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Hunger stalks Gaza as UN demands Israel let in more aid

Hunger stalks Gaza as UN demands Israel let in more aid ## UN Security Council Calls for Increased Humanitarian Access to Gaza Amidst Worsening Conditions **New York, NY** – The United Nations Security Council convened today to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, with member... read more »

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Two climbers fall to their death while climbing New Zealand's highest ...

Two climbers fall to their death while climbing New Zealand's highest peak ## Fatal Ascent: Investigation Launched into Mountaineering Deaths on Aoraki/Mount Cook **Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand** – Authorities have initiated a comprehensive investigation following the deaths... read more »

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Viola Ford Fletcher, survivor of 1921 Tulsa Massacre, dies age 111

Viola Ford Fletcher, survivor of 1921 Tulsa Massacre, dies age 111 ## Viola Ford Fletcher, Centennial Witness to Tulsa’s Greenwood Tragedy, Passes Away at 111 Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at the age of 111. Her passing marks... read more »

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LIVE: 9 killed in Kyiv, Rostov as Russia, Ukraine carry out attacks

LIVE: 9 killed in Kyiv, Rostov as Russia, Ukraine carry out attacks ## Escalating Conflict Claims Lives in Kyiv and Rostov Region Kyiv and Russia’s Rostov region became the latest focal points in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, with reports of fatal attacks on both sides. The... read more »

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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 was crowded with tourists and Nepalese... read more »

Pakistan charity boss Abdul Sattar Edhi ‘hea...

Abdul Sattar Edhi, 86, was asleep when a gang of armed men raided the Karachi slum building that serves as his residence and charity... read more »

Turkey facilitating transfer of Iraqi Kurdish fighters ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday that Turkey was facilitating the passage of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters to Kobani to aid Syrian... read more »

Islamic State: Syria rebels warn of backlash over US ai...

Syrian rebel fighters backed by the West have told the BBC that the US-led coalition faces a backlash in their country over its bombing campaign against... read more »

Pakistan violates ceasefire twice along LoC, Internatio...

Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice by firing on forward posts along the LoC and International Border in Poonch and Jammu districts, drawing... read more »

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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 citizens who have been evacuated from... 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... read more »

Deadly explosion rocks Lebanese capital Beirut, 5 Kille...

Deadly explosion rocks Lebanese capital Beirut, 5Killed

Mohamed Shattah, Lebanon’s former finance minister, has been killed by a car bomb that exploded in the centre of the capital Beirut along with at least... read more »

UN mission in DR Congo launches attack against rebels

UN mission in DR Congo launches attack against rebels

Kinshasa – The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) Thursday confirmed attacks on rebels who reportedly killed at least... read more »

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Five people were injured, one in a critical condition, when a bomb was hurled at a public bus in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, two days after 14 were killed in... 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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