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Gunman, two others dead in Sydney siege, police say

Sydney , Dec. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Australian authorities stormed the cafe where aself-styled Muslim cleric had been holding hostages early Tuesday, killing the gunman and ending a crisis that had paralyzed central Sydney for hours. They moved in more than 16 hours after the siege began, only after hearing gunfire inside the Lindt Chocolate Cafe, […]

Arab world faces tough task in fighting terrorism in 2015

DUBAI, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire) — The threat of religiously motivated terrorism would not disappear too soon in Iraq, Syria and Egypt, a former top diplomat of Egypt said here on Sunday. Speaking at the one-day Arab Strategy Forum on the economic and political outlook for 2015, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egypt’s former minister of foreign affairs, […]

Sydney Hostage Situation: 3 People Flee Lindt Chocolate Shop

Sydney, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Three people were seen fleeing from a Sydney cafe after they had been taken hostage — with others still held inside as neighboring blocks remain locked down as police tried to make contact with the perpetrators, authorities said. The hostages were being held in the Lindt Chocolat Café, a chocolate […]

Bangladesh President, PM pay tributes to martyred intellectuals

DHAKA, Dec. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday stood in solemn silence for some time to show respect to the memories of the best sons of the soil when bugle was played last post. Before that they paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreaths at […]

Chinese premier leaves Beijing for overseas visits, meetings

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left here Sunday morning for visits to three Asian and European countries and to attend a series of international meetings. At the invitation of Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Li will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan, reports Xinhua. During the visit, Li will hold the […]

Top Chinese political advisor meets Uygur writer

DHAKA, Dec. 13 (NsNewsWire) — China’s top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng has met with an author from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region who recently published a book introducing people from the northwestern region. Yu, chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, met with author Kurbanjan Semat as well as characters from […]

President Xi attends China’s first state commemoration for Nanjing Massacre victims

NANJING, Dec. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday that denial of the Nanjing Massacre will not be allowed by the Chinese people or peace-loving people anywhere in the world. The Nanjing Massacre, committed by Japanese aggressors, was one of three major massacres during WWII. It was an atrocious anti-human crime and a […]

India and Bangladesh Poised to Resolve Border Dispute

DHAKA, Dec. 13 (NsNewsWire) — After nearly seventy years, it appears that India and Bangladesh may at last resolve their border issues, a legacy of the partition of India in 1947. Following the failed effort of the previous Indian government to ratify a Land Boundary Agreement negotiated with the government of Bangladesh, announced in 2011 […]

Indonesia landslide kills at least 18 people; 90 missing

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 13 (NsNewsWire) — A mudslide set off by torrential rains rushed down hills into a village in central Indonesia and swept away scores of homes, killing at least 18 people and leaving 90 others missing, officials said Saturday. About 105 houses were swept away by the landslide late Friday in Jemblung village […]