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How will Syria deal with its growing sec...

How will Syria deal with its growing security challenges?

How will Syria deal with its growing security challenges? ## Escalating Tensions Threaten Fragile Stability in Northeastern Syria Northeastern Syria is grappling with a resurgence of violence, raising concerns about the long-term stability of the region and the potential for a broader resurgence of... read more »

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Belgium joins South Africas genocide case against Israel at ICJ

Belgium joins South Africas genocide case against Israel at ICJ ## Belgium Enters ICJ Proceedings Supporting South Africa’s Genocide Allegations Against Israel Brussels, Belgium – Belgium has formally announced its intention to join the proceedings at the International Court of Justice... read more »

U.K. man and 5 others charged with sexua...

U.K. man and 5 others charged with sexually abusing his wife over 13 years

U.K. man and 5 others charged with sexually abusing his wife over 13 years **Six Men Charged in Connection with Prolonged Spousal Abuse Case in the U.K.** LONDON – A group of six men in the United Kingdom have been formally charged in connection with a harrowing case of alleged spousal abuse... read more »

New Epstein files shed more light on his...

New Epstein files shed more light on his ties to Prince Andrew

New Epstein files shed more light on his ties to Prince Andrew ## U.S. Authorities Pursued Interviews with Prince Andrew in Epstein-Related Investigations Newly surfaced documents reveal that U.S. law enforcement officials sought to interview Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, in connection with at... read more »

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1,30,000 Syrian refugees reach Turkey fleeing IS

ANKARA, Turkey: The number of Syrian refugees who have reached Turkey in the past four days after fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants now totals 1,30,000, Turkey’s deputy prime... read more »

Two killed in explosions in China’s Muslim-d...

Beijing: At least two persons were killed and several others injured in a series of explosions in China’s restive Muslim-dominated Xinjiang... read more »

Al-Qaida affiliate in Syria kills captive Lebanese sold...

9:53 P.M. The Nusra Front, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, has killed one of the Lebanese soldiers it had been holding in captivity, Lebanese security... read more »

France conducts first airstrike in Iraq, destroys logis...

PARIS: France says it has conducted its first airstrike in Iraq and has destroyed a logistics depot held by the Islamic State group. The office of President... read more »

Libya’s Zawiya refinery, El Sharara oil field shu...

TRIPOLI: Libya’s 120,000 barrels-a-day Zawiya refinery has been shut down due to damaged storage, an oil ministry official said on Thursday. The El... read more »

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Israel passes bill to annex part of Jordan Valley

Israel approves new settlements in West Bank

Israeli authorities have green-lighted the construction of 800 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank. Israel’s Defence Ministry said on Monday it had approved a planning stage for the... read more »

Syrians fleeing war face hardship in Balkans

Syrians fleeing war face hardship in Balkans

Thousands of Syrian and other refugees from the West Asia and Africa, who make a dangerous journey from their war-ravaged countries, often end up in... read more »

Six Syrian Islamist factions unite in bid to oust Assad

Six Syrian Islamist factions unite in bid to oust Assad

Johannesburg – Six Islamist rebel factions in Syria have united and declared a new Islamic Front with an aim to oust President Bashar al-Assad and... read more »

Afghanistan wants to delay US security deal

Afghanistan wants to delay US security deal

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told his countrymen that a vital security pact with the US should not come into effect until after next year’s election... read more »

No legal Indian worker affected by Nitaqat policy: Saud...

Saudi petrochem giant opens tech centre in Bangalore

New Delhi – Saudi Arabia Thursday clarified that its Nitaqat work policy was directed at illegal expatriates and no legal worker had been affected. The... read more »

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50 percent of Pakistanis support government: Survey

Islamabad – Fifty percent of Pakistan’s population supports the present government, with 49 percent favouring the opposition, a survey has found. An opinion poll conducted Aug 1-26 by the... read more »

Tajikistan's Imomali Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan’s Imomali Rakhmon re-elected pres...

Tajikistan’s President Imomali Rakhmon has won a new seven-year term in Wednesday’s election, receiving 83.1 percent of the vote after... read more »

Maldives president hopes for credible poll

Maldives president hopes for credible poll

Male – Maldives President Mohamed Waheed Wednesday expressed the hope for a credible and successful presidential election later this week. He said this... read more »

Graft case filed against former Pak PM Ashraf

Graft case filed against former Pak PM Ashraf

Pakistan’s anti-graft watchdog on Wednesday filed a case against former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf over a Rs 22-billion scam in setting up power... read more »

Court orders Musharraf’s release

Court orders Musharraf's release

Islamabad – A Pakistan court Wednesday ordered the release of ex-president Pervez Musharraf from house arrest, two days after he was granted bail in... read more »

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Microsoft Teams down LIVE as Office 365 platform suffers major outage

Microsoft Teams down LIVE as Office 365 platform suffers major outage ## Microsoft Teams Faces Widespread Disruption, Impacting Office 365 Users Microsoft Teams, the ubiquitous... read more »

Epstein Files released – exactly why some parts are censored or redacted

Epstein Files released – exactly why some parts are censored or redacted ## Bipartisan Pressure Forces Release of Epstein Documents **Washington D.C.** – In a rare display of... read more »

Exactly why theres no 'Epstein client list' in newly-released Epstein Files docu...

Exactly why theres no 'Epstein client list' in newly-released Epstein Files documents ## Scrutiny Intensifies as Epstein Documents Surface, Absence of Explicit “Client... read more »

Israel attacks Gaza Again

Israel, Lebanon officials meet as pressure mounts to disarm Hezbollah

Israel, Lebanon officials meet as pressure mounts to disarm Hezbollah ## Diplomatic Engagement Amidst Escalating Tensions on the Israel-Lebanon Border Amidst a backdrop of escalating... read more »

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Hadis killing chilling turning point for Bangladesh

Hadis killing chilling turning point for Bangladesh ## Hadi Killing and Escalating Violence Raise Concerns Over Bangladesh Security Landscape **Dhaka, Bangladesh** – The recent assassination of... read more »