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Nay Pyi Taw :  Myanmar's parliament began the 11th session of the House of Representatives (Lower House) and the House of Nationalities (Upper House) Thursday. In his opening address on the first day of the Lower House session, Speaker…
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Washington :  US President Barack Obama Wednesday called Saudi King Abdullah about his plan to fight the Islamic State (IS) militants just a few hours before he addressed the American public and the world on the threat posed by the Sunni…
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Washington : Nearly six years after he entered the White House with a promise to end America's decade of wars, President Barack Obama has reversed course with a vow to strike the Islamic State terrorists "wherever they exist". In a…
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Washington :  Apple Tuesday unveiled a new Apple Watch, touting it as a comprehensive health and fitness device, a mobile wallet called Apple Pay and two bigger screen versions of the iPhone, the 6 and the 6 Plus. "What we didn't do was…
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Islamabad :The toll  in the mosque roof collapse in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore rose to 24 Wednesday even as rescue work continued in the area, media reported. The collapse happened Tuesday afternoon when around 30 to 40…
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Washington : Almost two-thirds of Americans feel that the current Congress is "the worst in their lifetime", and just 14 percent of those surveyed approve of the way lawmakers are doing their jobs, according to a survey released by…
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Riyadh :  A Pakistani has been executed in Saudi Arabia for smuggling large quantity of heroin. Kamran Ghulam Abbas was found guilty of smuggling drugs in the nation's Eastern province, the interior ministry said in a statement. He was…
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Washington :  A series of tweets by the Islamic State (IS) have called for retribution against the micro-blogging site Twitter, threatening to assassinate its employees. In a first direct call for attacks on Twitter, the IS tweets asked…
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Geneva :  The number of people infected by the Ebola virus disease in West Africa reached 4,269 as of Tuesday, while the total number of related deaths stood at 2,288, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) officials. The virus has…
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Washington : South Asian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Middle Eastern, and Arab communities face an increasingly hostile climate in the US, according to a new report by an umbrella community organisation. The report "Under Suspicion, Under Attack"…
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