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Horrifying deaths of up to 27 animals an...

Horrifying deaths of up to 27 animals and tiny pony filming The Hobbit tril...

Horrifying deaths of up to 27 animals and tiny pony filming The Hobbit trilogy ## Animal Welfare Concerns Emerge from “The Hobbit” Trilogy Production **Wellington, New Zealand** – A series of distressing incidents involving animals during the filming of Peter Jackson’s... read more »

How Western officials, media coverage pu...

How Western officials, media coverage pushed to discredit Gaza death toll

How Western officials, media coverage pushed to discredit Gaza death toll **Questioning Gaza’s Casualty Figures: A Humanitarian Concern** The ongoing conflict in Gaza has brought the grim reality of human loss into sharp focus, yet questions surrounding the accuracy of reported death tolls... read more »

Indias budget bets on infrastructure, ma...

Indias budget bets on infrastructure, manufacturing amid global trade war

Indias budget bets on infrastructure, manufacturing amid global trade war ## India Charts Growth Trajectory with Ambitious Budget Amidst Global Economic Headwinds **New Delhi, India** – In a strategic maneuver to fortify economic resilience and propel sustained expansion, the Indian government... read more »

Khamenei warns US of regional war if Ira...

Khamenei warns US of regional war if Iran is attacked

Khamenei warns US of regional war if Iran is attacked **Tehran Issues Stark Warning of Regional Escalation Amidst Resource Accusations** **Tehran, Iran –** Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has issued a stern warning to the United States, asserting that any military aggression... read more »

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China Develops Laser System Against Drones

Chinese engineers have successfully tested a laser weapon that can shoot down low-flying, slow-moving drones, state media reported Tuesday. The Low Altitude Sentinel system can detect a small... read more »

9 killed in landslides in southwest China

Nine people have been killed inlandslides that struck southwest China’s Yunnan province last week. Nine people were buried as the disasterhit... read more »

Six killed in China bus accident

Beijing: At least six people were killed and 40 injured Monday when a passenger bus overturned in China`s Shanghai city. The accident occurred on a road... read more »

Israel beefs up security in East Jerusalem

JERUSALEM : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that security forces have been increased significantly in East Jerusalem to prevent further... read more »

Nepal bus crash kills 14

KATHMANDU: An overloaded bus plunged down a hill in central Nepal on Friday, killing at least 14 people including three foreigners, police said.   The bus... read more »

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Hyundai registers record sales in Middle East

MANAMA: Hyundai Motor Company has announced record sales across the Middle East region last year, for the second year in succession. The world’s fourth largest automotive manufacturer said it... read more »

Ford Middle East Reports 12% Rise In 2013

Ford Middle East recorded a year-on-year sales rise of 12 per cent in 2013, selling over 85,000 vehicles. The American car manufacturer, which also... read more »

Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka sign labour pact

Saudi petrochem giant opens tech centre in Bangalore

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka have signed a landmark labour pact in a renewed bid to regulate hiring of domestic workers from the island nation and... read more »

5,000 evacuated from Syrian conflict zone

5,000 evacuated from Syrian conflict zone

Damascus – Over 5,000 afflicted people were evacuated Sunday from a rebel-held Damascus suburb by the army, the Syrian government said Sunday. “The... read more »

Lebanon rocket fire draws Israeli artillery strike

Lebanon rocket fire draws Israeli artillery strike

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Rockets launched from south Lebanon struck northern Israel on Sunday and Israel responded with artillery shells across a border... read more »

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New Zealand committed to Commonwealth: PM John Key

New Zealand committed to Commonwealth: PM John Key

Wellington – New Zealand Prime Minister John Key Monday defended his decision to travel to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka this week after two lawmakers from... read more »

Bangladesh ministers quit for poll-time government formation

Bangladesh ministers quit for poll-time government...

Dhaka – Bangladesh government ministers have submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ahead of the cabinet reshuffle as... read more »

Hurriyat leaders meet Aziz; Mirwaiz supports border cea...

Hurriyat leaders meet Aziz; Mirwaiz supports border ceasefire

New Delhi – Kashmiri separatist leaders met Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz here Sunday and pressed for... read more »

Complete Maldives presidential election: UN chief

Complete Maldives presidential election: UN chief

United Nations – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Sunday called on all parties concerned in the Maldives to complete the presidential election process... read more »

Maldives SC puts off presidential poll run-off

Maldives SC puts off presidential poll run-off

Male – The Maldives Supreme Court Sunday blocked a second-round run-off to elect the new president of the republic and postponed it till Nov 16 as the... read more »

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Zelensky issues bold dare to Putin over Russia-Ukraine peace talks

Zelensky issues bold dare to Putin over Russia-Ukraine peace talks ### Ukraine’s President Proposes Direct Dialogue in Kyiv Amidst Stalled Peace Efforts **Kyiv, Ukraine –**... read more »

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Guterres warns UN faces imminent financial collapse ## United Nations Grapples with Looming Financial Crisis, Secretary-General Urges Action **New York, NY** – The United Nations is confronting a... read more »