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Israel launches raid in Lebanon searchin...

Israel launches raid in Lebanon searching for missing pilot

Israel launches raid in Lebanon searching for missing pilot ### **Israeli Operation in Lebanon Targets Decades-Old Pilot Disappearance** **Beirut, Lebanon –** An Israeli military operation conducted within Lebanese territory in recent days has focused on a complex and emotionally charged... read more »

When will the war end? President Trump s...

When will the war end? President Trump says 4-6 weeks, but it could be much...

When will the war end? President Trump says 4-6 weeks, but it could be much longer ### Regional Tensions Escalate: Experts Foresee Prolonged Conflict in Iran The ongoing conflict in Iran, initially anticipated to be of a more contained duration, is now projected by analysts to extend significantly... read more »

Emirates suspends all Dubai airports as ...

Emirates suspends all Dubai airports as travellers warned 'do not go t...

Emirates suspends all Dubai airports as travellers warned 'do not go to airport' **Disruption Grips Dubai Aviation as Emirates Halts Operations** **Dubai, UAE – [Date]** – A significant operational halt has been imposed on all Emirates flights departing from Dubai International... read more »

Petrol and diesel prices surge in seven ...

Petrol and diesel prices surge in seven days to hit new high

Petrol and diesel prices surge in seven days to hit new high ## Fuel Prices Reach Unprecedented Levels Amidst Consumer Frenzy **National drivers are grappling with a significant escalation in petrol and diesel costs, with prices hitting record highs over the past week. This sharp increase has... 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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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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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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Forcibly displaced Lebanese seek food, clothing, and comfort in shelters

Forcibly displaced Lebanese seek food, clothing, and comfort in shelters ## Lebanon’s Displaced: A Nation Rallies Amidst Humanitarian Crisis **Beirut, Lebanon –** The echoes of... read more »

Iran war: What is happening on day seven of US-Israel attacks?

Iran war: What is happening on day seven of US-Israel attacks? **Escalating Tensions Mark Seventh Day of Intensified Middle East Operations** **[City, Date]** – The Middle East is... read more »

Donald Trump boasts Cuba government 'is about to fall' and it is all his doing

Donald Trump boasts Cuba government 'is about to fall' and it is all his doing ## Cuba Plunged into Darkness Amidst Political Rhetoric **Havana, Cuba –** A widespread power... read more »

Map shows what happens if British cities nuked as global chaos continues

Map shows what happens if British cities nuked as global chaos continues ## Nuclear Strike Scenarios: Visualizing the Devastation on British Urban Centers **London, UK –** In an era... read more »

'We were on holiday with our son – now we're hole...

'We were on holiday with our son – now we're holed up in a Dubai hotel with no windows' **Dubai Holiday Disrupted by Unforeseen Security Concerns** A family holiday in Dubai has... read more »