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'I've left UK for paradise beach where bills are fraction of what...

'I've left UK for paradise beach where bills are fraction of what I used to pay' ## Britons Seek Economic Haven Abroad as Cost of Living Soars **A growing number of United Kingdom citizens are exploring international relocation in pursuit of a more affordable lifestyle, with many... read more »

FBI arrests Chinese foreign agent for sp...

FBI arrests Chinese foreign agent for spying on Taiwan presidents son

FBI arrests Chinese foreign agent for spying on Taiwan presidents son **Alleged Foreign Agent Detained in California on Espionage Charges** **SAN FRANCISCO, CA** – Federal authorities have apprehended a California resident accused of acting as a foreign agent for the People’s Republic of... read more »

Bolsonaro beats expectations in Brazil v...

Bolsonaro beats expectations in Brazil vote, faces Lula in runoff

Bolsonaro beats expectations in Brazil vote, faces Lula in runoff ### Brazil Heads to Runoff as Presidential Race Tightens Brasília, Brazil – Brazil’s highly anticipated presidential election is set for a decisive second round, as neither incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro nor his main... read more »

Chinese newspaper apologises after detained journalist’s TV confession

Samoa PM apologises after Nazi salute vi...

Samoa PM apologises after Nazi salute video emerges

Samoa PM apologises after Nazi salute video emerges **Samoan Prime Minister Addresses Controversial Historical Footage** **Apia, Samoa** – Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa of Samoa has issued a public apology following the emergence of a video from 2007 that depicts her uttering the... read more »

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Nepal bus crash death toll rises to 47 as more bodies found

Emergency workers found three bodies immediately after the crash in mountainous Jajarkot district on Thursday, and pulled another 44 from the wreckage of the bus over the weekend. “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... 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 »

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 »

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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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Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tamil issue: Presi...

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

Afghan opium poppy cultivation hits record levels:...

United Nations – A new survey found that opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan rose to record levels this year, with a 36 percent increase... read more »

Rift in ISI-Haqqani network?

Islamabad – The killing of senior Haqqani network leader Naseeruddin Haqqani has fuelled talks of a rift between Pakistan’s spy agency... read more »

Pak court sets Nov 18 for Musharraf’s plea to lea...

Karachi – Pakistan’s Sindh High Court has set November 18 for a decision on former president Pervez Musharraf’s plea against a government ban... read more »

Meeting with Hurriyat counterproductive to India-Pakist...

Gurgaon – In strong disapproval of the meeting between Pakistani prime minister’s foreign affairs advisor Sartaj Aziz with Hurriyat leaders here,... read more »

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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 Washington that diplomats and embassies on... read more »

Serbia state funeral for widow of Yugoslav leader ...

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... read more »

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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, Xinhua reported Friday. Kerry’s... read more »

Snowden seeks international help to persuade US to...

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

Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer signs ‘Don’t To...

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

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... read more »

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 »

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