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New Year's chaos as Netherlands plu...

New Year's chaos as Netherlands plunged into deadly crime wave leaving...

New Year's chaos as Netherlands plunged into deadly crime wave leaving two dead **New Year Celebrations Marred by Surge in Violent Crime Across the Netherlands** The dawn of the new year in the Netherlands was overshadowed by a series of violent incidents that unfolded across several major... read more »

Heartbreak as parents scour Swiss ski re...

Heartbreak as parents scour Swiss ski resort searching for missing children...

Heartbreak as parents scour Swiss ski resort searching for missing children after fire **Tragedy Strikes Crans-Montana: Fire Claims Lives at Popular Resort** Crans-Montana, Switzerland – A devastating fire has engulfed Le Constellation bar in the popular resort town of Crans-Montana, leaving a... read more »

Crans-Montana fire: Nightclub owners...

Crans-Montana fire: Nightclub owners' links to UK exposed as alarming ...

Crans-Montana fire: Nightclub owners' links to UK exposed as alarming picture emerges **Crans-Montana Nightclub Fire: Investigation Focuses on Ownership Structure and Potential UK Connections** Crans-Montana, Switzerland – An investigation into the recent fire that ravaged the Le... read more »

How far will the latest protests go in I...

How far will the latest protests go in Iran?

How far will the latest protests go in Iran? There have been angry protests across the country against economic hardships. This article was created based on information from various sources and rewritten for clarity and originality. read more »

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Militants kill four polio workers in Pakistan

At least four polio workers, including three women, were killed on Wednesday in an attack by militants in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan Province. The workers were going from their... read more »

Nepal bus crash death toll rises to 47 as more bod...

Emergency workers found three bodies immediately after the crash in mountainous Jajarkot district on Thursday, and pulled another 44 from the... read more »

Suicide attack toll at least 50: Afghan official

KABUL, Afghanistan: An Afghan official says the death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a volleyball tournament has risen to at least 50, with more than 60... read more »

Egyptian president to meet Pope Francis on Monday

VATICAN CITY: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet Pope Francis on Monday, Holy See spokesman Federico Lombardi said, in the first visit to the... read more »

Six nurses killed in latest attack on Chinese medical w...

BEIJING: Seven people, including six nurses, were stabbed to death at a hospital dormitory in northern China on Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency... read more »

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25 killed in Yemen army clashes with Shia rebels

SANAA: Eleven Yemeni soldiers and 14 Shia Huthi rebels were killed on Tuesday during clashes in a stronghold of the insurgents in the north of the country, medics said. Dozens of other combatants... read more »

Gunmen kill three policemen at Cairo’s Al-Az...

CAIRO: Gunmen killed three policemen on Monday night at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, security sources said, a week before a presidential... read more »

Egypt courts convict 170 in mass trials

CAIRO: A pair of Egyptian courts on Sunday convicted 170 suspected supporters of toppled President Mohammed Morsi on charges over violent attacks last year,... read more »

Nuclear discussions moving forward but ‘difficult’: Ira...

TEHRAN: Nuclear discussions between Iran and six world powers are advancing in a good atmosphere but progress is “slow and difficult”, a senior... read more »

British journalists shot and beaten in Syria kidnapping

LONDON: Two British journalists were recovering in Turkey on Thursday after being shot and beaten by rebel kidnappers while covering the Syrian conflict, the... read more »

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UN chief appalled by bombings in Russia

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 Musharraf

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

Tarique Rahman

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

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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Fatal shooting near Athens Golden Dawn office

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 motorbike seriously injured one more man in... read more »

Russia to help Greece tackle crisis: Lavrov

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... read more »

Hollande most unpopular French president

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 »

Greece spied on US ambassadors, says ex-minister

Greece spied on US ambassadors, says ex-minister

Athens – Greece spied on at least two US ambassador, a former Greek foreign affairs minister Theodoros Pangalos revealed Tuesday, amid talks that the... read more »

British PM threatens to act against press over leaks

British PM threatens to act against press over leaks

London – British Prime Minister David Cameron has threatened unspecified action over the Guardian newspaper’s remarkable disclosures of American... read more »

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Delta and JetBlue become first US airlines to allow gadget-use in-flight

Delta and JetBlue become first US airlines to allow gadget-use in...

Washington – Delta and JetBlue are reportedly the first US airlines to allow electronic device use throughout the flight after the FAA passed the new rules. The two airlines allowed passengers... read more »

Obama's balancing act in Iraq

Obama’s balancing act in Iraq

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday received Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at the White House, as the latter is seeking... read more »

Kerry admits some US surveillance operations go ‘...

Kerry admits some US surveillance operations go 'too far'

Washington – US Secretary of State John Kerry has admitted that some US surveillance actions went “too far” after Washington came under... read more »

US secretary of state to visit Egypt Sunday

US secretary of state to visit Egypt Sunday

Cairo – US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Egypt Sunday for the first time since the ouster of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in early July,... read more »

Snowden seeks international help to persuade US to drop...

Snowden seeks international help to persuade US to drop espionage charges against him

Wellington – NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has reportedly sought international help in a bid to persuade the US to drop its espionage charges leveled... read more »

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