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Man raped girl claiming she 'owed h...

Man raped girl claiming she 'owed him' over debt and threatened t...

Man raped girl claiming she 'owed him' over debt and threatened to 'butcher' family Craig O’Connell, 26, from Cork, convinced a 16-year-old girl he was a drug lord and coerced her into have sex with him, claiming she owed him over a debt, a court heard This article was... read more »

Two tourists plunge to deaths at SAME ai...

Two tourists plunge to deaths at SAME airport hours apart in front of passe...

Two tourists plunge to deaths at SAME airport hours apart in front of passengers ## Tragic Incidents at Kuala Lumpur International Airport Claim Two Lives **Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia** – Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) was the scene of two separate and tragic fatalities on Friday, as two... read more »

Petrol prices rising more in the US than...

Petrol prices rising more in the US than in the UK thanks to Donald Trump&#...

Petrol prices rising more in the US than in the UK thanks to Donald Trump's Iran war **Global Fuel Markets React to Geopolitical Tensions: US Gasoline Prices See Significant Surge** Recent analyses of global fuel markets indicate that the United States has experienced a more pronounced... read more »

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Trump says US forces are like pirates ta...

Trump says US forces are like pirates taking Iranian oil

Trump says US forces are like pirates taking Iranian oil Donald Trump says US forces are like pirates taking over Iranian ships and cargo near the Strait of Hormuz. This article was created based on information from various sources and rewritten for clarity and... 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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UN chief calls for immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz

UN chief calls for immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz ### Global Diplomatic Push for Unimpeded Maritime Passage in Strait of Hormuz **United Nations Headquarters, New York** –... read more »

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Myanmars former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest

Myanmars former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest The move comes as part of a larger prisoner pardon tied to a Buddhist religious holiday. This article was created based on... read more »

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Lebanese girl mourns paramedic father killed in Israeli strike

Lebanese girl mourns paramedic father killed in Israeli strike **Grief Grips Southern Lebanon as Paramedics Honored After Deadly Strike** Southern Lebanon was shrouded in profound sorrow as... read more »

How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They Are Gonna Want to Kill Me

How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They Are Gonna Want to Kill Me ## OpenAI Legal Battle Intensifies: Musk Faces Scrutiny Over Founding Role and Company Direction **San Francisco, CA** – The... read more »

OpenAI Rolls Out Advanced Security Mode for At-Risk Accounts

OpenAI Rolls Out Advanced Security Mode for At-Risk Accounts ## OpenAI Enhances User Protection with New Advanced Security Measures **San Francisco, CA** – In a proactive move to bolster the... read more »