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Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 emp...

Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 employees as CEO says AI 'does it...

Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 employees as CEO says AI 'does it better' **Block Announces Significant Workforce Reduction, Citing AI Integration** **SAN FRANCISCO, CA** – Financial technology powerhouse Block, Inc. has announced a substantial workforce reduction, impacting... read more »

Family of UN rapporteur Albanese sues Tr...

Family of UN rapporteur Albanese sues Trump administration over sanctions

Family of UN rapporteur Albanese sues Trump administration over sanctions ### UN Special Rapporteur’s Family Challenges US Sanctions in Court **Washington D.C.** – The family of a United Nations Special Rapporteur, who has been a vocal critic of Israeli policies regarding Palestinian... read more »

Israeli attacks on Lebanons Bekaa Valley...

Israeli attacks on Lebanons Bekaa Valley kill Syrian teenager

Israeli attacks on Lebanons Bekaa Valley kill Syrian teenager ### **Deadly Strike in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley Claims Young Life Amidst Escalating Tensions** **BEIRUT, LEBANON** – A devastating Israeli airstrike on Lebanon’s fertile Bekaa Valley has resulted in the tragic death of a... read more »

Ecuador to consider granting asylum if Snowden applies: president
Ecuador hikes tariffs on Colombian impor...

Ecuador hikes tariffs on Colombian imports to 50 percent starting March 1

Ecuador hikes tariffs on Colombian imports to 50 percent starting March 1 **Ecuador Imposes Significant Tariffs on Colombian Goods, Escalating Trade Tensions** Quito, Ecuador – In a move poised to reshape bilateral trade dynamics, Ecuador has announced a substantial increase in import tariffs on... read more »

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13 killed as rain wreaks havoc in Pakistan

At least 13 people were killed Thursday in rain related incidents across Pakistan’s Punjab province. Six members of a family were killed when the roof of their residence collapsed in Lahore’s... read more »

11 killed in Pakistan building collapse

At least 11 people, including two women and two children, were killed and 18 others injured when a three-storey building collapsed in Pakistan’s... read more »

910 militants killed since June, Pakistan military says

Pakistan’s military on Wednesday said it has killed 910 suspected militants and lost 82 soldiers in a major offensive launched in June in a restive tribal... read more »

Abe praises Indian judge, tells Modi every Japanese kno...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Narendra Modi that Japan still honours a dissenting Indian judge from a World War II military tribunal, a report said... read more »

US jets again strike jihadists around Iraqi dam

WASHINGTON: The United States carried out another round of air strikes on Monday against militants from the so-called Islamic States battling Iraqi and Kurdish... read more »

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World powers prepare for Syria peace talks

World powers prepare for Syria peace talks

Geneva – Delegates from the UN, Russia and the US arrived here Tuesday for a trilateral meeting to prepare for the long-delayed peace talks on Syria. Participants include UN-Arab League Joint... read more »

Egypt court adjourns trial after defiant Morsi rejects `illegal` proceedings

Egypt court adjourns trial after defiant Morsi rej...

Sydney – The Egyptian court conducting ousted President Mohammed Morsi’s trial has reportedly adjourned the hearings to January 8, after the... read more »

40 percent of Syrians need humanitarian aid: UN

40 percent of Syrians need humanitarian aid: UN

United Nations – The United Nations estimates that around 9.3 million people in Syria or about 40 percent of the population need humanitarian assistance... read more »

Egypt court adjourns Mohamed Morsi trial to January 8

Egypt court adjourns Mohamed Morsi trial to January 8

Cairo – An Egyptian court on Monday adjourned to January 8 the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi over his alleged involvement in the death of... read more »

John Kerry arrives in Middle East to fix ties

John Kerry arrives in Middle East to fix ties

London – US Secretary of State John Kerry has reportedly arrived in the Middle East to repair ties with the nation’s long-standing ally. The US... read more »

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Pak accountability court re-opens six corruption cases against Zardari

Pak accountability court re-opens six corruption cases against Za...

Islamabad – A Pakistani Accountability Court (AC) has re-opened six pending corruption cases against former President Asif Ali Zardari. The AC-1 Islamabad Judge Bashir Ahmed ordered the... read more »

Nepal to continue contributing troops to UN

Nepal to continue contributing troops to UN

Kathmandu – Nepal would like to continue contributing troops to the UN peacekeeping missions, the government said Tuesday. Speaking on the... read more »

Nawaz says nobody can dictate to Pakistan

Nawaz says nobody can dictate to Pakistan

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said nobody could dictate to the country. He added that Pakistan has the prerogative to take its own... read more »

Clashes continue in Bangladesh for second day, toll rea...

Clashes continue in Bangladesh for second day, toll reaches eight

At least four people were killed in fresh clashes in Bangladesh on Monday on the second day of a 60-hour Opposition strike, police said, bringing to eight the... read more »

PML-N member from National Assembly disqualified

PML-N member from National Assembly disqualified

Islamabad – The Supreme Court of Pakistan Monday disqualified Sumaira Malik as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) member of the National Assembly... read more »

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Familiar moments mark four years of Russias war on Ukraine **Global Commemoration Underscores Enduring Impact of Ukraine Conflict** **[City, Date]** – As the conflict initiated by... read more »

Ex-UK ambassador Peter Mandelson arrested over alleged Epstein links

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Moment US military launch night raid on oil tanker in Indian Ocean ### U.S. Forces Conduct Maritime Interdiction Operation in Indian Ocean **WASHINGTON D.C.** – United States military forces... read more »