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US Treasury chief Bessent moved to milit...

US Treasury chief Bessent moved to military base after Iranian threats

US Treasury chief Bessent moved to military base after Iranian threats ### Security Concerns Prompt Relocation of Senior U.S. Treasury Official Amidst International Tensions **Washington D.C.** – A senior official within the U.S. Department of the Treasury has been relocated to a secure military... read more »

Spains first general strike in 14 years ...

Spains first general strike in 14 years begins

Spains first general strike in 14 years begins ## Nationwide Industrial Action Grips Spain Amid Housing Reform Push **Madrid, Spain –** Spain experienced its first general strike in fourteen years today, as a significant portion of the nation’s workforce walked off the job, leading to... read more »

Whats the Falklands oil project at the h...

Whats the Falklands oil project at the heart of latest UK-Argentina spat?

Whats the Falklands oil project at the heart of latest UK-Argentina spat? **Sovereignty and Subsea Resources: Falklands Oil Project Ignites Anglo-Argentine Tensions** A significant legal and diplomatic dispute is unfolding between the United Kingdom and Argentina, centered on an offshore oil... read more »

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AI boom or bubble?

AI boom or bubble?

AI boom or bubble? ## Navigating the AI Frontier: Market Volatility Sparks Scrutiny of Industry’s Trajectory A recent downturn in the technology sector has ignited a critical examination of the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) investment. The sell-off, which has seen... 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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Train crash kills seven, injures dozens near Egypts Cairo city

Train crash kills seven, injures dozens near Egypts Cairo city **Deadly Train Derailment Claims Lives South of Cairo** A devastating train derailment occurred south of Egypt’s... read more »

Brit among 6 killed in Krakow shooting as more bodies found inside suspect's home

Brit among 6 killed in Krakow shooting as more bodies found inside suspect's home ## Krakow Tragedy: British National Among Six Fatalities in Market Square Incident **Krakow, Poland... read more »

Japan rocked by 5.7 magnitude earthquake as windows shatter and mudslide warning issued

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Krakow gunman 'inspired by far-right ideologies' as five foreign nationals hurt

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Brit among six killed in horror Poland shooting as gunman opens f...

Brit among six killed in horror Poland shooting as gunman opens fire in city centre **Tragic Incident Claims Six Lives in Polish City Centre; British National Among Victims** **Warsaw, Poland** – A... read more »