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Deadly virus on cruise ship MV Hondius a...

Deadly virus on cruise ship MV Hondius as three die and Brit fights for lif...

Deadly virus on cruise ship MV Hondius as three die and Brit fights for life ## **Grave Health Crisis Unfolds Aboard Expedition Vessel MV Hondius; Three Fatalities Reported** A severe and potentially fatal illness has tragically claimed the lives of three individuals aboard the expedition cruise... read more »

Hantavirus symptoms: Very first sign of ...

Hantavirus symptoms: Very first sign of deadly rodent disease with no cure ...

Hantavirus symptoms: Very first sign of deadly rodent disease with no cure after 3 die on cruise ship **Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak Confirmed on Cruise Ship, Prompting Health Alert** A severe outbreak of hantavirus, a potentially fatal rodent-borne disease, has led to the deaths of three individuals... read more »

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Gaza aid flotilla activists appear in Is...

Gaza aid flotilla activists appear in Israeli court after abduction

Gaza aid flotilla activists appear in Israeli court after abduction **Maritime Activists Detained Following Gaza Aid Vessel Interception** **JERUSALEM –** A group of international activists aboard a vessel attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza has been detained by Israeli authorities,... read more »

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Nine booked for social boycott in Belagavi village

Nine booked for social boycott in Belagavi village ## Community Sanctioned Exclusion Sparks Legal Action in Belagavi District **Belagavi, Karnataka** – Authorities in the Belagavi district have initiated legal proceedings against nine individuals following allegations of orchestrating a social... 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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