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Iran sends conflicting signals on its mi...

Iran sends conflicting signals on its missiles as Israeli concerns rise

Iran sends conflicting signals on its missiles as Israeli concerns rise ## U.S. and Israel to Sharpen Focus on Iranian Missile Development Amid Heightened Regional Tensions Washington D.C. – The burgeoning ballistic missile program of Iran is expected to dominate discussions between U.S.... read more »

Moment snow-covered Mount Etna erupts sp...

Moment snow-covered Mount Etna erupts spewing lava and ash

Moment snow-covered Mount Etna erupts spewing lava and ash ## Etna Erupts Amidst Winter Season, Skiers Unfazed **Catania, Italy** – Mount Etna, Europe’s largest and most active volcano, delivered a spectacular display of volcanic activity this week, spewing lava and ash into the... read more »

Mexicos Interoceanic Train derails leavi...

Mexicos Interoceanic Train derails leaving at least 13 people dead and almo...

Mexicos Interoceanic Train derails leaving at least 13 people dead and almost 100 injured ## Derailment on Mexico’s Interoceanic Railway Leaves Casualties, Disrupts Key Trade Route **Asuncion Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico** – A significant derailment on the Interoceanic Railway, a crucial... read more »

North Korea launch long-range missiles t...

North Korea launch long-range missiles that give Kim Jong Un 'great sa...

North Korea launch long-range missiles that give Kim Jong Un 'great satisfaction' ## North Korea Conducts Long-Range Cruise Missile Test Amid Regional Tensions **Seoul, South Korea** – North Korea has confirmed the successful launch of long-range cruise missiles, asserting the action as... 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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UK cabinet banned from using iPads in `sensitive` meetings over `bugging` fears

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

London – British cabinet ministers have reportedly been banned from using iPads during top government meetings over fears that Chinese, Russian, Iranian and Pakistani spies may have bugged... read more »

Five arrested over French journalists' slayings in Mali

Five arrested over French journalists’ slayi...

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

Proposed Controversial 3000-pound ‘security bond&...

The controversial 3,000-pound “security bond” for some “high-risk” foreign visitors to the U.K., including those from India, is to be scrapped, the... read more »

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

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 Edward Snowden asylum must not hamper... read more »

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

Multiple gun fired outside Garden State Plaza in N...

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... 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 »

John Kerry arrives in Middle East to fix ties

John Kerry arrives in Middle East to fix ties

London – US Secretary of State John Kerry has reportedly arrived in the Middle East to repair ties with the nation’s long-standing ally. The US... read more »

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Key Bolsonaro ally arrested in Paraguay while trying to flee to El Salvador

Key Bolsonaro ally arrested in Paraguay while trying to flee to El Salvador **Former Brazilian Law Enforcement Official Apprehended in Paraguay on Forgery Charges** Asunción, Paraguay –... read more »

Sudan 'killing field' massacre

UN renews Sudan ceasefire appeal over unimaginable suffering of civilians

UN renews Sudan ceasefire appeal over unimaginable suffering of civilians ## UN Secretary-General Urges Immediate Ceasefire in Sudan Amid Escalating Humanitarian Crisis **New York, NY** –... read more »

Turkiye holds military ceremony for Libyan army chief killed in crash

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Millions of Afghans face hunger as aid cuts deepen a humanitarian crisis ## Aid Shortfalls Exacerbate Food Insecurity Crisis for Millions in Afghanistan KABUL – Afghanistan is facing a deepening... read more »