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Live updates: Venezuelan leader Maduro pleads not guilty at federal arraign...

Live updates: Venezuelan leader Maduro pleads not guilty at federal arraignment **Former Venezuelan President Maduro Denies US Drug Trafficking Allegations in Court Appearance** Washington D.C. – Nicolás Maduro, the former president of Venezuela, entered a plea of not guilty during his... read more »

GOP Sen. Rand Paul: Venezuela strikes we...

GOP Sen. Rand Paul: Venezuela strikes were unconstitutional

GOP Sen. Rand Paul: Venezuela strikes were unconstitutional Here’s the rewritten news article: **Senator Paul Challenges Legality of U.S. Military Action in Venezuela** Washington D.C. – Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has publicly questioned the constitutionality of recent United States military... read more »

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World News in Brief: Escalating violence in Sudan, civilian danger grows in...

World News in Brief: Escalating violence in Sudan, civilian danger grows in Ukraine, Ethiopia aid cuts **Title: Humanitarian Crisis Deepens in Sudan Amidst Intensified Conflict** The humanitarian situation in Sudan is deteriorating rapidly as escalating violence continues to engulf the Darfur and... read more »

UN chief deeply concerned over possible ...

UN chief deeply concerned over possible intensification of instability in V...

UN chief deeply concerned over possible intensification of instability in Venezuela **UN Secretary-General Urges Restraint Amidst Rising Tensions in Venezuela** United Nations, New York – The United Nations Secretary-General addressed the Security Council on Monday, expressing grave concerns over... read more »

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

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 said. Blasts were heard at about 9:30 a.m. today... 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... 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 »

Chinese city, university ban Christmas celebrations

History behind common Christmas traditions revealed

BEIJING: A Chinese city, which earlier saw demolition of portions of churches, has banned Christmas celebrations. Joining the move is a university in Xian,... read more »

Tsunami anniversary: Rebuilding lives in Aceh

At first glance, Rina looks like any other 14-year-old Indonesian girl. Shy and cherubic, she’s yet to lose the child-like innocence that comes with the... read more »

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Israel kills Palestinian teen in escalating West Bank arrest raid...

HEBRON, West Bank: Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Friday and arrested 25 people, pursuing a weeklong crackdown against Islamist militants and house-to-house... 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... 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 »

Nine Boko Haram fighters killed in Nigeria

ABUJA: The Nigerian military Monday confirmed it killed nine Boko Haram fighters in the northeastern Borno state. “Patrol troops have successfully... read more »

Is Iran jailing Facebook users for anti-govt posts?

TEHRAN: An Iranian court has sentenced eight people to jail terms ranging from seven to 20 years for crimes including anti-regime propaganda posted on... 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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Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wins re-election

Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wins re-election

Washington – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie won re-election by a crushing margin on Tuesday, a victory seen boosting his widely expected presidential bid in 2016. As polls closed, Christie,... read more »

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

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

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

For Edward Snowden, no clemency: Top US lawmakers

U.S. spied on Netherlands from 1946 to 1968: Snowden documents

Washington – Senior American lawmakers said today that intelligence leaker Edward Snowden should not be given clemency by the United States following his... read more »

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Swiss launch criminal investigation over deadly fire at ski resort bar

Swiss launch criminal investigation over deadly fire at ski resort bar **Swiss Authorities Initiate Criminal Probe into Fatal Ski Resort Fire** Zermatt, Switzerland – Swiss authorities... read more »

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Act of war: Expert rejects Trump rationale for Venezuela attack

Act of war: Expert rejects Trump rationale for Venezuela attack **Legal Scholar Condemns U.S. Policy on Venezuela as Unlawful Intervention** A prominent legal scholar has voiced strong... read more »

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What are the implications of US capture of Nicolas Maduro?

What are the implications of US capture of Nicolas Maduro? **U.S. Forces Apprehend Venezuelan President, Heightening Regional Instability** In a stunning development that has sent... read more »

LIVE: Venezuelas Maduro arrives in New York after capture

LIVE: Venezuelas Maduro arrives in New York after capture **U.S. Forces Apprehend Venezuelan President Maduro Following Military Intervention** New York, NY – In a dramatic escalation of... read more »

How the military operation to capture Maduro unfolded

How the military operation to capture Maduro unfolded **Title: Anatomy of a Botched Operation: Unraveling the Attempt to Oust Maduro** A clandestine operation aimed at removing Venezuelan President... read more »