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Kerala Assembly polls 2026: UDF extends ...

Kerala Assembly polls 2026: UDF extends support to four rebel CPI(M) indepe...

Kerala Assembly polls 2026: UDF extends support to four rebel CPI(M) independents; inducts NJD **United Democratic Front Fortifies Electoral Prospects with Strategic Alliances Ahead of Kerala Assembly Elections** **Thiruvananthapuram:** In a significant move to consolidate its electoral standing... read more »

A Rigged and Dangerous Product: The Wild...

A Rigged and Dangerous Product: The Wildest Week for Prediction Markets Yet

A Rigged and Dangerous Product: The Wildest Week for Prediction Markets Yet ## Prediction Markets Face Scrutiny Amidst Legal Challenges and Ethical Concerns The burgeoning prediction market industry, which allows individuals to bet on the outcomes of future events, is experiencing a significant... read more »

Anthropic Denies It Could Sabotage AI To...

Anthropic Denies It Could Sabotage AI Tools During War

Anthropic Denies It Could Sabotage AI Tools During War ## AI Developer Refutes Pentagon’s War-Time Sabotage Claims **Washington D.C.** – A leading artificial intelligence development firm has firmly pushed back against allegations from the Department of Defense (DoD) suggesting its AI... read more »

Joint US and UK military base in Indian ...

Joint US and UK military base in Indian Ocean targeted by Iranian ballistic...

Joint US and UK military base in Indian Ocean targeted by Iranian ballistic missiles ## Strategic Atoll in Indian Ocean Becomes Focus of Escalating Tensions **Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean** – A remote but strategically vital United States and United Kingdom military installation in the heart of the... read more »

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Kobane: Syrian Kurds ‘launch operation against IS’

Fighting has continued overnight around the Syrian border town of Kobane, with reports of Kurdish forces launching an operation against Islamic State At least 12 people were killed in protests by... read more »

Egypt: Army offensive kills 16 militants in Sinai

El-ARISH, Egypt: Egyptian military officials say troops have killed 16 members of an al-Qaida-inspired militant group in the restive Sinai... read more »

China sacks 160,000 government employees who did not ex...

BEIJING – China has taken 160,000 “phantom” government staff off its official payroll who were receiving salaries despite not doing any work. A total... read more »

Nepal bus crash kills 29 people and injures dozens

An overloaded bus in western Nepal has fallen off a road and plunged into a gorge, killing 29 and injuring dozens, the BBC reported. Most of the passengers in... read more »

Islamic State video shows beheading of British hostage ...

LONDON: British taxi driver Alan Henning, who skipped Christmas with his family to raise funds to purchase ambulances and medical equipment and join an aid... read more »

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UN Security Council extends sanctions on Liberia

UN Security Council extends sanctions on Liberia

United Nations – The UN Security Council Tuesday extended by another year the sanctions on Liberia in connection with the country’s civil war. In an adopted resolution, the council... read more »

UN chief concerned over religious violence in Syria

UN chief concerned over religious violence in Syri...

United Nations – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern over the targeting of people based on their religion, community or ethnic... read more »

Several dead in Iraq bomb blast

Several dead in Iraq bomb blast

A car bomb near a cafe in central Iraq has killed at least eight people in the latest in a series of attacks. Monday’s blast in the town of Buhriz,... read more »

Saudi militants behind attack on Defence Ministry: Yeme...

Saudi militants behind attack on Defence Ministry: Yemen

Saudi militants were behind the massive car bombing and assault on Yemen’s military headquarters that killed more than 50 people, including an Indian nurse... read more »

Probe human rights abuses in Cote d’Ivoire: UN

Probe human rights abuses in Cote d'Ivoire: UN

United Nations – The UN Friday called for investigations into serious human rights abuses committed in Cote d’Ivoire by the Dozo, traditional... read more »

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UN Security Council extends sanctions on Liberia

Pakistan opposes new permanent seats in UNSC

Islamabad – Pakistan has opposed the creation of new permanent seats in the 15-member UN Security Council during the two-day UN General Assembly debate on Security Council reform. “There... read more »

New Pak Taliban chief’s appointment was backed by Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar

New Pak Taliban chief’s appointment was backed by ...

Islamabad – New Pakistani Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah’s appointment has been allegedly backed by Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad... read more »

Nawaz Sharif to appoint new Pak army chief on Nov. 28

Nawaz Sharif to appoint new Pak army chief on Nov. 28

Islamabad – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will make a decision regarding the appointment of new army chief on November 28, an official... read more »

Violence in Bangladesh over crackdown on opposition

Violence in Bangladesh over crackdown on opposition

Dhaka – Demonstrators and police clashed in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country after six senior opposition figures were... read more »

Brisk start to voting in Maldives presidential poll

Brisk start to voting in Maldives presidential poll

Male – Hundreds of people lined up outside polling stations in over 200 islands to elect a new president for the Maldives here Saturday. As many as 470... read more »

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Bomb squad rushes to two suspicious devices found inside bag outside shop

Bomb squad rushes to two suspicious devices found inside bag outside shop ## Dublin Road Secured Amidst Suspicious Device Discovery **DUBLIN –** A section of a Dublin thoroughfare was... read more »

Moment British war correspondent Steve Sweeney nearly killed in Israeli strike

Moment British war correspondent Steve Sweeney nearly killed in Israeli strike ## Journalist Injured in Israeli Strike Amidst Escalating Lebanon Conflict **BEIRUT** – A British war... read more »

Hungarys Orban continues to block Ukraine loan at EU summit

Hungarys Orban continues to block Ukraine loan at EU summit ### EU Leaders Grapple with Hungarian Stance on Crucial Ukraine Financial Aid **BRUSSELS** – European Union leaders convened... read more »

Who leads Iran? Assassinations leave leadership and command in question

Who leads Iran? Assassinations leave leadership and command in question **Iran’s Leadership Vacuum: A Shifting Political Landscape Amidst Unforeseen Events** Tehran, Iran – The... read more »

Qatar PM on Iran attacks: Wisdom seems to be lacking these days

Qatar PM on Iran attacks: Wisdom seems to be lacking these days ## Qatar’s Premier Condemns Iranian Justifications for Attacks, Urges Restraint **Doha, Qatar** – Qatar’s Prime Minister... read more »