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Explosions kill over 45 persons

Explosions kill over 45 persons

MAIDUGURI – More than 45 people were massacred in twin bomb blasts, including one by a female suicide bomber, at a crowded market in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri. The explosions in the Borno state capital targeted the same Monday Market area where at least 15 people died July 1 in blast... read more »

Militants kill four polio workers in Pak...

Militants kill four polio workers in Pakistan

At least four polio workers, including three women, were killed on Wednesday in an attack by militants in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan Province. The workers were going from their homes to a health centre when they were attacked near Eastern Bypass area of Quetta city. They were... read more »

Pope: EU risks loss of trust

Pope: EU risks loss of trust

Pope Francis said Tuesday that the European Union risks losing the trust of citizens by ignoring the social costs of the financial crisis.In the first papal address to the European Parliament since 1988, the year before communism’s collapse in Eastern Europe, Francis warned about the... read more »

Murder of Lee Rigby ‘could not hav...

Murder of Lee Rigby ‘could not have been prevented’

The murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby could not have been prevented by the intelligence agencies, according to a parliamentary inquiry, despite the names of his killers appearing in seven different agency investigations. The soldier was killed near Woolwich Barracks in London on 22 May 2013 by Muslim... read more »

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Voting ends peacefully in Maldives

Voting ends peacefully in Maldives

Male – Voting ended peacefully in the Maldives presidential election Saturday even as the candidates expressed unhappiness over the manner of balloting. Unless a candidate wins an outright... read more »

UN Security Council extends sanctions on Liberia

Pakistan opposes new permanent seats in UNSC

Islamabad – Pakistan has opposed the creation of new permanent seats in the 15-member UN Security Council during the two-day UN General... read more »

New Pak Taliban chief’s appointment was backed by Afgha...

New Pak Taliban chief’s appointment was backed by Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar

Islamabad – New Pakistani Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah’s appointment has been allegedly backed by Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, a media... read more »

Nawaz Sharif to appoint new Pak army chief on Nov. 28

Nawaz Sharif to appoint new Pak army chief on Nov. 28

Islamabad – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will make a decision regarding the appointment of new army chief on November 28, an official... read more »

Senior Palestinian official accuses Israel of Yasser’s ...

Senior Palestinian official accuses Israel of Yasser’s murder

London – A senior Palestinian official has reportedly claimed that Israel was the first and only suspect in the killing of Palestinian leader Yasser... read more »

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Islamic State: Syria rebels warn of backlash over US air strikes

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3 Japanese female ministers visit notorious Yasukuni Shrine

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South Korean official dies after concert disaster

Seoul: An official dealing with safety measures at a concert in South Korea where 16 people died when the grate they were standing on collapsed, apparently died by suicide hours after the... read more »

26 die in Iraq triple bomb attacks

Baghdad: At least 26 people were killed and 96 injured Saturday in three car bomb attacks in Iraqi capital city of Baghdad. A car bomb went off in eastern Baghdad, killing 14 people and wounding 50,... read more »