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Death toll from Vietnam floods rises to 90, several still missing

Death toll from Vietnam floods rises to 90, several still missing **Vietnam Grapples with Devastating Floods as Death Toll Mounts and Economic Impact Soars** Hanoi, Vietnam – The aftermath of severe flooding continues to plague central Vietnam, with the confirmed death toll reaching 90 and... read more »

Brit dad in coma after heart attack on h...

Brit dad in coma after heart attack on holiday as family 'pray for mir...

Brit dad in coma after heart attack on holiday as family 'pray for miracle' ## British Tourist in Critical Condition Following Cardiac Arrest in Turkey **Antalya, Turkey** – A British national is in a coma in a Turkish hospital after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest while on holiday... read more »

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Neighbours thought they were living next door to ordinary man – they ...

Neighbours thought they were living next door to ordinary man – they had no idea ## The Cannibal of Rotenburg: A Case Study in Consensual Carnibalism and the Limits of Law The small town of Rotenburg, Germany, was thrust into the international spotlight in the early 2000s following the arrest... read more »

Keir Starmer finally given voice in Dona...

Keir Starmer finally given voice in Donald Trump's controversial Ukrai...

Keir Starmer finally given voice in Donald Trump's controversial Ukraine 'peace plan' ## G20 Leaders Rebuke Elements of Proposed U.S. Ukraine Peace Framework Amidst Summit in South Africa **Durban, South Africa** – As global tensions surrounding the conflict in Ukraine continue to... read more »

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Kashmir disaster: 6 Lakh in difficulties, Near 50,000 Rescued

Almost 200 people have died in the state’s worst floods in 60 years. With the weather clearing, 61 Air Force choppers and transport aircraft have made non-stop sorties through the night and on... read more »

Gaza official: Israel Navy arrests Gaza fishermen

An official in the Gaza Strip says the Israeli Navy has arrested four Palestinian fishermen and seized their boat in one of the first instances of... read more »

Egypt ex-President Morsi charged over Qatar files leak

Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is being charged with handing over national security documents to Qatar, the state prosecutor says. Relations between... read more »

Iran’s Khamenei undergoes prostate surgery

Iran’s official news agency on Monday said the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has undergone prostate surgery in a Tehran hospital. The... read more »

50 days of war leave Israelis and Palestinians only mor...

JERUSALEM: Only time will tell whether Israel will maintain the quiet it so desperately sought during 50 days of war with Palestinian militants in the Gaza... read more »

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Over 62,000 migrants arrived in Yemen this year: UN

Over 62,000 migrants arrived in Yemen this year: UN

United Nations – Over 62,000 asylum seekers, refugees and migrants arrived in Yemen from the Horn of Africa in the first 10 months of this year, a UN spokesperson said Friday. The UN Refugee... read more »

John Kerry warns of violence if Israel-Palestinian peace talks fail

John Kerry warns of violence if Israel-Palestinian...

Amman – US Secretary of State John Kerry warned today of a return to violence if faltering peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians... read more »

Syrian war cost tops $103 bn: UN

Syria rebel chief Liwa al-Tawhid Brigade killed in regime strike

Washington – The total cost of Syria’s almost three-year-long conflict has reached over $103 billion in the first half of 2013, the UN said. The... read more »

Inspectors say Syria chemical site abandoned

Inspectors say Syria chemical site abandoned

Chemical weapons inspectors say Syria has provided video and photographic evidence that shows a chemical weapons site near war-torn Aleppo has been dismantled... read more »

High level of polonium found in Arafat’s Bones.

High level of polonium found in Arafat's Bones.

Bern – A detailed investigation by Swiss forensic experts has found at least 18 times the normal levels of radioactive polonium in the late Palestinian... read more »

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No peace talks with Pakistan government: Taliban

No peace talks with Pakistan government: Taliban

Islamabad – Blaming the Pakistan government for the death of their chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone attack Friday, the Pakistan Taliban said they would not hold any peace talks with the... read more »

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahead unless US sanctions issue resolved

Iran urges Pakistan to build its gas pipeline

Tehran – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has asked Pakistan to build its own section of natural gas pipeline. “Big volume of... read more »

Sri Lanka rejects controversial war video by British me...

Sri Lanka trade show attracts $1 bn investment

Colombo – The Sri Lankan military Sunday rejected a new video released by a British television channel which accuses the army of committing war... read more »

Maldives president warns against foreign interference

Maldives president warns against foreign interference

Male – Maldives President Mohamed Waheed Sunday said that foreigners should not interfere in the domestic issues of the Maldives. In a speech to mark the... read more »

Five killed in Pakistan grenade attack

Haqqani network leader's son killed in Pakistan

Islamabad – At least five people were killed and two others injured Sunday evening in a hand grenade attack at a meeting in northwest Pakistan, media... read more »

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