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New Controversial Counter Terrorism Law Passed in China

While letting go for the requirement of technology firms to install security "backdoors" as initially planned, the new Chinese new anti-terrorism law allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations. It also requires technology firms to help decrypt information for the security...

Floods Affected by El Niño Leave More Than 100,000 Homeless in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay

Severe flooding in the wake of heavy summer rains brought on by El Niño has forced more than 100,000 people have to evacuate from their homes in the bordering areas of Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina, authorities said on Saturday.   The worst affected country has been Paraguay and...

Advance of Iraqi Government Forces in Ramadi Slowed Down by Skirting Booby Traps

Troubled with bombs and booby traps that resulted in a slow pace, Iraqi army spokesperson said that the government troops have pushed deeper into the heart of the last remaining district held by Islamic State in the city of Ramadi.   Since Islamic State swept across a third of Iraq in 2014,...

5 Things About the Outgoing Year

It’s hard not to be emotional giving a cursory review to the outgoing year. 2015 proved to be one of the most dramatic in the recent history of humankind. Let's try to highlight some of the most interesting events on the eve of the coming year. Oil: why is it cheaper? During the past year, the...

€400,000 Won by Rescued Senegalese Migrant in Spain’s Christmas Lottery

Spain’s annual Christmas lottery brought real fortune for an unemployed Senegalese man who was rescued by the Spanish coastguard after making a risky journey from Morocco eight years ago on a packed wooden boat. The refugee won 400,000 euros ($437,000), according to the local media.  ...

Japanese Journalist Reportedly Held Hostage in Syria, Japanese Government Seeking Information

There has been hectic information seeking by the Japanese government following reports that a Japanese freelance journalist is being held hostage in Syria and has been threatened with execution.   Yoshihide Suga, the Chief Cabinet Secretary informed of this on Thursday.   A countdown...

Iraqi State TV says ISIS to be Driven off Ramadi in Days by Government Forces

Quoting army chief of staff Lt. General Othman al-Ghanemi, Iraqi state television said on Wednesday that the government forces expect to dislodge Islamic State militants from the western Iraqi city of Ramadi within days.   This would be the second major successful attempt by government...

Lions in Africa to be Given Endangered Species Status by the US

Five months after an American dentist caused an international furore by killing Cecil, a famed lion which lived in Zimbabwe, the US plans to extend its endangered species protection to lions in Africa.   Lions in southern and eastern Africa would be classified as threatened by the US...

IOM Says More than a Million Migrants and Refugees have Reached Europe this Year

In what constitutes the continent’s biggest wave of mass migration since the aftermath of the second world war, more than a million people have now reached Europe through irregular means in 2015, says that International Organization for Migration.   The IOM said that till 21 December,...

Australia Warns Indonesia that ISIS is Seeking to Set Up 'Distant Caliphate' in the Country

The Islamic State is seeking to establish a “distant caliphate” in Indonesia, “either directly or through surrogates”, believes the Australian attorney-general.   Isis “has identified Indonesia as a location of its ambitions”, said George Brandis, in comments that were made to the Australian...
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