Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
BAGHDAD: Iraqi armed factions backed by Iran have been working for months to develop ballistic missiles and are threatening to use them against American forces in the country,
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi armed factions backed by Iran have been working for months to develop ballistic missiles and are threatening to use them against American forces in the country,
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BEIRUT: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Friday that Syrian refugees in Lebanon need assurances of a “safe and dignified return” to their homeland.
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Palestinian officials have sharply criticised a US decision to halt funding to the United Nations' agency assisting Palestine refugees across the Middle East, calling it a "flagrant assault"
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The Syrian government and its ally Russia have hinted, in recent statements, that a push to retake the northern province of Idlib, the last major rebel-held area, may begin soon.
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Middle East
Aretha Louise Franklin, a US music icon who died earlier in August at the age of 76, has been given a star-studded, six-hour funeral in her hometown Detroit
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World
From Argentina's peso to the Turkish lira, the currencies of emerging markets are taking a battering. Both economies have been plunged into turmoil this year. Their currencies have
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World
India's economy is racing ahead, shrugging off global trade tensions and a sharp fall in its currency. The country's gross domestic product grew 8.2% in the quarter ended
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World
One of China's major moves in the trade war with the United States is in danger of backfiring on its own farmers. They're facing a potential shortage of
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Middle East
ATHENS: Sarah Mardini, one of two Syrian sisters who saved over a dozen refugees in 2015 by pulling their sinking dinghy to Greece, has been arrested for alleged
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Middle East
VIENNA: Germany will provide additional funding for the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency and has appealed to other EU members to do the same following a cut in US
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BEIRUT: Rebels from Idlib have blown up two key bridges in a bid to hamper an expected government assault on Syria’s only remaining rebel-held province, a monitor said
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A key separatist leader in eastern Ukraine has been killed in a blast at a coffee shop in Donetsk, according to rebels. The explosion on Friday fatally wounded Alexander Zakharchenko, head
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Middle East
The government of Nicaragua's embattled President Daniel Ortega has ordered the expulsion of a United Nations human rights team, rights groups have said. The move on Friday came
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Middle East
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pledged its "full support" for Argentina as the country seeks to overcome an ongoing economic crisis that has prompted a world-record interest
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World
(CNN)A politician was forced to leave a state parliament during a vote because she brought her baby, highlighting the difficulties faced by lawmakers with children. Madeleine Henfling, a
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World
(CNN)New Zealand's leader says she's ready to get back to the day-to-day business of running the country as her maternity leave comes to an end. Prime Minister Jacinda
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World
Washington (CNN)Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth made history on Thursday as she became the first senator to cast a vote on the Senate floor with her newborn by her
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Middle East
UK’s Alistair Burt arrives in Tehran for talks on Iran’s ‘destabilizing activity’ in Syria, Yemen TEHRAN: Junior Foreign Minister Alistair Burt arrived in Tehran on Friday to discuss
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UK’s Alistair Burt arrives in Tehran for talks on Iran’s ‘destabilizing activity’ in Syria, Yemen TEHRAN: Junior Foreign Minister Alistair Burt arrived in Tehran on Friday to discuss
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PARIS/BAGHDAD: Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shiite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) asked an Israeli spyware company to hack into the phones of the Qatari emir and a Saudi prince among other political and regional
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Middle East
The plan calls for 50 million trees planted over a 300-kilometre stretch of land.
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Middle East
Rescue teams are still searching through villages in Myanmar for people stranded by a dam that burst on Wednesday. Four people are confirmed dead but the floodwaters unleashed
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World
(CNN)The International Space Station's cabin pressure is holding steady after crews repaired a leak on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the orbital complex, Russia's space agency said
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Middle East
ATHENS: Sarah Mardini, one of two Syrian sisters who saved over a dozen refugees in 2015 by pulling their sinking dinghy to Greece, has been arrested for alleged
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Middle East
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated his country's need for the highly advanced Russian S-400 missile system, a planned purchase the US opposes. Speaking at a graduation
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