Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in Ethiopia's capital to welcome leaders of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), the latest members of a formerly-banned rebel group to return
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At least 12 people have been killed as Typhoon Mangkhut tore across northern Philippines with destructive winds and heavy rain, before heading towards Hong Kong and southern China.
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Florence continues to dump rain and threaten lives on the east coast of the United States even after it was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm.
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CAIRO: Acting on a judge's order, Egyptian police detained the sons of former president Hosni Mubarak on Saturday along with three others in connection with insider trading charges for
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TUNIS: Tunisia’s ruling party has suspended Prime Minister Youssef Chahed in the latest escalation of a row with the president’s son that has paralyzed key decisions on the
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SULAIMANIYA, Iraq: Iraqi lawmakers have elected a Sunni Arab as speaker of parliament, the first step in forming a new government four months after national elections. Lawmaker Ahmed
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At least eight civilians have been killed in twin attacks in eastern Burkina Faso, where armed groups have been gaining ground in recent months, according to local authorities.
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Khan al-Ahmar, occupied West Bank - Tucked away behind a motorway, Khan al-Ahmar is almost invisible. The village, which has been home to Palestinian Bedouins for more than 60 years, doesn't appear
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An Egyptian court has ordered the arrest of two sons of former President Hosni Mubarak over stock market manipulation, according to state media. Alaa and Gamal Mubarak are
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It has been 10 years since the global financial crisis. Many analysts are wondering if another one is brewing and, if so, where will it come from? The
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Ten years after the financial crash of 2008, Germany faces accusations of helping to wreck the Greek economy by demanding punitive austerity measures. But inside the German government
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Luis Almagro, leader of the Organization of American States (OAS), is not ruling out military intervention to overthrow Venezuela's president. At a press conference, Almagro said only restoring
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NEW YORK: The UN Security Council has urged all Libyans to improve the atmosphere for national elections in a resolution that avoids mentioning the Dec. 10 target date
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Turkey's presidential spokesperson has said a major offensive targeting Syria's northwestern province of Idlib could cause a new refugee crisis from Turkey to Europe. "Everyone's common point is
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East Jerusalem - A Palestinian in occupied East Jerusalem is breaking boundaries by suing the Israeli government in hopes of becoming the first Palestinian to run for mayor in Israel's
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In August, the Spanish government issued a decree paving the way to exhume the remains of fascist dictator Francisco Franco from their current place of honour in the
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(CNN)At least two people have been killed by Typhoon Mangkhut, known locally as Ompong, which slammed into the Philippines early Saturday morning, bringing ferocious gale-force winds and pounding
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A man is hit by a wave while attempting to recover salvageable materials in Manila, Philippines, Saturday, September 15. MARK R. CRISTINO/EPA-EFE Updated 5:16 AM ET, Sat September
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MEDENINE: Surrounded by other people’s belongings piled high on beds, Georgie Ndab wants to leave Tunisia’s only migrant center and take her baby to Europe. “I spent eight
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On The Listening Post this week: A decade on from the financial crisis, how well do business journalists understand their beat? Plus, Twitter bots manipulate online debates on
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China has been accused of allegedly detaining up to one million Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region under what UN experts have called the "pretext of countering terrorism and religious extremism". Over
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US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have accused Obama-era official John Kerry of "actively undermining" US policy on Iran after he admitted meeting Iran's
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NEW YORK: The UN Security Council has urged all Libyans to improve the atmosphere for national elections in a resolution that avoids mentioning the Dec. 10 target date
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BERLIN: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the Syrian regime is not preparing a major offensive against the opposition-held Idlib, adding that Moscow will do
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MEDENINE: Surrounded by other people’s belongings piled high on beds, Georgie Ndab wants to leave Tunisia’s only migrant center and take her baby to Europe. “I spent eight
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A woman and her child died after a tree fell on their house in Wilmington, North Carolina, the first reported fatalities from Hurricane Florence, which made landfall earlier
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