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UN renews Sudan ceasefire appeal over un...

UN renews Sudan ceasefire appeal over unimaginable suffering of civilians

UN renews Sudan ceasefire appeal over unimaginable suffering of civilians ## UN Secretary-General Urges Immediate Ceasefire in Sudan Amid Escalating Humanitarian Crisis **New York, NY** – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a renewed and urgent appeal for an immediate... read more »

Turkiye holds military ceremony for Liby...

Turkiye holds military ceremony for Libyan army chief killed in crash

Turkiye holds military ceremony for Libyan army chief killed in crash **Turkish Military Honors Fallen Libyan Army Chief in Solemn Ceremony** **Ankara, Türkiye** – A formal military ceremony was held today at an airbase near Ankara to honor the late Libyan Army Chief of Staff, who tragically... read more »

Abby Phillip Turns the Tables After Scot...

Abby Phillip Turns the Tables After Scott Jennings Defends Trump Renaming K...

Abby Phillip Turns the Tables After Scott Jennings Defends Trump Renaming Kennedy Center for Himself: Im Glad You Said That, Because ## Debate Erupts Over Hypothetical Renaming of Kennedy Center Under Trump Administration Washington D.C. – A spirited discussion on the potential legacy of former... read more »

Millions vote in Madhya Pradesh
Millions of Afghans face hunger as aid c...

Millions of Afghans face hunger as aid cuts deepen a humanitarian crisis

Millions of Afghans face hunger as aid cuts deepen a humanitarian crisis ## Aid Shortfalls Exacerbate Food Insecurity Crisis for Millions in Afghanistan KABUL – Afghanistan is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis as significant reductions in international aid compound existing vulnerabilities,... read more »

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Egypt making slow progress on genital mutilation

MANSHIET EL-IKHWA, Egypt: Raslan Fadl, the first doctor in Egypt to be put on trial for committing female genital mutilation, is still practicing even though a 13-year-old girl died after he... read more »

With 14.3 mn enslaved people, India is the slavery...

Nearly 14.3 million people, including children, are “trapped” in modern-day slavery in India, which tops a global index of people under bondage... read more »

Grenade attack kills 2 policemen in Charsadda

PESHAWAR – A grenade attack killed two policemen and wounded another one in Charsadda on Tuesday. The incident happened in the Shabqadar area of... read more »

IS claims beheading of US aid worker, 18 Syrians

BEIRUT: The Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday claimed to have executed Peter Kassig, a US aid worker kidnapped in Syria, as a warning to the United... read more »

18 killed in China plant fire

Beijing: At least 18 people were killed after a major fire at a food company in east China`s Shandong province, authorities said Monday.The fire broke out at 7... read more »

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Middle East

Death toll in bus crash rises to 15

Dubai: The death toll in Saturday’s fatal accident on Emirates Road in Dubai has risen from 13 to 15 as two of the 14 injured died in hospital, Senior Chief Traffic Prosecutor Salah Bu Farousha... read more »

Saudi Mers death toll rises to 126

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s death toll from Mers has risen by five to 126 fatalities since the mystery respiratory virus first appeared in the kingdom... read more »

High-tech podcars to take to Dubai streets in a few yea...

Dubai: Dubai is set to have a new mode of public transport — high-tech podcars — in the next couple of years, a senior official announced at a conference... read more »

Flash floods kill 75

KABUL: Flash floods after heavy rains in northern Afghanistan killed 75 people and damaged thousands of homes, leaving authorities scrambling to help survivors... read more »

Saudi Arabia jails organiser of women’s protests for si...

Saudi petrochem giant opens tech centre in Bangalore

A Saudi court jailed a man for six years for organizing women’s demonstrations and taking part in protests against the regime, the official Saudi Press... read more »

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South Asia

Colombo rejects Britain's call for human rights probe

Colombo rejects Britain’s call for human rights probe

Colombo – Sri Lanka says there’s no need for an international probe into its human rights record as proposed by British Prime Minister David Cameron. Sri Lanka’s Head of Parliament... read more »

Maldivian presidential election re-run begins Saturday

Maldivian presidential election re-run Begins.

Male – The re-run of the Maldivian presidential election started Saturday morning. Polling stations will be open from 7.30 a.m to 4 p.m. local... read more »

Pakistan orders probe into Haqqani leader’s murde...

