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Donald Trump slams Cuba amid threats to ...

Donald Trump slams Cuba amid threats to takeover the country in new outburs...

Donald Trump slams Cuba amid threats to takeover the country in new outburst **US President Signals Shift in Cuba Stance Amidst Past Rhetoric** This article was created based on information from various sources and rewritten for clarity and... read more »

Russian photographer sentenced to forced...

Russian photographer sentenced to forced labour for writing LGBT K-Pop fanf...

Russian photographer sentenced to forced labour for writing LGBT K-Pop fanfiction **Russian Court Imposes Forced Labor Sentence for Online Fan Fiction** A 36-year-old Russian photographer has been sentenced to a period of forced labor by a Russian court, following a conviction related to online... read more »

Carnival Cruise passenger dies after �...

Carnival Cruise passenger dies after 'losing control of scooter' ...

Carnival Cruise passenger dies after 'losing control of scooter' and plunging into water **Tragic Incident at Carnival’s Celebration Key Results in Passenger Fatality** A somber incident unfolded at Carnival Cruise Line’s private Bahamian destination, Celebration Key,... read more »

Hundreds of South Africans gather outside Mandela’s home
Hundreds more displaced as gang violence...

Hundreds more displaced as gang violence escalates in Haitis capital

Hundreds more displaced as gang violence escalates in Haitis capital ## Escalating Gang Warfare Triggers Mass Displacement in Haiti’s Capital **Port-au-Prince, Haiti** – A fresh wave of intense gang-on-gang violence gripping the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, has triggered a significant... 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 may give assurances on the use of nuclear facilities

Iran may give assurances on the use of nuclear facilities ### Iran Signals Willingness to Discuss Nuclear Facility Oversight, But Sets Red Lines on Uranium **Tehran, Iran –** In a... read more »

Hantavirus-hit cruise MV Hondius arrives in Tenerife as tents errected and police swarm po...

Hantavirus-hit cruise MV Hondius arrives in Tenerife as tents errected and police swarm port **Cruise Ship MV Hondius Docks in Tenerife Amidst Hantavirus Concerns** **Tenerife, Spain** –... read more »

Hantavirus live: Army parachutes in to help Brits after suspected case on island

Hantavirus live: Army parachutes in to help Brits after suspected case on island **Expert Medical Team Deployed to Remote South Atlantic Island Amid Health Concerns** A highly specialized... read more »

Putin says Ukraine war 'coming to an end' and even mentions Zelensky by name

Putin says Ukraine war 'coming to an end' and even mentions Zelensky by name Vladimir Putin has claimed the Ukraine war ‘is coming to an end’ and also made a rare... read more »

For the first time, Putin says hes open to meeting Zelensky outsi...

For the first time, Putin says hes open to meeting Zelensky outside Russia Vladimir Putin changes tone, says for first time he will meet Zelenskyy in a third nation. This article was created based... read more »