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Suspect Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Sam Altmans Hom...

Suspect Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Sam Altmans Home ## Suspect Apprehended Following Incendiary Incident and Threats Targeting OpenAI Leadership **SAN FRANCISCO, CA** – Law enforcement officials have apprehended an individual in connection with a concerning incident... read more »

Will Israel and Lebanon start ceasefire ...

Will Israel and Lebanon start ceasefire talks?

Will Israel and Lebanon start ceasefire talks? ### Tensions Persist as Cross-Border Exchanges Diminish in Intensity **Beirut/Jerusalem –** The volatile frontier between Israel and Lebanon witnessed a notable, albeit precarious, de-escalation on Friday, as exchanges of fire between Israeli forces... read more »

How Meta Cafeteria Workers Took on ICEan...

How Meta Cafeteria Workers Took on ICEand Won

How Meta Cafeteria Workers Took on ICEand Won ## Tech Sector Employees Mobilize Grassroots Support to Influence Corporate Policy **Seattle, WA** – A growing movement of employees within Seattle’s prominent technology companies is demonstrating a new paradigm for internal activism, shifting... read more »

Assembly Elections highlights: ECI names...

Assembly Elections highlights: ECI names new Police Commissioner for Chenna...

Assembly Elections highlights: ECI names new Police Commissioner for Chennai; Abin Dinesh Modak to replace A. Arun **Chennai Police Leadership Change Amidst Electoral Scrutiny** **Chennai, India** – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a significant administrative change in... read more »

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Hong Kong blocks BBC site after video of police beating is aired

BEIJING — The BBC’s website was blocked in China on Wednesday, hours after a video of Hong Kong police beating and kicking a pro-democracy protester began circulating online. The move appears to... read more »

Turkish jets hit Kurdish rebel targets

ANKARA: Turkish warplanes have struck suspected Kurdish rebel positions in southeastern Turkey, media reports said Tuesday, the first major... read more »

IS jihadists execute Iraqi journalist, 12 other people

SAMARRA, Iraq: Islamic State militants executed an Iraqi news cameraman and 12 other people on Friday in several towns and villages north of Baghdad,... read more »

7 killed in stampede at Imran Khan’s rally in Pak

At least seven people were killed and 40 others wounded in a stampede following a political rally by opposition politician Imran Khan in central Pakistan on... read more »

Former Pak PM Gilani’s son booked for murder

LAHORE: Pakistan’s former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s son has been booked in a murder case after his security guard allegedly shot dead a... read more »

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Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation

Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation

The Israeli army has said it fired across the Lebanese border in retaliation after accusing Lebanese troops of gunning down one of its soldiers as he drove near the frontier. The incident jarred the... read more »

Egypt president sets date for referendum

Egypt president sets date for referendum

Egypt will hold a public referendum on its newly-drafted constitution on January 14 and 15, interim President Adly Mansour said on Saturday. The vote... read more »

Israel halts controversial relocation plan for Arab Bed...

Israel passes bill to annex part of Jordan Valley

Jerusalem – Israel Thursday halted a controversial legislation to transfer 40,000 Arab Bedouins citizens from their villages, amidst mounting opposition... read more »

US, UK suspend `non-lethal aid` to Syrian rebels over I...

US, UK suspend `non-lethal aid` to Syrian rebels over Islamists infilitration

London –  The United States and the United Kingdom have suspended all “non-lethal” support for Syrian rebels, except humanitarian aid. A US... read more »

Iran rejects Saudi Arabia, Qatar’s call to join n...

Iran rejects Saudi Arabia, Qatar's call to join n-talks

Tehran – The Iranian government Wednesday rejected Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s call to join the nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers by... read more »

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Bangladesh deploys troops for parliamentary poll

Bangladesh’s five opposition leaders jailed over violence

Dhaka – Bangladesh opposition’s five top leaders, who were detained late Friday night and early Saturday, have been sent to jail in connection with two cases slapped on them for... read more »

Pakistan PM to attend CHOGM in Colombo

Pakistan PM to attend CHOGM in Colombo

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka next week, state... read more »

Pak govt. says `time-barred` Swiss cases against Zardar...

Pak govt. says `time-barred` Swiss cases against Zardari can’t be reopened

Islamabad  – Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Muneer A Malik has said that Swiss cases against former president Asif Ali Zardari could not be reopened... read more »

Pak rubbishes report of training Syrian rebels

US, UK suspend `non-lethal aid` to Syrian rebels over Islamists infilitration

Islamabad – Pakistan has denied reports of training militants to fight against the Syrian government following the orders of Saudi Arabia. Foreign Office... read more »

Voting ends peacefully in Maldives

Voting ends peacefully in Maldives

Male – Voting ended peacefully in the Maldives presidential election Saturday even as the candidates expressed unhappiness over the manner of... read more »

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Assam election 2026 LIVE: 17.87% voter turnout recorded till 9 a.m.

Assam election 2026 LIVE: 17.87% voter turnout recorded till 9 a.m. **Assam Assembly Elections: Early Turnout Figures Indicate Keen Public Engagement** **GUWAHATI, Assam** – As the... read more »

Assembly Elections 2026 LIVE updates: PM Modi appeals for greater turnout as Assam, Kerala...

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Teen girl dies after Easter fishing trip goes horribly wrong as tributes pour in

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Moment two women fight over the coffin of their dead cheating lover they shared ## Funeral Disrupted by Unforeseen Revelation and Public Confrontation A somber funeral service took a... read more »

Orla Wates death is her heartbroken family's second gap-year...

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