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Iran releases filmmaker after arresting him more than 6 months ago for criticizing government
Iran has released an award-winning filmmaker more than six months after arresting him for criticizing the government, a pro-reform newspaper ...

Sri Lanka rejects TN leader Nedumaran’s claim on LTTE chief Prabhakaran-
By PTI COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Monday dismissed as a “joke” a top Tamil nationalist leader’s claim that LTTE supremo ...

China ship allegedly aimed ‘military-grade laser’ at Philippines vessel, temporarily blinding crew members
The Philippines coast guard accused a Chinese coast guard ship of hitting one of its vessel with a military-grade laser, ...

Thousands protest in Israel as Netanyahu allies push to overhaul Judiciary-
By Associated Press JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of Israelis — hoisting flags, blowing on horns and chanting “democracy” and “no ...

White House says China’s claims that US flew balloons over its airspace 10 times in last year are ‘false’
The White House is firing back Monday at fresh claims from China that U.S.-owned high-altitude balloons have “illegally flown” over ...

Saudi Arabia to send its first woman into space-
By AFP RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will send its first ever woman astronaut on a space mission later this year, state ...

US airspace intrusions show ‘global threat picture is changing for the worse,’ top UK official says
The recent U.S. shootdowns of a Chinese spy balloon and other unidentified flying objects is a “sign of how the ...

Portugal Catholic clergy accused of sexually abusing nearly 5,000 minors-
By AFP LISBON: Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday, ...

Death toll crosses 35,000; Syrians struggle to get aid-
By Associated Press ADIYAMAN (TURKEY): Thousands who survived the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria a week ago are pondering what ...

Now, China claims US sent balloons into its airspace-
By AFP BEIJING: China accused the United States on Monday of flying balloons over its territory, hitting back against Washington’s ...