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Death of Iranian general brings Tehran b...

Death of Iranian general brings Tehran back into the heart of Israel’...

The announcement that a Revolutionary Guard commander was killed in the unconfirmed Israeli strike in Syria puts Israel and Iran – and not just Hezbollah – in the heart of the tension. The attack against Hezbollah commanders near Quneitra on the Golan Heights on Sunday has gotten... read more »

1,000 lash sentence for Saudi blogger po...

1,000 lash sentence for Saudi blogger postponed

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia postponed until next week Friday’s flogging of a blogger jailed for insulting Islam, citing medical reasons, a week after he received the first 50 of 1,000-lash sentence, his wife said. Raef Badawi received the first whipping in public outside a mosque in Jeddah, sparking... read more »

Boko Haram: ‘For five kilometres, ...

Boko Haram: ‘For five kilometres, I kept standing on dead bodies̵...

Washington: It’s a “brief” war, which is to say that media reports on the brutal, dehumanising violence as Boko Haram consolidates its hold on a nation-sized slice of Nigeria invariably are “briefs” because it is being fought in a “too” area – too... read more »

Saudi Arabia: Woman dragged through stre...

Saudi Arabia: Woman dragged through street, beheaded for ‘murdering&#...

In what could send chills down one’s spine, a Burmese woman, who resided in Saudi Arabia, was publicly beheaded in Islam’s holy city of Mecca on allegations that she had killed her stepdaughter, reports stated on Saturday. In a video which was posted on YouTube, Layla bint Abdul Mutaleb... read more »

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Philippines typhoon toll touches 5,209

Philippines typhoon toll touches 5,209

Manila – The death toll from typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines soared to 5,209 with 1,602 people still missing, an official said here Friday. The considerable increase in the fatalities came... read more »

Relations with India a priority, says Maldives president

Relations with India a priority, says Maldives pre...

New Delhi – Newly-elected! Maldives President Abdulla Yameen says his country’s relations with India were a priority. In a letter to... 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 double standards on drone strikes: Sharif

No double standards on drone strikes: Sharif

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday said the government has no double standards in condemning the drone strikes by the US. “The... read more »

US can’t be trusted on drones issue: Pakistan min...

US can't be trusted on drones issue: Pakistan minister

Islamabad – Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Friday said US assurances over the drone attacks issue could not be trusted, a... read more »

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Hawks circle over Iran talks extension

WASHINGTON – Buoyed by the failure of the US and five other powers to reach a comprehensive agreement with Iran over its nuclear program after a week of intensive talks, pro-Israel... read more »

World powers miss Iran nuclear deal deadline, extends it to July 1

Vienna: Iran and world powers missed a deadline to clinch a landmark nuclear deal and defuse a 12-year standoff but gave themselves seven more months to reach agreement. The failure... read more »

Ferguson Police Officer Not Charged in Black Teen’s Shooting

CLAYTON, Mo.— A grand jury declined to indict a white police officer in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager whose death in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson became a national flash... read more »

Nepal bus crash death toll rises to 47 as more bodies found

Emergency workers found three bodies immediately after the crash in mountainous Jajarkot district on Thursday, and pulled another 44 from the wreckage of the bus over the... read more »

John Kerry arrives in Middle East to fix ties

Iran nuclear deal: With deadline looming, US tells Iran to consid...

The U.S. told Iran on Sunday that it’s time to consider extending nuclear talks, in the first formal recognition by Washington that frenzied last-minute diplomacy may not be enough to seal a deal... read more »