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Arming an adversary: Why Trumps offer to sell China weapons belies US polic...

Arming an adversary: Why Trumps offer to sell China weapons belies US policy **Ex-President’s Overture to Beijing Sparks Strategic Debate** **Washington D.C.** – A recent, albeit hypothetical, offer by former President Donald Trump to sell advanced weaponry to China has ignited a firestorm... read more »

168 hours on the dance floor: Nigerian d...

168 hours on the dance floor: Nigerian dancer chases Guinness World Record

168 hours on the dance floor: Nigerian dancer chases Guinness World Record **Nigerian Artist Embarks on Ambitious Dance Marathon to Shatter World Record** **Lagos, Nigeria** – In a feat of extraordinary endurance and dedication, Nigerian dancer Benjamin Daniel Gabriel is currently undertaking an... read more »

Russia strike sets National Academy of S...

Russia strike sets National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine ablaze

Russia strike sets National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine ablaze **Devastating Drone Strike Engulfs Kyiv’s National Academy of Sciences in Flames** Kyiv, Ukraine – A devastating Russian drone attack has inflicted significant damage upon a cornerstone of Ukrainian intellectual life,... read more »

Paris court finds Swiftair guilty over 2...

Paris court finds Swiftair guilty over 2014 Mali crash that killed 116

Paris court finds Swiftair guilty over 2014 Mali crash that killed 116 **Swiftair Penalized in France Over 2014 Mali Air Disaster** A French court has imposed a significant fine on Spanish airline Swiftair in connection with the tragic 2014 crash of an Air Algerie flight in Mali, which resulted in... read more »

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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 reported. The man, identified as a rich... read more »

Father of pilot captured by ISIS pleads for releas...

AMMAN (Jordan): The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State militants in Syria has pleaded for his son’s release. Safi Yousef... 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 »

Pakistan was warned about Peshawar school attack in Aug...

Peshawar: Government departments in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were warned of an imminent attack on the Army Public School months before the... read more »

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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 Facebook, an opposition website has said.... read more »

Iran reports its first death from MERS virus

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s official news agency is reporting the Islamic Republic has suffered its first fatality from the Middle Eastern respiratory... read more »

Egypt’s Sisi sweeps to victory in presidential vo...

CAIRO: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled Egypt’s first freely elected leader, swept to victory in a presidential election, provisional... read more »

Iran denies Facebook CEO summoned to court

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg faces IPO lawsuit over misleading investors

TEHRAN: An Iranian prosecutor has denied reports that a local judge ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court to answer complaints by... read more »

In pointed moves, Pope prays at Bethlehem wall, invites...

BETHLEHEM (West Bank): Pope Francis made a surprise stop on Sunday at the wall Palestinians abhor as a symbol of Israeli oppression, and later invited... read more »

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UN chief hails conclusion of Maldives presidential poll

United Nations – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the conclusion of the Maldives presidential election run-off, hoping the new government will “engage the oppositio! n in a... read more »

Pakistan formally begins high treason trial of Mus...

Islamabad – Pakistan Sunday announced to have formally started high treason proceedings against the former president Pervez Musharraf and will... read more »

Khaleda Zia’s son acquitted of money laundering

Dhaka – A Bangladeshi court here Sunday acquitted former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s elde! st son Tarique Rahman of money laundering charge while... read more »

20 held for showing ballot slip in Maldives

Male – More than 20 people were arrested Saturday in the Maldives for showing their ballot slips after casting their vote in the presidential run-off, a... read more »

Maldives election results Sunday

Maldives gets tough on illegal migrant workers

Male – Maldives Elections Commissioner Fuad Thoufeek has said the final results of the presidential run-off will be announced Sunday, a media report... read more »

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‘Europe’s spies work together on mass surveillance...

London – Spy agencies across Western Europe are working together on mass surveillance of Internet and phone traffic comparable to programs run by their US counterpart denounced by European... read more »

Germany makes third gender official

London – Parents in Germany will now have the choice to leave out the gender of their new baby on the registration form owing to a brand new... read more »

Fatal shooting near Athens Golden Dawn office

At least two men have been shot dead in a drive-by shooting outside Greece’s Golden Dawn party office in Athens, police said. Two attackers on a... read more »

Russia to help Greece tackle crisis: Lavrov

Athens – Russia has said it will support Greece’s efforts in overcoming the current economic crisis through further development of bilateral... read more »

Hollande most unpopular French president

Paris – A new opinion poll has revealed that Francois Hollande has become France’s most unpopular president on record, Press TV reported... read more »

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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 country would continue its cooperation... read more »

U.S. spied on Netherlands from 1946 to 1968: Snowden documents

For Edward Snowden, no clemency: Top US lawmakers

Washington – Senior American lawmakers said today that intelligence leaker Edward Snowden should not be given clemency by the United States... read more »

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 »

1 killed, 2 wounded in Los Angeles Airport shooting

Washington – A gunman shot and killed a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) worker at Los Angeles International Airport Friday before himself... read more »

Obama `never considered` replacing Biden with Clinton

Washington – President Barack Obama had “never considered” replacing Vice President Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton during 2012 election... read more »

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