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FBI arrests two men suspected in Ferguso...

FBI arrests two men suspected in Ferguson bomb plot

Two men suspected of buying explosives they planned to detonate during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, once a grand jury decides the Michael Brown case, were arrested on Friday and charged with federal firearms offenses, a law enforcement official told Reuters. Word of the arrests, reported by a... read more »

UN moves to prevent child marriage

UN moves to prevent child marriage

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations on Friday, November 21, 2014, adopted the first-ever resolution calling on governments to stop child marriages, despite misgivings from countries who had hoped to include sex education as key to preventing the practice. About 15 million girls worldwide become... read more »

11 die at Magaya crusade…Cops teargas co...

11 die at Magaya crusade…Cops teargas congregants, spark stampede

The incident occurred at around 10pm on Thursday soon after the service, which attracted about 30,000 congregants. The injured sustained broken legs, ribs, bruises all over their bodies while some dislocated joints. In a bid to maintain order, police closed all the exits forcing the PHD members to... read more »

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 »

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Experts gather in Cyprus to remove Syria's chemical weapons

Syria wants chemical weapons destroyed elsewhere

The Hague – The chief of the global chemical weapons watchdog is confirming that Syria wants its poison gas and nerve agent stockpile destroyed outside the country. The Organisation for the... read more »

World powers prepare for Syria peace talks

World powers prepare for Syria peace talks

Geneva – Delegates from the UN, Russia and the US arrived here Tuesday for a trilateral meeting to prepare for the long-delayed peace talks on... read more »

151 get death in Bangladesh mutiny case

151 get death in Bangladesh mutiny case

Dhaka – A court in Bangladesh Tuesday awarded the death sentence to 151 guards of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), previously known as Bangladesh Rifles... read more »

US defends Mehsud’s killing amidst admitting tensions w...

US defends Mehsud’s killing amidst admitting tensions with Pak

Islamabad –  The US has reportedly admitted to tensions with Pakistan but defended its killing of the Tehreek-e-Taliban leader HakimullahMehsud in the... read more »

Iran says Pak must fund own share of gas pipeline

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

Islamabad – Iran’s deputy oil minister has reportedly said that Pakistan must fund its own pipeline allowing it as from the Islamic republic. Ali... read more »

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MADRID: The death toll from Ebola has passed 4,000, the World Health Organization said Friday, while a Madrid nurse was fighting for her life and authorities worldwide tried to prevent... read more »

Obama contragulates Satyarthi, Malala on Nobel Peace prize

The U.S. President Barack Obama has congratulated Indian anti-child labour activist Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, saying this... read more »

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Twitter CEO, staff members received death threats from ISIS

Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has accepted that he, and his staff members have been receiving death threats from ISIS for removing the militant group’s... read more »

7 killed in stampede at Imran Khan’s rally in Pak

At least seven people were killed and 40 others wounded in a stampede following a political rally by opposition politician Imran Khan in central Pakistan on Friday, officials said. The... read more »

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella may unveil iPad version of Office on March 27

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A well-known picture in tech circles, taken in 1978, shows the first 11 employees at Microsoft. Two are women. One of them left two years later after a pay dispute. Almost four decades later, the... read more »