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David Cameron uses Paris terror attack t...

David Cameron uses Paris terror attack to push through more surveillance po...

Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to give new web surveillance powers to intelligence agencies following the horrific terror attacks in Paris last week. He appeared to say that he’d want to ban any means of digital communication that cannot be snooped on. “If I’m Prime... read more »

No talks with India without Kashmir on a...

No talks with India without Kashmir on agenda: Pakistan

Islamabad: The United States on Tuesday called on India and Pakistan to re-engage in serious dialogue, saying both the countries needed to overcome historical mistrust.Addressing a joint press conference with Sartaj Aziz, adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on national security and... read more »

Charlie Hebdo’s UK distribution pa...

Charlie Hebdo’s UK distribution partners play-down security risk

The UK distribution partners for the special commemorative edition of Charlie Hebdo have denied they will become targets for fanatics by carrying the controversial title. As many as 1,000 issues of the magazine will be shipped to Britain to meet exceptional demand for the first issue since the... read more »

Pope Francis lands in Sri Lanka for R...

Pope Francis lands in Sri Lanka for ‘mission of mercy’

Pope Francis has called for respect for human rights, inclusivity, and the “pursuit of truth” as he started a six-day Asian tour in Sri Lanka. The pontiff, who will later travel to the Philippines, plans to celebrate open-air masses during his trip. It is the first papal visit to Sri... read more »

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Prachanda loses in Nepal Constituent Assembly election

Prachanda loses in Nepal Constituent Assembly election

The leader of Nepal’s Maoist party, who appears to have lost in this week’s national election, demanded on Thursday that the vote counting be stopped because of what he called massive... read more »

Khamenei defends Iran's right to n-power

Khamenei defends Iran’s right to n-power

Tehran – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Tehran will not retreat “an iota” from its nuclear rights,... read more »

Israeli PM heads to Russia to advise against deal with ...

Israel slams Iran's nuclear deal

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarked on a flight to Russia on Wednesday morning to discuss the Iranian nuclear plan with... read more »

Fukushima nuke disaster `warning to world`, Tepco head ...

Fukushima nuke disaster `warning to world`, Tepco head tells UK

London – The crippled Fukushima nuclear plant head has said that the catastrophic triple meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear plant in March 2011 was “a... read more »

U.S. considers destroying Syrian chemical weapons in in...

Britain to help with Syrian chemical weapons' destruction

New York – The United States is considering plans to destroy the Syrian chemical weapons stockpiles on a barge in international waters, according to... read more »

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Jerusalem terror attack ‘strikes at soul’ of Jews worldwide

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‘Proud to have India as a partner in Fiji’s future’, says Fijian PM Josi...

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BAGHDAD — Iraqi state television on Tuesday displayed images of triumphant soldiers inside the Beiji refinery, the first confirmation of many previous reports that government forces had... read more »

The Geography of Terrorism

Of the 17,958 people who died in terrorist attacks in 2013, 82 percent were in one of five countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Syria. That’s one finding from this... read more »

At site of Jerusalem terror attack, no calls for revenge, just gr...

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