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US blizzard 2016: Clearing up after huge snowstorm

Millions of people across the eastern US are clearing up after the weekend’s massive snowstorm that virtually paralysed the region. They have been digging out their cars and clearing pathways of snow which reached 3ft (91cm) in five states. Public transport remains disrupted as the working week is set to …

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Jakarta attacks: Explosions and gunfire rock capital

At least one person killed in series of explosions in Indonesia’s capital, as gunfire rings out of central area. At least one policeman has been killed in a series of explosions in central Jakarta, Indonesian media reported, as gunfire rang out of the capital’s downtown area. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen, …

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Afghanistan, Pakistan may become den of terrorists: Obama

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US President Barack Obama said that Afghanistan, Pakistan, Middle East and some other regions might become havens for terrorist networks. President Obama in his last State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress in Washington said that the United States’ foreign policy must …

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North Korea says conducted successful H-bomb test

The South Korean Met Agency had earlier reported a 5.1 magnitude earthquake near a nuclear test site in the North. North Korea said on Wednesday that it had conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test, hours after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake was detected near a known test site in the country. …

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Dozens missing after massive landslide in China

Rescuers in the city of Shenzhen pulled four people from the debris but at least 27 people remain missing. A landslide at an industrial park in southern China buried more than 20 buildings and left 27 people missing on Sunday, state media reported, as more than 1,500 emergency workers searched …

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Dunford Praises Afghans’ Progress in Tough Fight

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Dec 8, 2015 — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff thanked service members and civilians here for their service in Afghanistan, saying their sacrifices have prevented another attack on the homeland. U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. told troops in an airplane …

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70,000 clerics issue fatwa against terrorism, 15 lakh Muslims support it

BAREILLY: On the last day of Urs-e-Razvi of Dargah Aala Hazrat, nearly 70,000 clerics came together and passed a fatwa against terrorist organizations, including IS, Taliban and al-Qaida. These are “not Islamic organizations,” the clerics said to a sea of followers, adding that the members of these outfits were “not …

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Sushma Swaraj Likely to Meet Sartaj Aziz on Sidelines of Afghan Conference in Pak: Sources

NEW DELHI:  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Islamabad tomorrow on a two-day visit during which she is likely to hold talks with her Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz and attend a multilateral conference on Afghanistan, said sources. “External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to lead Indian delegation for ‘Heart …

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German Minister Says Troops Are ‘Staying’ In Afghanistan

German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen visited German troops in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif on December 6, a trip that comes after Berlin’s recent decision to enlarge its military deployment in the war-torn country. “The basic message must be: We’re staying,” the minister told reporters before …

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Malian special forces storm luxury hotel under attack

Commandos enter Radisson Blu Hotel with hostage situation under way in the capital Bamako. Special forces stormed a five-star hotel in the capital Bamako after gunmen attacked on Friday and took 170 people hostage. “Right now there is action by Malian forces … in order to solve this crisis,” France’s …

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