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Economy, IS policy, Guantanamo and more: Obama’s speech in 11 quotes

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared America has turned the page on years of war and economic hardship, in a populist-tinged State of the Union address that set up the battle to succeed him. Emboldened by a stronger economy and better approval ratings, Obama called for a new chapter in US... read more »

Houthi display of force challenges embat...

Houthi display of force challenges embattled Yemen leader

Houthi fighters battled guards at the Yemeni president’s private home and entered his palace on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a turbulent campaign for more political power that has enfeebled state authority and thrown the Arab state deeper into turmoil. Speaking hours after his... read more »

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Japan PM Shinzo Abe rushes home to lead ...

Japan PM Shinzo Abe rushes home to lead hostage crisis response

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was rushing home from the Middle East Wednesday to take charge of Tokyo’s response after Islamic militants threatened to kill two nationals unless he pays a $200 million ransom. A defiant Abe vowed he would not bow to “terrorism” as Japan... read more »

Sri Lanka: Police raids Mahinda Rajapaks...

Sri Lanka: Police raids Mahinda Rajapaksa’s country home

Colombo – Embattled former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s country home in the southern province has been raided by police who were looking for a luxury sports car but the search drew a blank. “They raided our house in Tangalle yesterday looking for a Lamborghini car,” said... read more »

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25 killed, 36 injured in Iraq violence

23 killed in violent attacks in Iraq

Baghdad – At least 23 people were killed and 95 others wounded in violent attacks in Iraq Saturday, including a massive bombing attack in a northern city, police said. At least 12 people were... read more »

Iran n-deal: six global powers sign landmark nuclear deal

Deal reached on Iran nuclear dispute

Iran and six world powers reached agreement on a nuclear deal to temporarily curb its nuclear programme in return for easing of economic sanctions... read more »

Tamil poet Jeyapalan arrested in Sri Lanka for violatin...

Tamil poet Jeyapalan arrested in Sri Lanka for violating visa condition

Norwegian Tamil poet and actor V.I.S. Jeyapalan has been arrested in Sri Lanka for violating visa regulations. Jaffna-born Jeyapalan, 79, was arrested on... 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 »

Philippines Typhoon Haiyan: Death toll rises to 5,209 i...

Philippines Typhoon Haiyan: Death toll rises to 5,209 in 2 weeks.

London – Two weeks after the record-breaking Typhoon Haiyan hit the central islands of Philippines, its death toll has been estimated at 5,209, officials... read more »

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Nigeria vows to track down militants

Nigeria’s president has pledged to track down those responsible for Friday’s attack on a mosque in the northern city of Kano that reportedly left 120 dead and a further 270 injured. The... read more »

IS stones to death two alleged gay men in Syria

DAMASCUS: Islamic State (IS) militants stoned to death two young men in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour on charges of having “unlawful” sexual intercourse with... read more »

At least 95 Killed as Syrian Govt Bombs Islamic State-Held City

Syrian government airstrikes on a market, an industrial area and other areas in the Islamic State-controlled city of Raqqa have killed at least 95 people, the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory... read more »

Explosions kill over 45 persons

MAIDUGURI – More than 45 people were massacred in twin bomb blasts, including one by a female suicide bomber, at a crowded market in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri. The explosions in... read more »

Militants kill four polio workers in Pakistan

At least four polio workers, including three women, were killed on Wednesday in an attack by militants in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan Province. The workers were going from their... read more »