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    US Confirms Hostages’ Deaths In Al-Qaeda Raid

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The United States has disclosed that a US counterterrorism operation in January killed two hostages who were being held by al-Qaeda. Dr. Warren Weinstein, an American held by the militants since 2011, was one of those killed in the raid in the border […] More

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    Singapore Begins 7-day Mourning For Founding Father

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Singapore has started a seven-day national mourning after the death of its founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. Lee, who died at 91, led Singapore’s transformation from a small port city to one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Many world leaders have […] More

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    Cyber Attack: Obama Vows US Response to North Korea

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The United States would respond proportionately to a North Korea cyber attack that damaged Sony Pictures Entertainment, Barack Obama, US President has promised. The American President stated this after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Pyongyang was responsible for the cyber attack. “We […] More

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    Obama Orders Ban on Crimea Trade

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Barack Obama, US President has ordered a ban on the export of goods, technology and services to Crimea. The executive order also imposes new sanctions on Russian and Ukrainian individuals and companies. “The executive order is intended to provide clarity to US corporations […] More

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    US, Cuba To Restore Diplomatic Ties After 50 Years

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The United States and Cuba have agreed to resolve and restore diplomatic ties that have been severed for more than 50 years ago. Barack Obama, President of the United States has called for an end to the long economic embargo against Cuba, its […] More

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    ‘CIA Torture Methods Brutal And Wrong’-Obama

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Barack Obama, President of the United States has said that some of the tactics described in a Senate report on harsh CIA interrogations were “brutal”, “wrong” and “counterproductive.” He said that the CIA techniques, employed in the wake of September 11, 2001 bombing, “were not […] More

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    US to send Additional 1,500 Troops to Iraq

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The US is to send 1,500 more non-combat troops to Iraq to boost Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State, IS, militants. The latest deployment will more than double the US presence in Iraq. President Barack Obama authorised the deployment following a request from Iraq’s […] More

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    UN Climate Summit: China, US Pledge Action

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow China has pledged for the first time to take firm action on climate change, telling a UN summit that its emissions, the world’s highest, would soon peak. Zhang Gaoli, Vice-Premier also said China would make its economy much more carbon efficient by 2020. […] More