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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 »

British cleric sentenced to life in pris...

British cleric sentenced to life in prison on terror charges

A 56-year old British cleric has been sentenced to life in prison by a court here after being convicted of 11 terror-related charges, including providing material support to Al Qaeda and conspiring to establish a terrorist training camp in the US. Abu Hamza, also known as Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, was... 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 »

France to discuss measures to avert Pari...

France to discuss measures to avert Paris-style attacks

Key members of the French government will meet on 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... read more »

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Israel denies involvement in Iran embassy attacks in Beirut

Israel denies involvement in Iran embassy attacks in Beirut

JERUSALEM – Israeli officials denied their country was involved in the twin bombings on Tuesday morning outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut, which left 23 dead and 146 others... read more »

Vote counting begins in Nepal Constituent Assembly polls

Vote counting begins in Nepal Constituent Assembly...

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

IAEA’s Iran n-programme report is ‘balanced...

New US sanctions unconstructive: Iran

Tehran – Iranian government has described the UN ! nuclear watchdog — International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s report about the Islamic... read more »

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G20: Obama warns of Asia ‘intimidation’ ahead of summit

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Reform process bound to face resistance, must be insulated from political pressure: Modi a...

BRISBANE: As he seeks to accelerate his economic reform drive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said reform process is bound to face resistance and wanted it to be insulated from... read more »

Islamic State says it plans tIslamic State says it plans to issue...

They have paraded their own flag, formed courts and ministries, issued passports and even license plates. Now, the leaders of the Islamic State, the violent jihadist group that has seized parts of... read more »