Pakistan orders probe into Haqqani leader's murder

Islamabad – Pakistan’s interior ministry has ordered a probe into the killing of senior Haqqani network leader Naseeruddin Haqqani, a media report... read more »

Focus on challenges, not human rights issues: Mahinda R...

Focus on challenges, not human rights issues: Mahinda Rajapaksa

Colombo – Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa delivered a strong message to Commonwealth members here Friday, insisting that common problems of the... read more »

Maldives President Mohamed Waheed steps down

Maldives President Mohamed Waheed steps down

Maldives President Mohamed Waheed on Friday stepped down as president as the country prepared to hold the second round of the presidential election. In a... read more »

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EU to build economic, political partnership with Myanmar

EU seeks to tighten Iran bans despite court rulings

The European Union (EU) is trying to bolster unilateral bans imposed against Iran despite recent rulings by the EU courts calling for the removal of sanctions on a number of Iranian entities, a... read more »

German Parliament panel urged to hear US spying claims

German Parliament panel urged to hear US spying cl...

Germany’s main Opposition Social Democrats (SPD) called on Monday for a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations of wiretapping by the... read more »

Europe must be thankful for NSA spying: Mike Rogers

Europe must be thankful for NSA spying: Mike Rogers

In spite of the increasing outrage over the National Security Agency spying on its European allies, a US lawmaker has defended the surveillance saying that it... read more »

Germany steps up attacks on US over spying

Germany steps up attacks on US over spying

Berlin – Germany Sunday toughened the tone of its response to allegations that US intelligence agencies spied on Chancellor Angela Merkel, warning... read more »

Serbia state funeral for widow of Yugoslav leader Tito

Serbia state funeral for widow of Yugoslav leader Tito

The widow of former Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito has been honoured in a state funeral in the Serbian capital. Jovanka Broz, who died of heart failure at the... read more »

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North America

NSA scoops data from Yahoo, Google data centres: Report

NSA scoops data from Yahoo, Google data centres

Washington – The US National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links connecting Yahoo and Google data centres around the world, a US daily reported Wednesday. The... read more »

UN communications will not be monitored, says US

UN communications will not be monitored, says US

Amid growing international anger over the spying activities of the National Security Agency, the U.S. has assured the United Nations that the world... read more »

NSA chief says EU snoop-op allegations `completely fals...

NSA chief says EU snoop-op allegations `completely false`

Washington – The National Security Agency head, Gen. Keith Alexander has reportedly said that the allegations about the US snooping on telephone and... read more »

NSA head denies US spying in Europe

NSA chief says EU snoop-op allegations `completely false`

Washington – US National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander Tuesday told lawmakers that the recent media reports about the agency’s... read more »

Obama orders ‘review of spy operations’

Obama orders 'review of spy operations'

US President Barack Obama says he has ordered a review of the way US spy agencies gather intelligence. It follows a string of embarrassing revelations which... read more »

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Carol of the Bells was born in a Ukrainian city destroyed by Russia

Carol of the Bells was born in a Ukrainian city destroyed by Russia ## From the Ashes: Ukrainian Music School Rebuilds Legacy After Devastation The echoes of “Carol of the... read more »

Colombian held for plotting to kill Venezuelan president

Venezuelas Maduro using U.S. military threat to crack down on dissent

Venezuelas Maduro using U.S. military threat to crack down on dissent ## Heightened Tensions in Venezuela as Government Cites External Threat to Justify Crackdown Caracas, Venezuela – The... read more »

Egypt vs South Africa: AFCON 2025 Salah, team news, start and lineups

Egypt vs South Africa: AFCON 2025 Salah, team news, start and lineups ## Pharaohs and Bafana Bafana Set for Early Showdown in AFCON 2025 The stage is set for a highly anticipated clash as... read more »

Somali capital holds first direct election in five decades

Somali capital holds first direct election in five decades ## Mogadishu Goes to the Polls in Landmark Local Elections, Despite Opposition Absence Mogadishu, Somalia – Residents of... read more »

Photos: Global stories of 2025 in pictures

Photos: Global stories of 2025 in pictures ## 2025: A Year in Retrospect – Defining Moments Captured in Visual Narrative The year 2025 will be remembered as a period of profound transformation,... read more »

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