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Al-Shabab militants kill 28 in Kenya bus...

Al-Shabab militants kill 28 in Kenya bus: Police

Nairobi: Al-Shabab militants from Somalia hijacked a bus in Kenya’s north and killed 28 non-Muslims on board after they had been singled out from the rest of the passengers, police officials said on Saturday.Two police officers said that the bus traveling to the capital Nairobi with 60... read more »

Jerusalem mayor: We cannot discriminate ...

Jerusalem mayor: We cannot discriminate against Arabs

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat spoke out strongly in an interview with Army Radio on Friday against the actions of Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni, who stopped the city’s employment of Arab workers doing renovation to bomb shelters in local daycare centers. Shimoni made the decision in the wake of... read more »

10 From One Family Are Killed in Sinai B...

10 From One Family Are Killed in Sinai Blast

CAIRO — Ten members of one family, including children, were killed late Tuesday when munitions struck a home in the northern Sinai Peninsula, a region that has been the site of fierce battles between the Egyptian military and insurgent fighters, military officials and witnesses said... read more »

Six nurses killed in latest attack on Ch...

Six nurses killed in latest attack on Chinese medical workers

BEIJING: Seven people, including six nurses, were stabbed to death at a hospital dormitory in northern China on Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, the latest in a string of attacks on medical workers. A hospital administrator was among those killed and another nurse was seriously... read more »

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Dangerous operation to remove fuel rods about to begin at Fukushima nuke plant

Dangerous operation to remove fuel rods about to begin at Fukushi...

London – Engineers are preparing to extract the first of more than 1,000 nuclear fuel rods from one of the wrecked reactor buildings at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power station. The fuel... read more »

Pakistan claims nuclear facilities safe from cyber, other threats for 40 years

Pakistan claims nuclear facilities safe from cyber...

Islamabad – Pakistan has given ‘highest importance’ to ensuring that the country’s nuclear programme is safe and secure, Ambassador... read more »

Tehran confirms India still part of Iran-Pak gas pipeli...

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahead unless US sanctions issue resolved

Islamabad – India is still part of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline officially as the modalities between Iran and India for the supply of gas, including... read more »

Chinese foreign minister to attend trilateral meeting

Chinese foreign minister to attend trilateral meeting

Beijing – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the 12th meeting of the foreign ministers of China, Russia and India and also the 11th Asia-Europe... read more »

Inspectors say Syria chemical site abandoned

Inspectors say Syria chemical site abandoned

Chemical weapons inspectors say Syria has provided video and photographic evidence that shows a chemical weapons site near war-torn Aleppo has been dismantled... read more »

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Typhoon Vongfong Lashes Southern Japan

TOKYO—Typhoon Vongfong reached Japan’s main islands Monday morning, bringing heavy winds and rain to southern and western parts of Japan, prompting evacuation advisories for more than... read more »

Typhoon Vongfong lashes Japan; 35 people hurt

A powerful typhoon poured heavy rains over Japan’s southern island of Okinawa and was aiming at the next island of Kyushu on Sunday, becoming the second severe storm to hit in a week. At... read more »

Kerry to Meet Israel, PA Leaders as Peace Talks Continue

US concerned over Kobani, will take time to confront Islamic State, says US Secretary of S...

Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the United States was deeply concerned about what he called the “tragedy” in the Syrian town of Kobani, where Islamic State... read more »

Oscar Pistorius awaits sentence for killing of Reeva Steenkamp

Oscar Pistorius — the onetime South African sporting hero found guilty of killing his girlfriend but cleared of murder in her death — will return to court Monday for the hearing... read more »

IS jihadists execute Iraqi journalist, 12 other people

SAMARRA, Iraq: Islamic State militants executed an Iraqi news cameraman and 12 other people on Friday in several towns and villages north of Baghdad, officials, relatives and witnesses said. The... read more »