Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
MAARET AL-SHUREEN, Syria: Khaled Al-Idlibi was still speeding away with his brother perched on the back of his motorbike when he heard the air strike that levelled his
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Middle East
MAARET AL-SHUREEN, Syria: Khaled Al-Idlibi was still speeding away with his brother perched on the back of his motorbike when he heard the air strike that levelled his
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Middle East
The US cannot guarantee India will be exempt from sanctions if it purchases weapons and defense systems from Russia, a top Pentagon official said. Randall Schriver, the Pentagon's
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Middle East
Islamabad, Pakistan - Hundreds of far-right protesters are marching on the Pakistani capital Islamabad, threatening to blockade the city unless the country cuts diplomatic ties with the Netherlands over
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Middle East
A US official has called for an investigation into attacks by the Saudi-UAE coalition in Yemen and for perpetrators to be held accountable. In an interview with Al
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Middle East
BRUSSELS: NATO says the Russian navy is building up its presence in the Mediterranean Sea amid growing tensions over the war in Syria.Russia has provided crucial military support
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Middle East
WASHINGTON: The US Navy seized hundreds of small arms, including AK-47s, from an unflagged boat in the Gulf of Aden, a US defense official said on Wednesday.The defense
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Middle East
Doctors in Iran say US sanctions are endangering lives. Physicians are worried they will not have enough drugs to treat patients. Foreign companies can sell medical supplies to
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Middle East
The Philippines has a long history of forced disappearances that began during the military regime in the 1970s. Despite the restoration of democracy in recent decades, it is
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Middle East
Fans of Aretha Franklin are spending a second day paying their last respects to the Queen of Soul. They are lining up in Detroit to view her casket
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Middle East
DUBAI: With only two percent of the Arab region covered by wetlands, and 94 percent of those vulnerable to climate change, water will play a crucial role in
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Middle East
DUBAI: With only two percent of the Arab region covered by wetlands, and 94 percent of those vulnerable to climate change, water will play a crucial role in
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Middle East
DUBAI: With only two percent of the Arab region covered by wetlands, and 94 percent of those vulnerable to climate change, water will play a crucial role in
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Middle East
"None have clean hands." That was the conclusion of UN human rights investigators who say all parties in the three-year conflict in Yemen may have committed war crimes.
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Middle East
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has suggested the right of return for Palestinian refugees could be removed from any eventual peace settlement with Israel. Speaking
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Middle East
Brazilian President Michel Temer has announced he may place limits on the number of Venezuelan migrants allowed to enter the country via its northernmost state each day from its
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World
The assembly line at Huajian International Shoe City, Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Zhang Huarong points out of his office window to a bleak block of grey
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Middle East
DUBAI: With only two percent of the Arab region covered by wetlands, and 94 percent of those vulnerable to climate change, water will play a crucial role in
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Middle East
DUBAI: With only two percent of the Arab region covered by wetlands, and 94 percent of those vulnerable to climate change, water will play a crucial role in
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Middle East
DUBAI: With only two percent of the Arab region covered by wetlands, and 94 percent of those vulnerable to climate change, water will play a crucial role in
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Middle East
Iran's supreme leader warned the country might abandon its nuclear deal with world powers, casting doubt on the ability of European states to save the accord following the
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Middle East
Israel renewed its threat to attack Iranian military targets in Syria after Damascus and Tehran reached a new accord on security cooperation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a speech on
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Middle East
US President Donald Trump threatened this week to dump the nearly 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), making it the latest deal to be targeted as part
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Middle East
CAIRO: A group of animal rights activists have come together to take on the woeful conditions in Egypt’s pet shops, in a country notorious for the ill-treatment of
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Middle East
CAIRO: A group of animal rights activists have come together to take on the woeful conditions in Egypt’s pet shops, in a country notorious for the ill-treatment of
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Middle East
TRIPOLI: Fresh fighting erupted in the Libyan capital on Wednesday after the collapse of a truce, a witness and military source said, after the UN called for calm.A
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Middle East
A bout of fighting in Libya's capital has laid bare the fragility of an armed cartel that had brought a veneer of stability to the city and encouraged
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