Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
At least 37 people have been killed in night-time attacks across four provinces of Afghanistan, officials said. Twenty-nine police officers and members of the Afghan national army were
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In this week's UpFront, we talk to Dore Gold, the former Israeli ambassdor to the United Nations (UN) and a close adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, about
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ISTANBUL: Turkey is working to achieve a cease-fire in Syria’s rebel-held northwest and is ready for cooperation to fight terrorist groups in the Idlib area, Turkish Foreign Minister
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ISTANBUL: Turkey is working to achieve a cease-fire in Syria’s rebel-held northwest and is ready for cooperation to fight terrorist groups in the Idlib area, Turkish Foreign Minister
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The Yemeni army found operation and communication underground chambers on Thursday belonging to the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in the Kataf district of Saada province in northern Yemen, Saudi State
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Philippines authorities evacuated more areas on Friday and warned an estimated 5.2 million people in the path of super typhoon Mangkhut to stay indoors, as the country braced for heavy
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German car manufacturer Volkswagen will cease global production of its iconic Beetle after nearly seven decades of US sales, the company's American unit announced. In a statement issued
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The outer reaches of Hurricane Florence began lashing coastal North Carolina with heavy winds and flooded roads on Thursday ahead of an expected landfall that will bring walls
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World
A video showing Google's top executives perturbed by the election of President Donald Trump was leaked on Wednesday to the far-right website Breitbart, intensifying a swell of erroneous
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World
The iPhone is getting more expensive, and Apple is betting faithful customers will barely blink an eye. Apple has slowly increased the average price of an iPhone since
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World
(CNN)A group of Kenyan teenagers have created an app called i-Cut to help girls affected by Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).The students, Stacy Owino, Cynthia Otieno, Purity Achieng, Mascrine
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Middle East
BEIRUT: More than 360,000 people have been killed across war-ravaged Syria in seven years, a monitoring group said Thursday, in a new toll for the brutal conflict.It came
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The number of immigrant "family units" apprehended while attempting to enter the US through its southern border soared to 12,774 in August, up from roughly 9,247 in July,
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President Vladimir Putin promised to strengthen Russia's army and supply it with new generation weapons, as he travelled to watch the country's biggest war games since the fall
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A lawyer for former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged with receiving US$2.3m in ill-gotten wealth, as police announced the investigation of more than 50 individuals suspected
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World
David Solomon, the part-time DJ and future CEO, needs to change the tune at Goldman Sachs. The legendary investment bank is in a bit of a slump. Not
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World
When John Taylor starts remembering the years leading up to the financial crisis, his fury wells up all over again. As president of the nonprofit National Community Reinvestment
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World
A Chinese app that does just about everything has found strong demand for its shares, bucking the trend of recent tech IPOs. Meituan Dianping raised $4.2 billion from
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Middle East
GENEVA: UN officials have notified Russia, Turkey and the US of the GPS coordinates of 235 schools, hospitals and other civilian sites in the Syrian province of Idlib,
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Rival Iraqi factions make coalition deal and end Al-Abadi’s prime minister hopes BAGHDAD: Pro-Iran parties in Iraq reached a deal on Thursday to join a parliamentary coalition overseen
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BEIJING: Any chemical weapons attack on Syria’s last opposition stronghold would lead to “consequences” for the regime in Damascus, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned in Beijing
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Even as the European Parliament moves to punish Hungary for its violation of EU’s core values, a defiant Hungarian government has said its stand on George Soros-funded Central
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The UN Security Council has extended the mandate for the UNSMIL mission in Libya by another year, until September 15, 2019, but did not endorse a December 10
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Samut Sakhon, Thailand - In 2013, Chairat Ratchapaksi found a job in commercial fishing to support his family. The 40-year-old from Thailand's central Phetchaburi province went to see
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World
(CNN)Two sisters have died in Somalia from complications that arose after undergoing female genital mutilation, according to Hawa Aden Mohamed, who campaigns against the procedure.Ten-year-old Aasiyo Abdi Warsame
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London (CNN)Some schoolgirls in the United Kingdom have been pressured by their peers into undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), according to FGM survivor and campaigner Leyla Hussein, Britain's
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(CNN)Somalia will prosecute a female genital mutilation (FGM) case for the first time in the country after a 10-year-old girl died from the procedure last week.Deeqa Dahir Nuur
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