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Israeli arms companies revenues soared i...

Israeli arms companies revenues soared in 2024

Israeli arms companies revenues soared in 2024 ## Israeli Defense Exports Reach Record High, Surpassing $14 Billion in 2024 **Tel Aviv, Israel** – Israel’s defense industry has reported a significant surge in exports, reaching a record high of nearly $15 billion in 2024. This represents a... read more »

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Public urged to remain indoors as mass power outage leaves 130,000 in the d...

Public urged to remain indoors as mass power outage leaves 130,000 in the dark ## City Plunged into Darkness as Widespread Power Outage Affects Thousands A significant power outage has left an estimated 130,000 residents of the city without electricity, prompting authorities to urge citizens to... read more »

Baba Vanga's predictions that came ...

Baba Vanga's predictions that came true in 2025 and what she got wrong

Baba Vanga's predictions that came true in 2025 and what she got wrong ## 2025: Examining the Prophecies of Baba Vanga and the Allure of Futurology The legacy of Baba Vanga, the blind Bulgarian mystic who passed away in 1996, continues to captivate the public imagination. Revered by some as a... read more »

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Johannesburg bar shooting kills nine and victims targeted in street

Johannesburg bar shooting kills nine and victims targeted in street ## Nine Dead in Apparent Targeted Shooting at Johannesburg Tavern **Johannesburg, South Africa** – A late-night shooting at a tavern in the Sweetwaters area of Pietermaritzburg, Johannesburg, has left nine people dead and... read more »

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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 the bus were reportedly travelling to... read more »

Islamic State video shows beheading of British hos...

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

Bomb at bus station in northwest Pakistan kills 5

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A powerful bomb exploded Saturday at a bus station in northwest Pakistan, killing five people and wounding three others, police... read more »

Pakistan condemns US drone attack in Waziristan

Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday condemned the latest US drone attack in the tribal region of Waziristan which left two people killed earlier in the day. The... read more »

Pakistan needs to concentrate on internal issues instea...

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Saturday that Pakistan should stop making Kashmir a parachute of politics and instead concentrate... 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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WW3 fears ramp up as Putin's pal lists Europe targets and warns 'don't blame us' ## Kremlin-Aligned Analyst Outlines Potential European Targets, Escalating... read more »

World's coldest city drops to -45C as local warns 'you can freeze in minutes...

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Israel to advance plans for 9,000 houses in occupied East Jerusalem ## Jerusalem Development Plans Spark Controversy Amidst Stalled Peace Negotiations Jerusalem – Plans to advance the construction... read more »