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Toddler dies of heatstroke after being 'left in car' in scorching...

Toddler dies of heatstroke after being 'left in car' in scorching Canary Islands **Tragic Loss: Toddler Succumbs to Heatstroke in Gran Canaria** A devastating incident has shaken the Canary Islands, with a 20-month-old boy losing his life due to suspected heatstroke after being left... read more »

Man accused of killing Brit woman and st...

Man accused of killing Brit woman and stuffing body in suitcase is professi...

Man accused of killing Brit woman and stuffing body in suitcase is professional boxer **Alleged Murder Suspect in Greece Identified as Professional Boxer** A Greek national, identified as 26-year-old Sharif Ahmadzai, has been formally accused in connection with the death of a British woman whose... read more »

Chilling CCTV shows man wheeling suitcas...

Chilling CCTV shows man wheeling suitcase through Athens containing 'b...

Chilling CCTV shows man wheeling suitcase through Athens containing 'body of British woman' **Athens Authorities Investigate Disturbing CCTV Footage of Man with Suitcase** **Athens, Greece** – Law enforcement officials in Athens are reportedly examining a series of chilling security... read more »

Republicans say they will back Blanche a...

Republicans say they will back Blanche after US Justice Department order

Republicans say they will back Blanche after US Justice Department order ### Senate Stalemate Eased as Key Republicans Signal Support Following Fund Cancellation **Washington D.C.** – A significant hurdle in the legislative process has been cleared as two prominent Republican senators have... read more »

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Syria conflict: 76,000 die in deadliest year – activists

The year 2014 was the deadliest year yet in Syria’s four-year conflict, with over 76,000 killed, activists say. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 17,790 of the dead were... read more »

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... read more »

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

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 deadly... 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 »

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

Kerry in Kurdistan to urge leaders to be part of national govt

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 forces took control of the northern oil... read more »

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

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... 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 »

Militants launch attack on north Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say militants have launched an attack on a Sunni-dominated city north of Baghdad, killing seven members of the security forces and... read more »

Iraq attacks and shelling kill 35

BAGHDAD: Violence across Iraq, including shelling of the conflict-hit city of Fallujah, killed 35 people today, as politicians haggle over forming a new... read more »

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Afghanistan grand assembly opens to discuss pact with US

Afghanistan grand assembly opens to discuss pact with US

Kabul – Afghanistan’s traditional Loya Jirga or grand assembly of tribal chieftains, notable people and government functionaries opened here Thursday to discuss the security pact known as... read more »

Six killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

Six killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

Islamabad – At least six people were killed when US drones fired missiles at! a seminary in Pakistan’s northwest Hangu district Thursday... read more »

Prachanda loses key election in Kathmandu

Prachanda to visit India to meet ailing daughter

Kathmandu – Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda, former prime minister and chairman of the once-powerful Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M),... read more »

NC, UML lead in Nepal polls, Maoists lag far behind

NC, UML lead in Nepal polls, Maoists lag far behind

Kathmandu – Initial results of Nepal’s second Constituent Assembly elections indicate that the country’s traditional political forces like... read more »

Prachanda loses in Nepal Constituent Assembly election

Prachanda loses in Nepal Constituent Assembly election

The leader of Nepal’s Maoist party, who appears to have lost in this week’s national election, demanded on Thursday that the vote counting be stopped... 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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Naples earthquake recap: Italy struck by 4.7 magnitude quake as rocks crush cars

Naples earthquake recap: Italy struck by 4.7 magnitude quake as rocks crush cars ## Naples Jolted by Significant Seismic Event, Causing Minor Damage and Widespread Concern **NAPLES, ITALY**... read more »

Moscow explosion: Three dead and 21 injured after bomb detonates at busy restaurant

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Tourist plane crashes in Peru killing all 13 people onboard as Aerodiana airline breaks si...

Tourist plane crashes in Peru killing all 13 people onboard as Aerodiana airline breaks silence **Tragic Loss of Life in Nazca Air Disaster** A commercial flight operated by Aerodiana has... read more »

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New York Times reveals Trump administration subpoena over North K...

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