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China, Russia, Iran to hold joint naval drillsReuters, Beijing China, Iran and Russia will hold joint naval drills starting on Friday in the Indian Ocean...
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216,000 have fled homes in northwest Syria: Relief group
AP, Beirut :More than 200,000 men, women and children fled their homes in northwest Syria in buses, trucks and cars in recent weeks, amid intense...
Turkey will send troops to Libya, says Erdogan
Reuters, Ankara :President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey will send troops to Libya now that Tripoli has requested it, and he will present...
Pope Francis appeals for global peace
AFP, Vatican City :Christmas was celebrated all around the world on Wednesday, with Pope Francis appealing for peace in many of the world’s hotspots while...
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Thailand charges two soldiers in killing of Muslim civiliansAFP, BangkokThailand has charged two soldiers with murder in the shooting of three Muslim men foraging on...
Pope kicks off Christmas celebrations with midnight Mass
AFP, Rome :Pope Francis ushered in Christmas celebrations for the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics on Tuesday, saying the celebration of Jesus’s birth reminded humanity how...
Putin says Russia is leading world in hypersonic weapons
AP, Moscow :President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that it has become the only...
Khashoggi’s fiancee says execution of those convicted would conceal truth
Reuters, Ankara :The fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi described the sentencing of five people to death in relation to the killing as unfair...
Vaping is taking off among younger children and ‘tweens’
Reuters :The proportion of e-cigarette users in the United States who started vaping by age 14 has more than tripled in the past five years,...
Japan’s births fall below 900,000 for the first time on record
AP, Tokyo :The number of babies born in Japan has fallen drastically this year, slipping below 900,000 for the first time on record.The health ministry...
Partial solar eclipse to be visible in India, other countries Thursday
Agencies :Partial Solar Eclipse: This is the year’s third and final solar eclipse that will occur over Asia, Africa and Australia. A partial solar eclipse...
US CJ Roberts to tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial
AP, Washington : America’s last prolonged look at Chief Justice John Roberts came 14 years ago, when he told senators during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing...