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Shein under investigation over alleged illegal products and addictive desig...

Shein under investigation over alleged illegal products and addictive design ## Fast Fashion Giant Faces Scrutiny Over Alleged Prohibited Goods and Manipulative Design Practices **Global online fashion retailer Shein is currently the subject of a comprehensive investigation by regulatory... read more »

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Terrifying moment massive great white shark prompts helicopter to rescue di...

Terrifying moment massive great white shark prompts helicopter to rescue divers **Encounter with Apex Predator: Divers Safely Evacuated After Close Call with Great White Shark** A recent underwater excursion took a dramatic turn when a pair of divers encountered a formidable great white shark in... read more »

Israel attacks Gaza Again
Gaza aid figures

Gaza aid figures

Gaza aid figures ## Discrepancy Emerges Over Gaza Aid Delivery Volume **Washington D.C.** – A significant disparity has surfaced regarding the reported volume of humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip, prompting scrutiny of official figures. While a high-ranking United States diplomat recently... read more »

Australia refuses to repatriate ISIL rel...

Australia refuses to repatriate ISIL relatives from Syrian camp

Australia refuses to repatriate ISIL relatives from Syrian camp **Canberra Maintains Stance on Repatriation of Australian Citizens from Syrian Camps** **Canberra, Australia** – The Australian government has reiterated its firm position against the repatriation of 34 women and children with... read more »

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Chinese react to stampede deaths: Thought this happened only in I...

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 stampede were mainly young women. Among the... read more »

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

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

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 »

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Middle East

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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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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Europes growing fight over Israeli goods: Boycott movements mushroom ## European Nations Grapple with Rising Calls for Boycotts of Israeli Products **Across Europe, a complex and... read more »

Indonesias Gaza gamble

Indonesias Gaza gamble ### Jakarta Considers Gaza Deployment, Navigating Diplomatic Tightrope **Jakarta, Indonesia –** Indonesia is reportedly contemplating a significant deployment of... read more »

Maharashtra ATS conducts searches in two districts

Maharashtra ATS conducts searches in two districts ## Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad Intensifies Operations with Raids in Yavatmal District **Mumbai, India** – The Maharashtra... read more »

Six from Haryana held for cheating in GATE

Six from Haryana held for cheating in GATE ## Six Apprehended in Haryana Over Alleged GATE Examination Malpractice **Chandigarh, India** – Authorities in Haryana have apprehended six... read more »

Cotton farmers oppose Goyals U.S. import remarks, warn of price c...

Cotton farmers oppose Goyals U.S. import remarks, warn of price crash **Domestic Cotton Sector Faces Uproar Over Proposed U.S. Import Policy** A significant wave of opposition is building within... read more »