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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims he has won election in �...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims he has won election in 'victory speech' Benjamin Netanyahu called for a strong, right-wing government in a defiant speech after Israels elections. The revised polls suggest that Netanyahus Likud Party will be the largest in parliament, with... read more »

Putin invites Zelensky to Moscow for pea...

Putin invites Zelensky to Moscow for peace talks in big potential war break...

Putin invites Zelensky to Moscow for peace talks in big potential war breakthrough The leaders of Finland and Norway – which both share borders with Russia – had a phone conversation with Russia President Vladimir Zelensky during which he said his Ukrainian counterpart should come to... read more »

Cyclone Arnab – live: India evacua...

Cyclone Arnab – live: India evacuates tens of thousands as 'very...

Cyclone Arnab – live: India evacuates tens of thousands as 'very severe' storm approaches Cyclone Arnab is expected to make landfall on India’s eastern coast, bringing horror 78mph winds to town and cities in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha This article was created based on... read more »

Arab parties could win record 18 seats i...

Arab parties could win record 18 seats in Israel election, exit polls show

Arab parties could win record 18 seats in Israel election, exit polls show Record-breaking voter turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel hits around 80 percent, early indications show. This article was created based on information from various sources and rewritten for clarity and... read more »

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China sacks 160,000 government employees who did not exist

BEIJING – China has taken 160,000 “phantom” government staff off its official payroll who were receiving salaries despite not doing any work. A total of 162,629 officials who were taking... read more »

Nepal bus crash kills 29 people and injures dozens

An overloaded bus in western Nepal has fallen off a road and plunged into a gorge, killing 29 and injuring dozens, the BBC reported. Most of the... read more »

Islamic State video shows beheading of British hostage ...

LONDON: British taxi driver Alan Henning, who skipped Christmas with his family to raise funds to purchase ambulances and medical equipment and join an aid... read more »

Bomb at bus station in northwest Pakistan kills 5

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A powerful bomb exploded Saturday at a bus station in northwest Pakistan, killing five people and wounding three others, police... read more »

Pakistan condemns US drone attack in Waziristan

Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday condemned the latest US drone attack in the tribal region of Waziristan which left two people killed earlier in the day. The... read more »

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Saudi militants behind attack on Defence Ministry: Yemen

Saudi militants behind attack on Defence Ministry: Yemen

Saudi militants were behind the massive car bombing and assault on Yemen’s military headquarters that killed more than 50 people, including an Indian nurse and other foreigners, investigators said... read more »

Probe human rights abuses in Cote d'Ivoire: UN

Probe human rights abuses in Cote d’Ivoire: ...

United Nations – The UN Friday called for investigations into serious human rights abuses committed in Cote d’Ivoire by the Dozo,... read more »

Syrian rebel group demands hostage swap for abducted nu...

Syrian rebel group demands hostage swap for abducted nuns - paper

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian rebel group calling itself “Free Qalamoun” has claimed the kidnapping of 12 nuns and said it wants to trade them... read more »

UN chief condemns terror attacks in Yemen

UN chief condemns terror attacks in Yemen

United Nations – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday strongly condemned the terrorist attacks against Yemen’s defence ministry which... read more »

Syrian chemical weapons removal programme on track: off...

Syrian chemical weapons disposal plan to be released next week: UN

United Nations – The head of the joint United Nation! s and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons team charged with eliminating chemical... read more »

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50 percent of Pakistanis support government: Survey

Islamabad – Fifty percent of Pakistan’s population supports the present government, with 49 percent favouring the opposition, a survey has found. An opinion poll conducted Aug 1-26 by the... read more »

Tajikistan's Imomali Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan’s Imomali Rakhmon re-elected pres...

Tajikistan’s President Imomali Rakhmon has won a new seven-year term in Wednesday’s election, receiving 83.1 percent of the vote after... read more »

Maldives president hopes for credible poll

Maldives president hopes for credible poll

Male – Maldives President Mohamed Waheed Wednesday expressed the hope for a credible and successful presidential election later this week. He said this... read more »

Graft case filed against former Pak PM Ashraf

Graft case filed against former Pak PM Ashraf

Pakistan’s anti-graft watchdog on Wednesday filed a case against former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf over a Rs 22-billion scam in setting up power... read more »

Court orders Musharraf’s release

Court orders Musharraf's release

Islamabad – A Pakistan court Wednesday ordered the release of ex-president Pervez Musharraf from house arrest, two days after he was granted bail in... read more »

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Bolsonaro calls for Brazil election result to be annulled

Bolsonaro calls for Brazil election result to be annulled Brazils right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has called for the presidential election result to be annulled. This article was... read more »

What the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Abroad

What the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Abroad Paris Marx, author of Hyperscale, has been tracking global data center development for years. The US has a lot to learn from... read more »

Serbia student protests could take power and topple Putin's 'main ally' in ...

Serbia student protests could take power and topple Putin's 'main ally' in Europe as election polls open More student protests are set to take place across Europe but... read more »

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Brit woman found 'unresponsive' in villa pool as man arrested after cops find 'fresh evidence' Jacqueline Causton, from Bawtry near Doncaster, was found unresponsive at... read more »

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