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Tel Aviv: Israel says one of its fighter jets has shot down an unmanned aircraft sent from Lebanon into Israeli airspace.The Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported. A...

Europe

Three British Muslims sentenced to jail for terror charges

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LONDON: Three British Muslims including a convert to Islam were sentenced to jail at the Old Bailey central criminal court in London on Thursday...

Asia

China‚ France vow to promote multi-polar world

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BEIJING: China and France on Thursday pledged to push for a world free of domination by any superpower as the French President Francois Hollande...

Middle East

Israel airport security ‘allowed to read tourists’ email’

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JERUSALEM: Israeli security officials at Ben Gurion airport are legally allowed to demand access to tourists' email accounts and deny them entry if they...

Afghanistan

US combat drones to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014

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WASHINGTON: Though the US military continues its drawdown from Afghanistan, long after combat troops are gone by the end of the 2014, one factor...

Afghanistan

US-Afghan-Pakistan talks make progress, more work to do: Kerry

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BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State John Kerry tried to get Afghanistan and Pakistan on the same page Wednesday, ending their mistrust so they could...

Asia

Two new Army units for deployment near China border

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New Delhi: Against the backdrop of China strengthening its capability to airlift soldiers, India is planning to raise around 1,500 more airborne troops for...

Afghanistan

At least nine dead, over 100 wounded in Afghanistan quake

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KABUL: A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border on Wednesday that left at least nine people dead and more than 100...

Afghanistan

Kayani in Brussels for talks with Karzai, Kerry

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BRUSSELS: Pakistan’s Army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani was in Brussels Wednesday to meet Afghan president Hamid Karzai and US Secretary of State John...

Asia

21 killed in deadly clashes in China’s Xinjiang

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BEIJING: At least 21 people including 15 police and community workers were killed in violent clashes in China's restive western province of Xinjiang, a...

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