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AirAsia flight data recorder retrieved n...

AirAsia flight data recorder retrieved near jet’s wrecked wing, secon...

Indonesian navy divers on Monday retrieved the black box flight data recorder from an AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board, a government official said. Flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control in bad weather on December 28, less than halfway into a... read more »

France fears more attacks, armed woman s...

France fears more attacks, armed woman suspect at large

Key members of the French government will meet Saturday morning to decide on new measures aimed at thwarting a repeat of the attacks in Paris that culminated in a massacre of 12 people at a satirical newspaper, and a supermarket bloodbath that left four hostages dead. World leaders have telephoned... read more »

US court jails radical imam Abu Hamza fo...

US court jails radical imam Abu Hamza for life for terrorism

The radical imam Abu Hamza has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in New York on terrorism charges. He had been convicted last May of helping Yemeni militants kidnap Western tourists in 1998, leading to the deaths of three British hostages and one Australian. Jurors found him guilty of... read more »

Militant group Boko Haram killed around ...

Militant group Boko Haram killed around 2000 people in an attack in Norther...

A small city on the northern border of Nigeria witnessed an Islamic extremist attack by the jihadist group Boko Haram on January 9, 2015. The attack killed as many as 2000 people. The attack is said to be the deadliest in the history of Boko Haram in its ongoing five-year long insurgency in... read more »

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Netanyahu leaves for Moscow on Iran nuclear campaign

Netanyahu leaves for Moscow on Iran nuclear campaign

Ben Gurion Airport – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took off for Russia in a last-minute bid to sway an emerging deal with Iran over its contested nuclear programme. A news agency... read more »

Israel denies involvement in Iran embassy attacks in Beirut

Israel denies involvement in Iran embassy attacks ...

JERUSALEM – Israeli officials denied their country was involved in the twin bombings on Tuesday morning outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut,... read more »

Vote counting begins in Nepal Constituent Assembly poll...

Vote counting begins in Nepal Constituent Assembly polls

Officials began counting votes on Wednesday that were cast during an election to choose a new Constituent Assembly. Election Commission official Bir Bahadur... read more »

Philippines typhoon toll crosses 4,000 mark

Philippines typhoon toll crosses 4,000 mark

Manila – Death toll from typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) breached the 4,000 level, the Philippine disaster agency said Wednesday. National Disaster... read more »

10 killed in Beijing blaze

China urges personnel's safety in South Sudan

Beijing – At least 10 people were killed in Beijing when a fire engulfed a storehouse Tuesday, police said. The incident, which occurred in the capital... read more »

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Suicide attack in Afghan capital wounds female MP

A suicide bomber tried to assassinate a prominent female member of Afghanistan’s parliament on Sunday, killing three people and wounding the lawmaker, a senior official said. Shukria... read more »

Nuclear deal with Iran would help Obama salvage his battered legacy

Washington: A nuclear deal with Iran would be a rare coup for a beleaguered President Barack Obama already seeking to shape his White House legacy, but analysts caution that renewing full... read more »

Islamic State beheads American hostage Peter Kassig, Obama calls it pure evil

Islamic State militants have beheaded another American hostage, Peter Kassig, issuing a video claiming the killing on Sunday and warning the United States they would kill other US citizens... read more »

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David Cameron warns of looming global financial crisis

Prime Minister David Cameron has warned of an impending global financial crisis, saying that “red warning lights are once again flashing on the dashboard of the global... read more »

Vladimir Putin cautious about being listed as "most powerful person"

Global economy to suffer as Putin quits G20 early

David Cameron may have hailed the G20 meetings in Brisbane over the weekend as a success for the global economy. But in reality, the gathering of the world’s most powerful leaders will be... read more »