Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
BAGHDAD: Four years after announcing its cross-border “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria, a stinging string of defeats has pushed the Daesh extremist group to reorganize and change strategy
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Iran’s parliament blames Rouhani for economic troubles, refers him to judiciary LONDON: Pressures mounted on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday as lawmakers summoned him to answer questions
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Iran's parliament has declared its dissatisfaction with President Hassan Rouhani, voting to reject his answers after grilling him over the deteriorating economy. Rouhani's appearance in parliament on Tuesday
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Despite passport restrictions to enter Peru, Venezuelans continue to pour into the country, escaping economic hardship at home. Many say exile could feel like a punishment away from
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Middle East
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar along with other main opposition groups have refused to sign the latest draft of a peace deal with the government that would end
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World
Google is upping its game in the race for India's fast growing digital payments market. The company has partnered with four Indian banks to allow users to get
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World
China will soon become the world's biggest market for air travel, but American carriers are having trouble profiting from the rapid growth. Some US airlines are cutting routes
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Middle East
Iran’s parliament blames Rouhani for economic troubles, refers him to judiciary LONDON: Pressures mounted on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday as lawmakers summoned him to answer questions
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Iran’s parliament blames Rouhani for economic troubles, refers him to judiciary LONDON: Pressures mounted on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday as lawmakers summoned him to answer questions
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Iran’s parliament blames Rouhani for economic troubles, refers him to judiciary LONDON: Pressures mounted on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday as lawmakers summoned him to answer questions
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Middle East
The United Nations has accused the Saudi-UAE military alliance of committing possible war crimes in Yemen, adding there was "little evidence of any attempt ... to minimise civilian casualties."
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Middle East
The oil taps are open again. On Saturday, South Sudan resumed pumping 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil from the Toma South oilfield, where production had been
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Middle East
An opposition coalition of left-leaning and secular parties in Egypt has called for the immediate release of a former diplomat who was arrested after calling for a referendum
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Middle East
AMMAN: Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Monday his country has exceeded its capacity to host refugees from Syria and is backing their voluntary return home.Amman estimates that
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Middle East
Dumped Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he will quit parliament this week in another headache for Australia's rattled government which will temporarily lose its one-seat majority. He
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Middle East
Hundreds of thousands of people are in west London for Europe's biggest street party, the Notting Hill Carnival. The event celebrates Afro-Caribbean culture and aims to promote racial
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Middle East
Bosnian journalists demanded justice after a reporter was severely beaten by unknown attackers after covering politically sensitive protests. On Monday, the United States and European Union also condemned
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World
Tink Labs' Handy smartphones offer voice calls and internet, as well as local travel guides and in-room controls. When Terence Kwok went traveling to Europe as a student in 2011,
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World
Facebook has banned 20 organizations and individuals in Myanmar, including a senior military commander, from using its service and acknowledged that it was "too slow" to prevent the
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World
Whether they admit it or not, everyone needs to de-stress and recharge occasionally. For CEOs and other high-level executives, that can mean spending a few days at a
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Middle East
DUBAI: With Gulf states expressing growing concern over the nuclear deal with Iran, experts say more needs to be done to curb the country’s funding of terror.Many regional
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Middle East
What needs to be done to curb Iran Updated 30 sec ago August 28, 2018 01:18 DUBAI: With Gulf states expressing growing concern over the nuclear deal with
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AMMAN: Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Monday his country has exceeded its capacity to host refugees from Syria and is backing their voluntary return home.Amman estimates that
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Middle East
Pakistan's senate unanimously passed a resolution condemning an anti-Islam cartoon contest planned by a far-right Dutch politician - one of the first actions taken by the assembly since
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Middle East
A US federal judge has extended a ban on the online distribution of 3-D printed gun blueprints, a win for a group of mainly Democratic-led states that said
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Middle East
Police in Ethiopia arrested the former president of the volatile eastern Somali region on charges of human rights abuses after a series of deadly clashes earlier this month.
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Middle East
THE HAGUE: Iran demanded Monday that the UN’s top court order the United States to suspend nuclear-linked sanctions against Tehran, but Washington vowed to “vigorously” fend off the
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