, a victory seen boosting his widely expected... read more »

Merkel insists German-U.S. ties should not be put at ri...

Merkel insists German-U.S. ties should not be put at risk

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday stressed the importance of the German-U.S. alliance, adding that an ongoing debate on whether to grant... read more »

Multiple gun fired outside Garden State Plaza in New Je...

Multiple gun fired outside Garden State Plaza in New Jersey shopping centre .

A shopping centre in the US state of New Jersey has been evacuated after multiple shots were heard, with some people locked down inside stores. Some witnesses... read more »

US to continue support Egypt’s regime: Kerry

US to continue support Egypt's regime: Kerry

Cairo – US Secretary of State John Kerry, during his first visit to Egypt since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, confirmed Sunday that his... read more »

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LIVE: Israeli forces continue demolition, destruction around Gaza City ## Demolitions Reported in Central Gaza Amidst Ongoing Conflict **Gaza City –** Reports are emerging from central... read more »

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