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'Extraordinary danger' warning issued as Spain battered by powerf...

'Extraordinary danger' warning issued as Spain battered by powerful storm and floods **Spain on High Alert as Severe Weather System Unleashes Torrential Rain and Gale-Force Winds** A potent weather system is currently sweeping across Spain, prompting authorities to issue a stark warning... read more »

EasyJet flight calls for emergency servi...

EasyJet flight calls for emergency services reporting drunk passenger with ...

EasyJet flight calls for emergency services reporting drunk passenger with knife onboard **Disruptive Passenger Incident Prompts Emergency Response on EasyJet Flight** A routine EasyJet flight from Iceland to Italy was diverted and met with emergency services following reports of a disruptive... read more »

Will Najib Razak be transferred to house...

Will Najib Razak be transferred to house arrest?

Will Najib Razak be transferred to house arrest? ## Royal Decree vs. Legal Interpretation: Malaysia Navigates Complex Succession of Power in Najib Razak Case **Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia** – A significant constitutional quandary has emerged in Malaysia, pitting the nation’s highest legal... read more »

Sensex opens on a positive note; Hindustan Zinc rallies 7%
COP31 opens amid energy crisis as activi...

COP31 opens amid energy crisis as activists demand climate action

COP31 opens amid energy crisis as activists demand climate action **Global Climate Summit Convened Amidst Energy Volatility and Renewed Fossil Fuel Dependence** The Thirty-First Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has commenced in... read more »

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Terror groups citing ISIS crusade to recruit Indian youths

Terror groups are invoking the name of the Islamic State (IS) as a tool for recruiting youths in India. These youths can be trained in the lawless areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border for... read more »

Beijing to punish Dalai supporters

BEIJING: Chinese authorities have pledged to punish officials who follow Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and “support activities of... read more »

Top Bangladesh Islamist ‘may hang next week’...

DHAKA : Bangladesh may hang a senior Islamist leader as early as next week after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence for war crimes, the law minister... read more »

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... 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 Xiaoxin... read more »

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Winter Olympics begins

SOCHI, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the Sochi Winter Games officially open yesterday at a high-octane opening ceremony before 40,000 spectators at the gleaming new Fisht... read more »

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... 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 owns the... 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 »

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45 militants surrender in Afghanistan

45 militants surrender in Afghanistan

Kabul – Forty-five militants surrendered Sunday in Baghlan province, seeking to resume normal life, in Afghanistan, an official said. “A 45-member group of militants who were involved in... read more »

CHOGM: Manmohan tells Rajapaksa he is not coming

CHOGM: Manmohan tells Rajapaksa he is not coming

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday sent a letter of regret to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, explaining why he is... read more »

Nasheed demands resignation of Maldives president

Nasheed demands resignation of Maldives president

Male – Former president Mohammed Nasheed, the front-runner in the long-drawn-out presidential race in the Maldives, has asked incumbent President... read more »

CHOGM boycott: Manmohan explains to Rajapaksa

CHOGM boycott: Manmohan explains to Rajapaksa

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday sent a letter of regret to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, explaining why he is not... read more »

Maldives Supreme Court postpones run-off in presidentia...

Maldives SC puts off presidential poll run-off

Male – Maldives Supreme Court early Sunday blocked a second round run-off to elect a new president and postponed the re-vote to Nov 16 amid deep... read more »

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Obama orders 'review of spy operations'

Obama aware of spying on Merkel: German daily

Berlin – US President Barack Obama was aware of the alleged monitoring of mobile phone communications of Chancellor Angela Merkel, a German daily reported Sunday. German newspapers Bild am... read more »

German spy chiefs to visit US to investigate claims of snooping on Merkel

German spy chiefs to visit US to investigate claim...

London – Germany has decided to send its top intelligence chiefs to the US to investigate the claims that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s... read more »

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Palestinian citizens of Israel put to loyalty test after election wins

Palestinian citizens of Israel put to loyalty test after election wins ### Arab Political Gains in Israel Spark Intensified Scrutiny and Societal Strain **Jerusalem, Israel** – The recent... read more »

Pakistani astronaut to join Chinas next space station mission

Pakistani astronaut to join Chinas next space station mission **Pioneering Space Collaboration: Pakistani Astronaut Set for Historic China Space Station Voyage** In a landmark development... read more »

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Boy, 6, dies weeks after Waterford house fire that killed four family members

Boy, 6, dies weeks after Waterford house fire that killed four family members ## Youngest Victim of Waterford Blaze Succumbs to Injuries **WATERFORD, IRELAND** – A community reeling from... read more »

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