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Climate change presents new threat to Philippines UNESCO rice terraces

Climate change presents new threat to Philippines UNESCO rice terraces ### Ifugao Rice Terraces Face Escalating Climate Peril Amidst Resource Constraints The iconic rice terraces of the Ifugao province in the Philippines, a UNESCO World Heritage site renowned for their breathtaking beauty and... read more »

Iran warns Ukraine of retaliation after ...

Iran warns Ukraine of retaliation after deadly Caspian Sea strike

Iran warns Ukraine of retaliation after deadly Caspian Sea strike **Iran Vows Retaliation Over Caspian Sea Incident** **Tehran, Iran –** Iran has issued a stern warning to Ukraine, vowing significant retaliation following what it describes as a deliberate and unprovoked attack on an Iranian... read more »

Irans army issues warning ahead of Netan...

Irans army issues warning ahead of Netanyahus US visit

Irans army issues warning ahead of Netanyahus US visit **Tehran Signals De-escalation Amidst Renewed Gulf Tensions** Tehran, Iran – Iran has announced a halt to its retaliatory operations in the Persian Gulf, a move that could signal a potential de-escalation in the volatile region. However,... read more »

Ebola cases top 3,000 – as health ...

Ebola cases top 3,000 – as health workers strike over killer epidemic...

Ebola cases top 3,000 – as health workers strike over killer epidemic that's claimed 1,000 lives ## Escalating Ebola Crisis in DRC Underscored by Surging Case Numbers and Healthcare Worker Disruption **Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo –** The ongoing Ebola epidemic in the... read more »

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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 Maithripala Sirisena threatening incumbent... read more »

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

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... 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 »

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 »

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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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South Asia

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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Europe

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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North America

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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Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine

Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine **Emerging Vape Market Faces Scrutiny Over Novel Chemical Compounds** A new wave of vaping products... read more »

Woman suicide bomber kills at least 13 at Russian station

At least 11 killed in Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv continue to trade attacks

At least 11 killed in Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv continue to trade attacks **Escalating Cross-Border Strikes Leave Dozens Dead in Ukraine and Russia** A series of retaliatory attacks... read more »

'Iran is threatening UK and looking for anyone to lash out at – it could get mu...

'Iran is threatening UK and looking for anyone to lash out at – it could get much worse' **Geopolitical Tensions Rise as Iran-UK Security Concerns Mount** The geopolitical... read more »

New July 24 Foreign Office 'wildfire' alert for parts of France

New July 24 Foreign Office 'wildfire' alert for parts of France ## France Faces Elevated Wildfire Risk as Foreign Office Issues Updated Guidance **London, UK – July 24, 2024**... read more »

Vladimir Putin shamed as home town hit in Ukraine's latest W...

Vladimir Putin shamed as home town hit in Ukraine's latest Wildberries strike **St. Petersburg Facility Targeted in Ukrainian Offensive** **St. Petersburg, Russia** – A significant... read more »

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