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U.S. Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine USS Hawaii is berthed at a dock at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, August 22, 2014. The U.S. navy said on Friday that the country was looking to increase the quality of the submarines deployed

Watch Out World: Russia Conducts Successful Test-Fire Of Long-Range Missile From Nuclear Submarine

Russia conducted another successful test-firing of a long-range missile from a nuclear submarine.

Hong Kong Lawmakers Urge Probe Against City Chief Executive About Allegations Of Pay Off By Australian Company

Protesters take pictures with their mobile phones as they block the main street to the financial Central district, outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong

When the leader is not respected there will be unrest.

Some Iraqi Kurds In Kobani Fighting For ISIS: Reality Blasts The Myth That All Kurds Are Anti ISIS

Turkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing

It can be a tactical ploy by ISIS to show that it stands for pan Islamic unity.

U.S. President Barack Obama departs after delivering a statement from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, during his vacation August 20, 2014. Obama on Wednesday condemned the Islamic State militants who beheaded an American journalist as "a cance

Obama Reduced To Lame Duck President As Republicans Sweep The Senate Polls: Democrats Lose Most Strongholds

Republicans succeeded in capitalising on the popular discontent, but they need more clarity of action in winning the next presidency.

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An Israeli Air Force Pilot At The Tel Nof Air Base In Central Israel

Israel Rejects Amnesty International Report Of Gaza War Crimes; Officials Say Report Is 'Biased'

Israeli officials reject claims of war crimes in Gaza as indicated in the latest Amnesty International report.

Reissa Su Nov 06, 2014

Japan's new Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoichi Miyazawa (R), wearing a protective suit and a mask, inspects the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture, in this p

TEPCO Finishes Removing 400 Tonnes of Spent Fuel Rod From Fukushima Reactor 4

TEPCO has completed the removal of all spent fuel rod assemblies at Reactor No. 4 of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Nov 06, 2014

Former Australian Prime Ministers (L-R) Malcolm Fraser, Julia Gillard, Bob Hawke, current Prime Minister Tony Abbott, John Howard, Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating assemble for a photograph at the completion of a memorial service for former Prime Minister Goug

PM Tony Abbott Gets Jeers While Nemesis Julia Gillard Gets Standing Ovation At Whitlam Memorial Service

Political observers described the Wednesday memorial service for former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam as like an Australian Labor Party convention since the deceased PM belongs to the same party.

Vittorio Hernandez Nov 06, 2014

A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance

Islamic State Supremo 'Unconditionally' Released from US Prison in 2009

At least nine major Is leaders were released from Camp Bucca, who would later form Islamic State.

Sounak Mukhopadhyay Nov 06, 2014

A Member Loyal To The Islamic State In Iraq And The Levant (ISIL) Waves An ISIL Flag In Raqqa.

New Zealand Advance Team Leaves For Iraq As John Key Reiterates 'No Combat' Role Against ISIS

An advance team from New Zealand's Defence Forces have left for Iraq to check ahead for a possible role for Kiwi troops.

Reissa Su Nov 05, 2014

Shopping trolleys are seen at a Tesco Express in southwest London September 22, 2014.

Supermarket Giant Tesco Cuts Price of TV’s Branded As ISIS

Supermarket Tesco is selling the TVs branded as ISIS as half the price.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Nov 05, 2014

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Speaks During The Launch Of A Student Mobility Program

Australia's Tony Abbott Insists Coal is the 'Foundation of Prosperity' Amid UN Warning on Emissions

Australia's has been criticised for not doing its fair share in reducing greenhouse gas emissions amid its continued reliance on coal.

Reissa Su Nov 05, 2014

A man wearing a t-shirt with a marijuana leaf and a tattoo featuring a medicine symbol

Another State Legalises Marijuana In The U.S.

Oregon is the third U.S. state to legalise marijuana.

Sounak Mukhopadhyay Nov 05, 2014

A new model Ford EcoSport SUV (sport utility vehicle) car for sale, is driven on to a truck during its launch ceremony at automaker Ford Vietnam's factory in Vietnam's northern Hai Duong province, outside Hanoi June 27, 2014. Vietnam's econ

Trans Pacific Partnership Regional Free Trade May Bolster Vietnam and Mexico As New Hubs of Trade

The TPP will also put Japan back in reckoning and offset the spread of China in a subtle way.

Kalyan Kumar Nov 05, 2014

People have been flocking to join ISIS. A file picture of an ISIS training camp

ISIS Planning To Use Ebola As a Bio Terror Weapon In Its Attacks, Warns Spain

The advisory can help people to stay alert against such attacks.

Kalyan Kumar Nov 05, 2014

Ukraine Rebel Leader Sworn In As Head Of The Eastern Part: Russia Hails The New Team But West Simmers

When the Ukraine government's writ has ceased to run in the eastern region, this fallout is not at all unexpected.

Kalyan Kumar Nov 05, 2014

Volunteer Ruth Atkins receives an injection of the Ebola vaccine, at the Oxford Vaccine Group Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine (CCVTM) in Oxford, southern England September 17, 2014. The first volunteer in a fast-tracked British safet

Ebola Cure Update: Inhalable, Non-Injectable Vaccine Developed, Passes Animal Tests

Scientists have developed a non-injectable and inhalable Ebola vaccine that claimed to have cured non-human primates after just a single dose during clinical tests.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Nov 05, 2014

The Tamgak open air uranium mine is seen at Areva's Somair uranium mining facility in Arlit, September 25, 2013. Picture taken September 25, 2013. To match Special Report NIGER-AREVA/ REUTERS/Joe Penney

Iran Says No Deal Agreed To Ship Uranium To Russia, North Korea Has New Plant Capable Of Building Weapons-Grade Uranium

Iran has not entered a deal yet with the Group 5+1 over its uranium, while North Korea has a new plant capable of building fuel for atomic bombs.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Nov 05, 2014

Waves crash as Typhoon Vongfong approaches Japan's main islands in Kuroshio Town, Kochi prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo October 12, 2014. Typhoon Vongfong battered the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Sunday, injuring 31 people and kno

Weakened Typhoon Nuri In The Pacific May Affect US, Canada Weather Systems

Typhoon Nuri could reinforce and re-intensify itself as it heads north later this week.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Nov 05, 2014

A man works at the West Qurna oilfield in southern Basra October 13, 2014.

Al Qaeda Attack On Australia's Oil Supply May Lead To 'Catastrophic' Collapse Of Society

Al Qaeda has threatened the oil supply of Australia whose fuel is mostly imported from the Middle East. An expert has warned of a possible collapse in society.

Reissa Su Nov 05, 2014