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Zee Media Bureau :Mumbai: Amidst speculations that the 25-year-old alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena may break, Uddhav Thackeray rolled out a final formula and offered 119 seats to BJP while...
BBC Online :Tropical storm Fung-Wong has brought flooding, heavy rains and high winds to the Philippines, forcing some 200,000 people from their homes.Five people were also killed in the storm, two of them electrocuted...
BBC Online :The wife of a British taxi driver being held hostage by Islamic State has pleaded with the militants to “see it in their hearts” to release him.Alan Henning, from Eccles in Salford,...
CNN :New Zealand’s center-right National Party, led by Prime Minister John Key, won Saturday’s general election with 48% of the vote, according to a complete preliminary count.It was followed by the Labour Party, which...
BBC online :A deal to form a government of national unity in Afghanistan has been signed at a ceremony in Kabul.The signing – broadcast live on national TV – comes after months of wrangling...
Reuters, Vienna :Iran is ready to work with the United States and its allies to stop Islamic State militants, but would like to see more flexibility on Iran’s uranium enrichment program, senior Iranian officials...
Reuters, Turkey :Kurdish militants in Turkey have issued a new call to arms to defend a border town in northern Syria from advancing Islamic State fighters, and the Turkish authorities and United Nations prepared...
BBC Online :Dozens of hostages seized by Islamic State (IS) from the Turkish consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have been freed and are back in Turkey.The 49 were greeted by flag-waving...
AP, Kabul :A spokesman for Afghanistan’s election commission says the final results of the country’s presidential election will be released on Sunday following a weeks-long audit for fraudulent ballots.Noor Mohammad Noor said Saturday that...
AFP, Istanbul :Some 45,000 Syrian Kurds fleeing advancing Islamic State jihadists have poured across the border into Turkey since Ankara opened up its southern frontier on Friday, the country’s deputy prime minister said.“As of...
