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Anthropic Says Its Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Governme...

Anthropic Says Its Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order **AI Safety Concerns Prompt Temporary Deactivation of Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5** **[City, State] – [Date]** – Leading artificial intelligence research company Anthropic has announced the temporary... read more »

A Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable ...

A Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by A...

A Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews **Landmark Ruling Establishes AI Developer Liability for Generated Content** A significant legal precedent has been set, with a court ruling that companies responsible for the design, training, operation, and... read more »

Five IAF personnel killed in AN-32 aircr...

Five IAF personnel killed in AN-32 aircraft crash in Assam's Jorhat

Five IAF personnel killed in AN-32 aircraft crash in Assam's Jorhat **Tragic Loss: Indian Air Force AN-32 Aircraft Crashes in Assam, Five Personnel Perish** A profound sense of grief has enveloped the Indian Air Force (IAF) following the devastating crash of an AN-32 aircraft in the Jorhat... read more »

J&K CM's advisor calls for revi...

J&K CM's advisor calls for revival of panel to oversee Kashmiri Pa...

J&K CM's advisor calls for revival of panel to oversee Kashmiri Pandits' return, rehabilitation ### **Advisor Advocates for Reinstatement of Joint Committee for Kashmiri Pandit Resettlement** **Jammu, [Date]** – A senior advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister has called for... 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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Blueprint for first phase of PM MITRA Textile Park in Kalaburagi is ready

Blueprint for first phase of PM MITRA Textile Park in Kalaburagi is ready ## Kalaburagi Poised for Textile Sector Advancement with PM MITRA Park Blueprint Finalized **Kalaburagi, India... read more »

Property deeds no protection for Palestinians as settler violence spreads

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Drone strikes on central Sudanese city kill up to 23: NGO

Drone strikes on central Sudanese city kill up to 23: NGO **Sudan Conflict Escalates: Drone Strikes Devastate Central City, Casualties Mount** **Khartoum, Sudan** – A series of... read more »

Pope Leo tells migrants: I bow before your dignity

Pope Leo tells migrants: I bow before your dignity ### Pontiff Honors Migrant Resilience at Canary Islands Port **Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain** – Pope Leo concluded a significant... read more »

Two sentenced to death in Bangkok bombing

Two sentenced to death in Bangkok bombing **Bangkok Shrine Bombing: Two Convicted and Sentenced to Death** **Bangkok, Thailand** – A Bangkok court has delivered its verdict in the high-profile case... read more »