Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Five European countries have made a last-ditch appeal to Israel, asking it not go to ahead with the demolition of a Bedouin village in the Occupied West Bank.
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An estimated $400 billion has been wiped off the value of major cryptocurrencies since January. Sean Russell's life savings were among them. Russell rarely played the stock market
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Volkswagen has found a new way to use a 3D printer: To mass produce car parts. The world's largest carmaker unveiled plans Tuesday to start using HP metal
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Mark Carney is sticking around for Brexit. The Bank of England said Tuesday that Carney would stay as governor until January 2020. "I recognize that during this critical
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WASHINGTON: The US warned Iran on Tuesday it will “respond swiftly and decisively” to any attacks by Tehran’s allies in Iraq that result in injury to Americans or
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on Russia and Iran to halt a looming “humanitarian disaster” in Idlib, saying Syrians there could not be left to
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Papua New Guinea (PNG) is gearing up for a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect citizens against polio, 18 years after the disease was eradicated from the country, The initiative, which
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Russia launched its largest war games since the Cold War on Tuesday with hundreds of thousands of troops, including Chinese soldiers taking part for the first time, in
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A cholera emergency has been declared in Zimbabwe's capital after 20 people died from the disease. It has led to many fearing a repeat of the outbreak that
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World
(CNN)Russia kicked off what it says are its largest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union on Tuesday, as it hosted a bilateral meeting between President
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Tencent is killing off a popular online poker game as the Chinese government steps up scrutiny of the gaming industry. "Texas Everyday Hold'em" notified players Monday that the
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(CNN)China and Russia are publicly heralding a new age of diplomacy between the two countries, at a time when both are being targeted by the United States with
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Middle East
Iran increased its threat to regional security on Tuesday by boasting that its nuclear program was more advanced than ever. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy
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Iran increased its threat to regional security on Tuesday by boasting that its nuclear program was more advanced than ever. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy
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MINNEAPOLIS: An Iraqi man who is accused of hiding his past as a member of an elite Iraqi military force is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to
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Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, the hugely popular but jailed former Brazilian president, has withdrawn his candidacy for the country's top seat ahead of a general election next
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Kigali, Rwanda - Inside Abdul Sibomana's farm, on the outskirts of Nyanza town in southern Rwanda, dry coffee cherries hang from small stems. The 30-year-old's farm sits between a
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The US government announced it's closing the diplomatic mission of the Palestinian Liberation Organization in Washington, DC. National Security Adviser John Bolton delivered the news during a speech
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World
Apple will create the usual buzz on Wednesday when it holds a splashy media event, presumably to update its iPhone lineup. But the future of the trillion-dollar company
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Alibaba has a trio of new partners in Russia. China's top e-commerce player will form a joint venture with Russia's sovereign wealth fund, telecom company MegaFon and internet
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BEIRUT: Daesh militants have killed 12 Syrian regime fighters in an ambush as the group faces separate assaults on its last desert strongholds, a war monitor said Tuesday.The
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KHAN SHAYKHUN: Violence in northwest Syria has displaced more than 30,000 people this month alone, the United Nations said Monday, warning that a looming assault could create the
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DUBAI: The Vice President of Yemen, Lieutenant General Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar said his internationally recognized government will continue to liberate Houthi-held areas until every inch of the country
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A bus carrying pilgrims from a Hindu temple in the hills of south India plunged off a road Tuesday, killing at least 55 people including four children, officials
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China called on the UN's human rights chief to respect its sovereignty after she highlighted "deeply disturbing" allegations of mass detentions of Muslim Uighur minorities in Xinjiang. On
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Ethiopian and Eritrean troops will withdraw from the border as the rapprochement between the one-time enemies continues in rapid fashion. The announcement was made on Tuesday shortly after
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