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Russia maintains election ban on opposition Yabloko, jails deputy head

Russia maintains election ban on opposition Yabloko, jails deputy head ## Russian Judiciary Upholds Ban on Yabloko Party Ahead of Parliamentary Elections **Moscow, Russia** – Russia’s Supreme Court has definitively upheld a ban on the opposition political party Yabloko, barring it from... read more »

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Travellers can bag 'free premium hotel room upgrade' during this ...

Travellers can bag 'free premium hotel room upgrade' during this 90-minute window **Strategic Check-In: Unlocking Potential Hotel Room Upgrades** A common misconception among travelers is that immediate check-in upon arrival at a hotel guarantees the best room. However, emerging insights... read more »

Ebola outbreak passes grim milestone to ...

Ebola outbreak passes grim milestone to become deadliest in country's ...

Ebola outbreak passes grim milestone to become deadliest in country's history ### DRC Ebola Outbreak Becomes Deadliest on Record Amidst Widespread Transmission **Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo –** The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is currently grappling with an Ebola virus... read more »

Trump threatens to 'bomb the s***&#...

Trump threatens to 'bomb the s***' out of Oman if it 'gets i...

Trump threatens to 'bomb the s***' out of Oman if it 'gets in our way' ## Diplomatic Tensions Rise as Trump Issues Stark Warning to Oman **Washington D.C.** – In a development that has sent ripples through diplomatic circles, former President Donald Trump has issued a strong... read more »

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Car bomb kills 37 at Yemen police academy

SANAA: A car bomb tore through dozens of Yemenis lined up at a police academy in Sanaa Wednesday, leaving 37 dead in the latest attack to highlight the country’s growing instability. Police... read more »

Live: Sri Lanka votes in tightest election in deca...

Sri Lankans began voting on Thursday in a tightly fought presidential election, with incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse seeking a record third term in... read more »

Syria conflict: 76,000 die in deadliest year – ac...

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... read more »

Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa regime losing its grip

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

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... 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 »

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

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 a Sunni insurgency that has swept much... read more »

Israel kills Palestinian teen in escalating West B...

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

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 »

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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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US can access Britons' personal data under secret deal

Snowden leaks have helped Britain’s enemies: MI6 chief

London – The intelligence leaks from US analyst Edward Snowden have left Britain’s enemies “rubbing their hands with glee”, the head of the MI6 spy agency said on... read more »

Obama says sorry to Americans dropped by insurers

Obama says sorry to Americans dropped by insurers

Washington – President Barack Obama has for the first time offered an apology to Americans who are losing health insurance plans he repeatedly... read more »

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... read more »

Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wins re-e...

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... 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 »

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Indonesia earthquake – live: At least 20 dead as huge 7.7 quake rocks tourist spot

Indonesia earthquake – live: At least 20 dead as huge 7.7 quake rocks tourist spot ### Powerful Earthquake Strikes Indonesian Archipelago, Causing Widespread Damage and Fatalities **A... read more »

Major Earthquake Hits Eastern Indonesia, Causing Deaths and Damage

A powerful magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s eastern Flores region on Friday, triggering an initial tsunami warning and causing significant damage and... read more »

Washington - While it is widely believed that money can not buy love, a new study has suggested that it can buy you happiness but only up to a ‘sweet spot’ of 36,000 dollars GDP per person. A new analysis led by economists Eugenio Proto in the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy at the University of Warwick and Aldo Rustichini, from University of MInnesota found that as expected, for the poorest countries life satisfaction rises as a country’s wealth increases as people are able to meet their basic needs. However, the new surprise finding is that once income reaches a certain level – around 36,000 dollars, adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) - life satisfaction levels peaks, after which it appears to dip slightly in the very rich countries. The researchers found suggestive evidence that this happiness dip in the wealthiest countries is because more money creates higher aspirations, leading to disappointment and a drop in life satisfaction if those aspirations are not met. The study was published in journal PLOS ONE.

Analysis: Israels government cant disown West Bank settler violence

Analysis: Israels government cant disown West Bank settler violence ### West Bank Tensions Escalate: Settler Violence Raises Concerns Over Annexation and Displacement **Jerusalem, [Date]**... read more »

Liverpool to sell minority stake to consortium including Jeff Bezos

Liverpool to sell minority stake to consortium including Jeff Bezos ## Liverpool Football Club Nears Strategic Investment from Bezos-Backed Consortium **Liverpool, England** – Liverpool... read more »

British cyclist Finlay Tarling dies in Tour of Portugal crash age...

British cyclist Finlay Tarling dies in Tour of Portugal crash aged 19 **Tragic Loss: Young Cyclist Finlay Tarling Dies After Tour of Portugal Incident** A promising young British cyclist, Finlay... read more »