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  Comments Off on UN official postpones Australia visit over ‘unacceptable’ border restrictions 300

  UN official postpones Australia visit over ‘unacceptable’ border restrictions

  Asia-Pacific, News September 26, 2015 , by IRIA

  MELBOURNE, (Australia) — UN’s special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crepéau has postponed an […]
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  Comments Off on US and China reach agreement on climate, cyber issues 371

  US and China reach agreement on climate, cyber issues

  Asia-Pacific, News, US September 26, 2015 , by IRIA

  WASHINGTON (United States) — US President Obama and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping reached a “common understanding” on […]
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  Comments Off on Mecca stampede kills at least 700 pilgrims; injures more than 800 339

  Mecca stampede kills at least 700 pilgrims; injures more than 800

  Middle East, News September 24, 2015 , by IRIA

  More than 700 people are crushed to death and 850 injured in stampede during Muslim Hajj pilgrimage […]
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  Comments Off on Bomb blast during Eid prayers kill at least 25 in Yemen 390

  Bomb blast during Eid prayers kill at least 25 in Yemen

  Middle East, News September 24, 2015 , by IRIA

  SANAA (Yemen) – A suicide bomber blew himself up during prayers at a mosque for the Eid […]
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  Comments Off on Malaysian counterterrorism police detain 10 suspected of ISIS links 329

  Malaysian counterterrorism police detain 10 suspected of ISIS links

  Asia-Pacific, News August 20, 2015 , by IRIA

  At least 10 Malaysians, suspected of links to ISIS, have been arrested by Malaysian police on Thursday. Among them six members […]
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  Comments Off on Car bomb strikes Cairo security building, wounds 29 people 285

  Car bomb strikes Cairo security building, wounds 29 people

  Middle East, News August 20, 2015 , by IRIA

  CAIRO (Egypt) — A massive car bomb exploded ripped into a national security building in a residential […]
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  Deadly blast rocks Thailand’s capital, killing at least 20

  Asia-Pacific, News August 18, 2015 , by IRIA

  A bomb explosion inside one of Bangkok’s most popular tourist attractions killed at least 19 people and […]
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  Yemen’s vice president returns to Aden from Saudi exile

  Middle East, News August 2, 2015 , by IRIA

  SANAA, (Yemen) — Yemen’s exiled vice president has returned to country’s war-torn city of Aden, two weeks […]
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  2 Comments on Taliban’s new leader Mullah Mansoor calls for unity, vows to continue fighting 355

  Taliban’s new leader Mullah Mansoor calls for unity, vows to continue fighting

  Asia-Pacific, News August 1, 2015 , by IRIA

  Taliban’s new leader has vowed to continue fighting while urging unity among his follower on Saturday in […]
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  Comments Off on US approves possible $5.4bn PAC-missile sale to Saudi Arabia 691

  US approves possible $5.4bn PAC-missile sale to Saudi Arabia

  Middle East, News, US July 30, 2015 , by IRIA

  The State Department also approved a possible sale of $500mn worth of ammunition to be ‘used to […]

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