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United Airlines flight makes dramatic di...

United Airlines flight makes dramatic diversion after 'bomb scare'...

United Airlines flight makes dramatic diversion after 'bomb scare' **United Airlines Flight Diverted Following Security Alert** A United Airlines flight en route to New York was compelled to make an unscheduled landing at an alternate airport yesterday evening following the activation of... read more »

US army prepares to move in on Strait of...

US army prepares to move in on Strait of Hormuz as Iran war ceasefire hangs...

US army prepares to move in on Strait of Hormuz as Iran war ceasefire hangs on knife-edge **Naval Posturing Intensifies Amidst Fragile Hormuz Truce** **London, UK** – As a precarious ceasefire holds in the volatile Strait of Hormuz, the United States military is reportedly bolstering its naval... read more »

Major rescue operation off coast of Dun ...

Major rescue operation off coast of Dun Laoghaire as fire erupts on 'p...

Major rescue operation off coast of Dun Laoghaire as fire erupts on 'pleasure craft' then sinks **Vessel Fire Prompts Extensive Coast Guard Response Off Dun Laoghaire** A significant maritime rescue operation unfolded off the coast of Dun Laoghaire yesterday afternoon, as a fire erupted... read more »

Turkiye woos investors amid Iran war fal...

Turkiye woos investors amid Iran war fallout in Gulf economies

Turkiye woos investors amid Iran war fallout in Gulf economies ### Istanbul Positions Itself as a Financial Haven Amidst Gulf Economic Headwinds **Ankara, Turkey** – In response to the escalating geopolitical tensions and their discernible impact on Gulf economies, Turkey is actively cultivating... read more »

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10 killed in Beijing blaze

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 city’s Chaoyang district, was... read more »

New US sanctions unconstructive: Iran

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

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

Nawaz Sharif approves three-member bench for Musharraf&...

Nawaz Sharif approves three-member bench for Musharraf's treason case

Islamabad – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved the names of three judges, including a female judge, for the special court that will... read more »

Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung, Merapi volcanoes erup...

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung, Merapi volcanoes erupt

Medan – Two volcanoes erupted on Monday in Indonesia, prompting warnings for flights and evacuation preparations, official said. Mount Sinabung in North... read more »

Syria rebel chief Liwa al-Tawhid Brigade killed in regi...

Syria rebel chief Liwa al-Tawhid Brigade killed in regime strike

Beirut: The head of the Syrian rebel Liwa al-Tawhid Brigade has died of wounds he suffered in a regime air strike last week, the rebels and a monitor said on... read more »

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Israeli strike on government building kills Lebanese officers **Deadly Israeli Airstrike Devastates Nabatieh Building, Claims Lives of Lebanese Officials** An Israeli airstrike on a... read more »

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