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Sri Lanka declares emergency as floods wreak havoc across Colombo

Sri Lanka declares emergency as floods wreak havoc across Colombo ## Catastrophic Flooding Displaces Hundreds of Thousands in Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka is grappling with the devastating aftermath of torrential rainfall that has triggered widespread flooding across the nation,... read more »

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Nanny streamed dramatic escape from Hong Kong apartment fire to warn other

Nanny streamed dramatic escape from Hong Kong apartment fire to warn other ## Hong Kong Resident Uses Livestream to Alert Neighbors During Apartment Fire **Hong Kong –** In a dramatic turn of events, a resident of a Hong Kong apartment building resorted to livestreaming her escape from a rapidly... read more »

Huge fireball erupts over Sydney as 200 ...

Huge fireball erupts over Sydney as 200 firefighters battle monster inferno

Huge fireball erupts over Sydney as 200 firefighters battle monster inferno ## Major Fire Engulfs Sydney Industrial Area, Prompting Large-Scale Emergency Response **Sydney, Australia –** A significant fire has erupted in an industrial precinct of Sydney, triggering a massive response from... read more »

Tens of thousands rally in Europe, deman...

Tens of thousands rally in Europe, demanding justice over Israels Gaza war

Tens of thousands rally in Europe, demanding justice over Israels Gaza war ## European Cities Witness Mass Demonstrations Calling for Gaza Ceasefire **London, Paris, Berlin –** Tens of thousands of individuals across Europe participated in widespread demonstrations this weekend, expressing... read more »

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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 States. The same video showed the gruesome... 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... read more »

Islamic State says it plans tIslamic State says it plan...

They have paraded their own flag, formed courts and ministries, issued passports and even license plates. Now, the leaders of the Islamic State, the violent... read more »

Imran Khan dares Pakistan government to arrest him

Islamabad: Pakistan`s Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party chairman Imran Khan has refused to seek bail after being charged with attacks on the parliament and PTV... read more »

Bus mishap: 56 killed after passenger bus collides with...

At least 56 people, including 21 women and 18 children, were killed and several others injured today when a passenger bus collided with a truck in Pakistan’s... read more »

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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, the health ministry said Friday. Two men,... read more »

High-tech podcars to take to Dubai streets in a fe...

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... 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 »

“no way” he’ll recognize Israel as a Jewish state ̵...

West Bank – The Palestinian President says there’s “no way” he’ll recognize Israel as a Jewish state and accept just a portion of... read more »

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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 time. The Maldives has about 240,000 legitimate... read more »

Pakistan orders probe into Haqqani leader's murder

Pakistan orders probe into Haqqani leader’s ...

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

Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tamil is...

Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tamil issue: President Rajapaksa

Colombo – President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka on Thursday said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s letter to him  has not addressed the issue... read more »

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

NSA head denies US spying in Europe

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

WikiLeaks sets up website to collect money to defend Sn...

NSA snooped on porn habits of Islamist radicals to discredit them: Report

Washington – Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has reportedly set up a website to collect charity money to free former NSA analyst Edward Snowden. The... read more »

What did Obama know about US spying abroad?

What did Obama know about US spying abroad?

By Arun Kumar Washington – Amid a brewing controversy over reports that the US was spying abroad, questions are being raised about what did President... read more »

Obama, Netanyahu discuss Iran, Israeli-Palestinian peac...

Obama, Netanyahu discuss Iran, Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss issues including Iran and the... read more »

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Palestinian American teen freed after 9 months of Israeli detention

Palestinian American teen freed after 9 months of Israeli detention ## Palestinian-American Teenager Released After Months of Israeli Detention **JERUSALEM** – Mohammed Ibrahim, a... read more »

Death toll from flooding in southern Thailand reaches at least 145

Death toll from flooding in southern Thailand reaches at least 145 **Southern Thailand Grapples with Devastating Floods as Death Toll Mounts** Southern Thailand is reeling from catastrophic... read more »

Sri Lanka closes schools and offices as damage from heavy rains kill 56 people

Sri Lanka closes schools and offices as damage from heavy rains kill 56 people ## Sri Lanka Grapples with Devastating Floods and Landslides as Death Toll Climbs Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sri... read more »

Little boy with cough dies after doctors 'give him wrong dose' of medication

Little boy with cough dies after doctors 'give him wrong dose' of medication ## Child’s Death in Brazil Under Investigation Following Multiple Cardiac Arrests Manaus, Brazil... read more »

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Doctors find tape inside mum's nose that may have been there from birth ## Decades-Long Respiratory Mystery Solved: Medical Anomaly Discovered in Adult Patient’s Nasal Cavity For 35 years,... read more »