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Trump cuts WHO off from Gavi vaccine alliance funding

Trump cuts WHO off from Gavi vaccine alliance funding ### United States Withdraws Funding from Gavi Vaccine Alliance Amidst Ongoing Tensions **Washington D.C.** – The United States has announced its decision to cease funding to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, a global health initiative dedicated to... read more »

Furious Donald Trump issues Iran a chill...

Furious Donald Trump issues Iran a chilling threat with foul-mouthed outbur...

Furious Donald Trump issues Iran a chilling threat with foul-mouthed outburst **Trump Vows Retaliation Against Iran Following Jordan Base Attack** **Washington D.C.** – United States President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Iran, vowing a forceful response in the wake of repeated... read more »

France wildfires live: 42C heatwave thre...

France wildfires live: 42C heatwave threatens nuclear plant after shock arr...

France wildfires live: 42C heatwave threatens nuclear plant after shock arrests **France Grapples with Extreme Heat as Nuclear Facility Faces Potential Disruption** A severe heatwave, with temperatures soaring to 42 degrees Celsius, is casting a shadow over south-west France, posing a significant... read more »

Human ancestors may have been cannibals ...

Human ancestors may have been cannibals eating adults and children 850,000 ...

Human ancestors may have been cannibals eating adults and children 850,000 years ago Catalan researchers believe the new finds at the Gran Dolina cave in Burgos, northern Spain, shows that distant Homo Sapiens ancestors ‘processed’ both adults and children This article was created... read more »

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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 Vatican by an Egyptian leader in eight... read more »

Six nurses killed in latest attack on Chinese medi...

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

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... read more »

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

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

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Middle East

Saudi fears rise over mystery virus

A mystery virus known as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) has claimed an increasing number of lives in Saudi Arabia, where it has spread to at least five cities. There is no known cure and... read more »

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,... 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 in 2012,... 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 »

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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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Europe

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 intelligence material, saying officials... read more »

EU to build economic, political partnership with Myanmar

EU seeks to tighten Iran bans despite court ruling...

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... read more »

German Parliament panel urged to hear US spying claims

German Parliament panel urged to hear US spying claims

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

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North America

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

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

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

Strauss-Kahn's lawyer signs 'Don't Touch My Whore' petition

Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer signs ‘Don’...

Washington – French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer has signed the petition titled “Don’t Touch My Whore,”... read more »

NSA scoops data from Yahoo, Google data centres

NSA scoops data from Yahoo, Google data centres: Report

Washington – The US National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links connecting Yahoo and Google data centres around 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 body’s... 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 »

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Are the US and Iran heading towards a forever war?

Are the US and Iran heading towards a forever war? ### Historical Precedents Cast Shadow on U.S.-Iran Relations: A Risk of Protracted Conflict Explored The persistent tensions between the... read more »

Firefighters battle wildfires in Spains eastern Castellon province

Firefighters battle wildfires in Spains eastern Castellon province ## Castellón Province Grapples with Devastating Wildfires, Thousands Evacuated **Castellón, Spain** – Vast swathes of... read more »

Gary Lineker and Nicola Coughlan lead celeb Gaza fundraiser for Palestinian students to st...

Gary Lineker and Nicola Coughlan lead celeb Gaza fundraiser for Palestinian students to study in UK ## UK Universities Offer Hope to Gaza’s Brightest Minds Amidst Funding... read more »

'Doctors said my baby was dead – then he lifted his head'

'Doctors said my baby was dead – then he lifted his head' **Miracle Birth Defies Medical Prognosis: Infant’s Unexpected Awakening Stuns Medical Team** In a turn of... read more »

France wildfires live: Inferno threatens Bordeaux as Macron to ho...

France wildfires live: Inferno threatens Bordeaux as Macron to hold crisis meeting ### France Battles Escalating Wildfires as Bordeaux Under Threat **PARIS** – Authorities in France are grappling... read more »

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