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Inside Barcelonas most sweltering neighb...

Inside Barcelonas most sweltering neighbourhood: El Raval

Inside Barcelonas most sweltering neighbourhood: El Raval ### El Raval: A Community Grappling with Urban Heat Island Effects Barcelona’s vibrant El Raval district, a melting pot of cultures and a vital hub for its migrant population, is facing a growing challenge: the intensified impact of... read more »

Scientists uncover traces of two mysteri...

Scientists uncover traces of two mysterious 'ghost' ancestors in ...

Scientists uncover traces of two mysterious 'ghost' ancestors in human DNA **Unveiling Our Ancient Genetic Tapestry: Evidence of Lost Hominin Branches Emerges** A groundbreaking scientific revelation is reshaping our understanding of human evolution, suggesting that modern Homo sapiens... read more »

British man arrested in Cyprus accused o...

British man arrested in Cyprus accused of 'hostile surveillance' ...

British man arrested in Cyprus accused of 'hostile surveillance' at RAF Akrotiri **British National Detained in Cyprus on Espionage Allegations** A British national has been arrested in Cyprus and faces serious allegations of conducting hostile surveillance activities targeting a key... read more »

Crete wildfires live: Greece emergency a...

Crete wildfires live: Greece emergency as hurricane-force winds fan Rethymn...

Crete wildfires live: Greece emergency as hurricane-force winds fan Rethymno flames ## Crete Grapples with Raging Wildfires Amidst Ferocious Winds **Rethymno, Crete –** A severe state of emergency has been enacted across significant portions of Crete and other regions of Greece as a relentless... read more »

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1,30,000 Syrian refugees reach Turkey fleeing IS

ANKARA, Turkey: The number of Syrian refugees who have reached Turkey in the past four days after fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants now totals 1,30,000, Turkey’s deputy prime... read more »

Two killed in explosions in China’s Muslim-d...

Beijing: At least two persons were killed and several others injured in a series of explosions in China’s restive Muslim-dominated Xinjiang... read more »

Al-Qaida affiliate in Syria kills captive Lebanese sold...

9:53 P.M. The Nusra Front, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, has killed one of the Lebanese soldiers it had been holding in captivity, Lebanese security... read more »

France conducts first airstrike in Iraq, destroys logis...

PARIS: France says it has conducted its first airstrike in Iraq and has destroyed a logistics depot held by the Islamic State group. The office of President... read more »

Libya’s Zawiya refinery, El Sharara oil field shu...

TRIPOLI: Libya’s 120,000 barrels-a-day Zawiya refinery has been shut down due to damaged storage, an oil ministry official said on Thursday. The El... read more »

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Six Syrian Islamist factions unite in bid to oust Assad

Six Syrian Islamist factions unite in bid to oust Assad

Johannesburg – Six Islamist rebel factions in Syria have united and declared a new Islamic Front with an aim to oust President Bashar al-Assad and establish an Islamic state. The main groups... read more »

Afghanistan wants to delay US security deal

Afghanistan wants to delay US security deal

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told his countrymen that a vital security pact with the US should not come into effect until after next... read more »

No legal Indian worker affected by Nitaqat policy: Saud...

Saudi petrochem giant opens tech centre in Bangalore

New Delhi – Saudi Arabia Thursday clarified that its Nitaqat work policy was directed at illegal expatriates and no legal worker had been affected. The... read more »

Khamenei defends Iran’s right to n-power

Khamenei defends Iran's right to n-power

Tehran – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Tehran will not retreat “an iota” from its nuclear rights, while... read more »

ASTER and AKMG launch Scholastic Awards to young achiev...

ASTER and AKMG launch Scholastic Awards to young achievers

DUBAI-  Aster, a part of DM Healthcare, the leading healthcare conglomerate in the Middle East and in India, has announced launching an annual regular... read more »

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UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

Senior UN official to visit Maldives before poll

United Nations – UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco will visit the Maldives starting Wednesday to help promote the resumption of its democratic... read more »

Michelle Obama celebrates Diwali with Bollywood dance moves

Michelle Obama celebrates Diwali with Bollywood da...

By Arun Kumar Washington – US First Lady Michelle Obama lit a ‘diya’ (lamp) in the East room to start White House Diwali... 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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France wildfires live: Thousands of tourists evacuated from coast near Bordeaux Flames are nearing the French Atlantic Coast with raging wildfires now nine miles from Bordeaux as the... read more »

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