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Moment two women fight over the coffin of their dead cheating lover they sh...

Moment two women fight over the coffin of their dead cheating lover they shared ## Funeral Disrupted by Unforeseen Revelation and Public Confrontation A somber funeral service took a dramatic and unexpected turn yesterday when a dispute erupted between two women, culminating in a physical... read more »

Orla Wates death is her heartbroken fami...

Orla Wates death is her heartbroken family's second gap-year tragedy

Orla Wates death is her heartbroken family's second gap-year tragedy **Tragic Loss of Orla Wates: A Promising Life Cut Short in Vietnam** A wave of profound sorrow has enveloped the family of Orla Wates, a vibrant 19-year-old whose life was tragically extinguished in a motorbike accident in... read more »

Woman given 15 years for role supplying ...

Woman given 15 years for role supplying drugs linked to Matthew Perry death

Woman given 15 years for role supplying drugs linked to Matthew Perry death **Drug Trafficker Sentenced for Role in Fentanyl Overdose Linked to Actor’s Death** A drug trafficker has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for her role in supplying the potent combination of drugs that led... read more »

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Israel must be restrained for US-Iran ce...

Israel must be restrained for US-Iran ceasefire to hold

Israel must be restrained for US-Iran ceasefire to hold **Escalating Regional Tensions: Former Counterterrorism Official Raises Concerns Over Ceasefire Stability** **Washington D.C.** – A former high-ranking official in the United States’ counterterrorism apparatus has voiced 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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Israeli soldiers fire tear gas at Palestinian youth during raid in Hebron

Israeli soldiers fire tear gas at Palestinian youth during raid in Hebron ### Tensions Flare in Hebron as Israeli Forces Disperse Gathering **Hebron, West Bank** – A pre-dawn operation by... read more »

Earnings rise in Sabarimala temple

Sabarimala review: A strict definition of denomination, essential religious practices will...

Sabarimala review: A strict definition of denomination, essential religious practices will compress plural and diverse Hinduism, Centre tells SC **Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Religious... read more »

Kerala: SSLC results out, 95.98 per cent candidates eligible for higher studies

Kerala Assembly polls 2026 | Interviews with key candidates and political leaders

Kerala Assembly polls 2026 | Interviews with key candidates and political leaders **Gearing Up for 2026: Kerala’s Political Landscape Under Scrutiny** As the political clock ticks... read more »

SC hearing on Sabarimala LIVE: Nine-judge Bench to hear pleas on religious discrimination ...

SC hearing on Sabarimala LIVE: Nine-judge Bench to hear pleas on religious discrimination against women ## Supreme Court to Convene Nine-Judge Bench for Pivotal Review of Religious... read more »

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Kerala cyber police book social media activist in Kasaragod over ...

Kerala cyber police book social media activist in Kasaragod over alleged riot call ## Social Media Personality Faces Charges in Kasaragod Over Alleged Incitement **Kasaragod, Kerala** – Authorities... read more »