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ISIS vows revenge for Osama’s bloo...

ISIS vows revenge for Osama’s blood, beheads 21 Egyptian Christians a...

airo: Flaunting its latest atrocious act, the Islamic State has released a new video showing the beheading of tens of Egyptian Christians in Libya, who were abducted by the extremists last year. In a quick response, Egyptian warplanes are said to have carried out air strikes targeting the Islamic... read more »

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in a Nige...

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in a Nigerian Region Racked by Islamist Viol...

DAMATURU, Nigeria — A suicide bomber blew herself up at a crowded bus station in this northeastern Nigerian city on Sunday, killing 10 people and wounding 30, the police said. Damaturu is in a region that is frequently attacked by Islamist militants. Adamu Muhammad, a witness, said he heard a... read more »

China’s Foreign Minister Pushes Ir...

China’s Foreign Minister Pushes Iran on Nuclear Deal

BEIJING: A deal with Iran on its controversial nuclear programme would help it escape from sanctions and allow more efforts to be spent on economic development, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a trip to Tehran. The negotiations between Iran and the United States, Russia, China, France,... read more »

UN Security Council OKs resolution again...

UN Security Council OKs resolution against Yemen rebels

The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to adopt a resolution that demands that Shiite rebels immediately relinquish control of Yemen’s government in a crisis that has pushed the Arab world’s poorest country near collapse. The United States and ten other countries... read more »

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China slams Japan for slandering its air defence zone in international forum

‘Air-defence zone not to affect freedom of overflights̵...

Beijing – China Wednesday said its Air Defence Identification Zone over the East China Sea is not a “no-fly zone” and will not affect the “freedom of overflights”. In a... read more »

25 killed, 36 injured in Iraq violence

31 killed in bomb attacks in Iraq

Baghdad – At least 31 people were killed and 73 others wounded Tuesday in bomb attacks in Iraq, including three suicide bombings, police... read more »

US-Afghanistan pact to have repercussions for region: I...

Iran rejects Saudi Arabia, Qatar's call to join n-talks

ehran – Iranian foreign ministry said Tuesday that if the proposed security pact between the US and Afghanistan is signed it will have negative... read more »

Iraqi Kurdistan seals Turkey deal

Iraqi Kurdistan seals Turkey deal

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq has finalized a deal under which it will pump oil to Turkey. “The formalities were recently completed…... read more »

China announces launch of Chang’e-3 lunar probe &...

China announces launch of Chang'e-3 lunar probe "successful"

Beijing – China launched it’s first moon rover aboard its Chang’e-3 lunar probe on Monday, bringing Chinese dreams of reaching the moon... read more »

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Delhi: Casino mogul James Packer must wish he could vote in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections next Thursday. Not only is the main challenger Maithripala Sirisena threatening... read more »

Chinese react to stampede deaths: Thought this happened only in India

China on Friday mourned the 36 dead from New Year festivities at its financial capital Shanghai, as the city government revealed the victims of the deadly stampede were mainly young... read more »

AirAsia QZ8501: Bad weather hinders hunt for black boxes

International experts with sophisticated acoustic detection gear joined teams scouring the sea for the wreck of an Indonesia AirAsia passenger jet on Friday, but bad weather was again... read more »

Australia seeks return of Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste jailed in Egypt

The lawyer for one of three Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt has formally applied to the government in Cairo to have him deported to Australia. It comes after Egypt’s highest court,... read more »

Second abandoned migrant ship drifting off Italy

A Moldovan cargo ship carrying an estimated 700 migrants has docked in the Italian port of Gallipoli. The Blue Sky M had apparently been abandoned by its crew, and at one point seemed to be heading... read more »