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Can the Suez save Asian oil consumers af...

Can the Suez save Asian oil consumers after Houthis shut Bab al-Mandeb?

Can the Suez save Asian oil consumers after Houthis shut Bab al-Mandeb? **Red Sea Shipping Crisis: Suez Canal Faces Pivotal Role Amidst Bab al-Mandeb Disruptions** The ongoing security concerns in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a critical chokepoint for global energy shipments, are increasingly... read more »

Settlers attack Palestinian towns in occ...

Settlers attack Palestinian towns in occupied West Bank

Settlers attack Palestinian towns in occupied West Bank **West Bank Villages Face Escalating Settler Violence** **RAMALLAH, West Bank –** A surge in attacks by Israeli settlers targeting Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank has heightened tensions and raised international... read more »

The Great Peptide Cash Grab Has Begun

The Great Peptide Cash Grab Has Begun

The Great Peptide Cash Grab Has Begun **Regulatory Shift Looms for Peptide Therapeutics, Telehealth Sector Anticipates Opportunity** The pharmaceutical and telehealth industries are closely monitoring a pivotal decision expected from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week, which... read more »

Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI...

Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers

Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers **Nvidia Unveils Integrated Architecture Aiming to Dominate AI Data Center Ecosystem** **Santa Clara, CA** – Nvidia, a titan in the artificial intelligence hardware landscape, has signaled an aggressive expansion of its influence within 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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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 42 civilians in the eastern province of... 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... read more »

44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing

44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing

Cairo – At least 44 people, including six children, were killed and dozens wounded in an aerial bombardment by the Syrian regime in Aleppo... read more »

UN chief hails peaceful presidential election in Madaga...

UN chief hails peaceful presidential election in Madagascar

United Nations – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon haswelcomed the peaceful holding of Madagascar presidential election and called on all parties in the... read more »

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

Geneva – The United Nati! ons and humanitarian partners Monday appealed for some $13 billion in 2014 to help millions of people in humanitarian need... 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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