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Thunder outlasts Lakers in Game 4 to com...

Thunder outlasts Lakers in Game 4 to complete NBA playoff sweep

Thunder outlasts Lakers in Game 4 to complete NBA playoff sweep ### Thunder Clinch Western Conference Finals Berth with Dominant Game 4 Victory The Oklahoma City Thunder have officially punched their ticket to the Western Conference Finals, completing a decisive sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in a... read more »

Greece confirms major border control upd...

Greece confirms major border control update for all Brits from May 11

Greece confirms major border control update for all Brits from May 11 **Greece Enhances Border Management Protocols to Streamline Travel for British Nationals** **Athens, Greece** – Greece is set to implement significant updates to its border control procedures for travellers arriving from the... read more »

Fresh fears Iran conflict will explode a...

Fresh fears Iran conflict will explode as Trump slams Iran counter-offer

Fresh fears Iran conflict will explode as Trump slams Iran counter-offer **Tensions Mount as Trump Rejects Iran’s Proposal, Raising Concerns of Further Escalation** [City, Date] – The specter of a wider conflict in the Middle East has intensified following President Donald Trump’s... read more »

Israeli soldiers sentenced to military p...

Israeli soldiers sentenced to military prison over desecration of Virgin Ma...

Israeli soldiers sentenced to military prison over desecration of Virgin Mary Two Israeli soldiers have been sentenced to spend time in military prison after a cigarette was placed in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon This article was created based on information from... 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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Iran war live: IRGC warns US against attacks on ships; Israel bombs Lebanon

Iran war live: IRGC warns US against attacks on ships; Israel bombs Lebanon **Regional Tensions Simmer as Iran Issues Naval Warning Amidst Israeli Strikes in Lebanon** Tehran, Iran – A... read more »

Lawyer who helped Poop Cruise victims offers to help passengers aboard hantavirus-hit crui...

Lawyer who helped Poop Cruise victims offers to help passengers aboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship **Legal Expert Offers Counsel to Passengers Facing Cruise Ship Quarantine** **New York,... read more »

Schoolgirls aged 15 and 16 'sexually assaulted after drinks spiked' on Spanish c...

Schoolgirls aged 15 and 16 'sexually assaulted after drinks spiked' on Spanish cruise Up to ten girls aged 15 and 16 are understood to have gone to police in Spain who have... read more »

WHO chief arrives in person to organise hantavirus-hit cruise ship evacuation

WHO chief arrives in person to organise hantavirus-hit cruise ship evacuation **Global Health Leader Arrives to Coordinate Hantavirus Response on Cruise Vessel** [City, Date] – The... read more »

Celebrated naturalist David Attenborough marks 100th birthday

Celebrated naturalist David Attenborough marks 100th birthday **A Century of Wonder: Sir David Attenborough’s Enduring Legacy** **London, UK –** The world of natural history and conservation... read more »