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Israel braces to go the polls as Benjamin Netanyahu faces nail-biting race

Israel braces to go the polls as Benjamin Netanyahu faces nail-biting race Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces fight of his political career as Israel goes to the polls, and opposition bloc appears to have the edge, prompting intense coalition talks This article was created based on... read more »

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President Lula won Brazil election 'by WhatsApp' with cunning onl...

President Lula won Brazil election 'by WhatsApp' with cunning online campaign Dr Matthew Richmond, a lecturer in political geography at Newcastle University, said 80-year-old President Lula relied on trusted allies to turn around his first-round defeat This article was created based on... read more »

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Israel committing crimes against humanit...

Israel committing crimes against humanity in occupied West Bank: UN

Israel committing crimes against humanity in occupied West Bank: UN UN report highlights crimes including extermination, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence. This article was created based on information from various sources and rewritten for clarity and... read more »

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Saddam Haftar is eyeing the throne in Li...

Saddam Haftar is eyeing the throne in Libya

Saddam Haftar is eyeing the throne in Libya As the US looks to broker a unity deal, Saddam is trying to position himself as the main contender for the presidency. 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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Generation Right: Israeli youth show strong support for the right Some three quarters of Jewish first-time voters identify as right or centre-right, higher than rest of Israeli... read more »

Masked gunmen kill seven in attack on church funeral in Jordan

Masked gunmen kill seven in attack on church funeral in Jordan At least seven people were killed and 34 wounded after two masked gunmen opened fire at a church in Karak, Jordan. This... read more »

Why is Israel increasing its presence in the Balkans?

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Kenya announces second Ebola death, says no evidence of community spread

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Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm Made a Genetically Modified Military Dog Startup Warhound came out of stealth on Wednesday with $200 million in funding and a mission to create elite working dogs equipped... read more »