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4 dead, 27 injured as typhoon Soudelor h...

4 dead, 27 injured as typhoon Soudelor hits Taiwan

Typhoon Soudelor hit Taiwan on Saturday, downing trees, traffic lights and power lines, leaving at least four dead, one missing and dozens injured. The typhoon brought strong winds and heavy rainfall as it made landfall early on Saturday. It was expected to move into the Taiwan Strait and onto... read more »

Former Prime Minister Ted Heath ‘raped b...

Former Prime Minister Ted Heath ‘raped boy, 12, after picking him up while ...

A man has said he was raped by former British Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath when he was just 12 years old. The claims come as police urge more potential victims of the former PM to come forward in an investigation into an alleged cover-up of child sex allegations. Meanwhile an alleged victim, now... read more »

MH370: Reunion islanders continue debris...

MH370: Reunion islanders continue debris search

People in Reunion have been combing the beaches looking for further debris that could be linked to missing flight MH370. One woman has been talking about how she recently saw what she thought was a wheel in the ocean. Experts in Toulouse, south-west France, are due to begin examining part of a... read more »

Afghan government says it won’t separate...

Afghan government says it won’t separately deal with Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan – The Afghan government addressed the growing leadership crisis in the Taliban for the first time Monday, saying it will not deal with the militant group separately from other “armed opposition” in the country. The statement from President Ashraf Ghani’s... read more »

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Iran installs 1,000 IR-2m centrifuges: nuclear chief

Iran’s nuke chief claims progress in uranium enrichment pro...

London – Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi has said the country is building a new generation of centrifuges for uranium enrichment, but that they need more tests before being... read more »

Benazir Bhutto’s son declares war against Taliban at start of political career

Benazir Bhutto’s son declares war against Taliban ...

Islamabad – Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) patron-in-chief and son of late Benzair Bhutto, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has declared war against... read more »

Turkey military promises not to get involved in politic...

Turkey military promises not to get involved in political corruption scandal

London – The Turkish military has said it would not get involved in the political turmoil sparked by a high-level corruption probe targeting the very... read more »

Chinese icebreaker fails to reach stranded Russian ship...

Chinese icebreaker fails to reach stranded Russian ship in Antarctica

Washington – A Chinese icebreaker boat, which was sent to rescue 74 people trapped on a Russian ship in Antarctica since Christmas Day, has halted its... read more »

Questions hang over India-US spat over Khobragade

Appplication for transfer of D. Khobragade to UN still under review : US

By Arun Kumar Washington – As diplomats try to work out a way to resolve the India-US diplomatic row triggered by the arrest and strip search of an... read more »

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