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North Korea develops own ballistic missi...

North Korea develops own ballistic missile-carrying submarine

North Korea has reportedly developed its own submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles. According to News.com.au, South Korean government sources were reported in local media as saying a previously unseen submarine spotted in North Korean waters in recent weeks had now been identified. The... read more »

Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in e...

Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine

Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called “a farce.” Mining electrician-turned-rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko won over 81% of the vote, according to the rebels’ exit polls of an election that... read more »

Bangladesh SC upholds death sentence of ...

Bangladesh SC upholds death sentence of Jamaat leader Muhammad Quamaruzzama...

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence handed down to a fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami stalwart for committing mass murder and crimes against humanity during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. The four-member Appellate Division of the Supreme Court headed... read more »

Heavy Fighting In Kobani After Peshmerga...

Heavy Fighting In Kobani After Peshmerga Join Battle

BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR, Turkey, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish fighters have joined the fight against Islamic State militants in Kobani, hoping their support for fellow Kurds backed by U.S.-led air strikes will keep the ultra-hardline group from seizing the Syrian border town. The Syrian... read more »

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Syrian refugees in Lebanon exceed 800,000: UN

Beirut – The number of Syrians who have fled their war-torn country to neighbouring Lebanon has exceeded 800,000, the latest UN refugee agency report said Sunday. While more than 713,000... read more »

Wave of bomb attacks kill 56 in Iraq

Wave of bomb attacks kill 56 in Iraq

Baghdad – A fresh wave of car bombs struck the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad and the country’s northern region Sunday, killing 56 people... read more »

Shinzo Abe issues fresh warning to China for activity o...

Japan to set up US-style security agency

Tokyo – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has issued a fresh warning to China against its increasing maritime activities near the disputed Senkaku... read more »

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes off Japan’s east...

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes off Japan's east coast: USGS

Tokyo –  A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan on Monday, the US Geological Survey reported, but no tsunami warning was... read more »

China aims at common development with neighbours: Xi Ji...

China aims at common development with neighbours: Xi Jingping

Beijing – Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing will strive for a sound neighbouring environment for its own development and seek common development... read more »

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Aus cops foiled ISIS beheading plot: PM Abbott

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