Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Rotting carcasses of livestock contaminating water in the aftermath of devastating floods in India's Kerala state have given way to a new challenge - battling infectious disease such
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Middle East
Germany and Norway have pledged more than $150m of additional aid for Africa's Lake Chad region, where millions of people are facing a humanitarian crisis driven by violence,
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Middle East
US President Donald Trump is weeks away from his first major electoral test since winning the White House. Voters will go to the polls in November to decide
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World
(CNN)Here's a look at the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. September 18-19, 2018 - Yom Kippur will begin at sundown on September 18 and end
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World
(CNN)Here's a look at Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).Facts:Started as an al Qaeda splinter group. Also known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
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Middle East
BEIRUT: Iran called on Monday for militants to be “cleaned out” of Syria’s Idlib province, as it prepared for talks with Syria and Russia about confronting the last
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Middle East
ADEN: Yemen’s warring parties will not meet directly at UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva this week, likely to focus on a prisoner exchange deal and the fate of
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Middle East
DUBAI: Four months after Lebanon’s general election, any hopes Prime Minister-elect Saad Al-Hariri held of easing his way into office have been dashed following warnings of a crippling
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Middle East
Renewed clashes between rival armed groups in Tripoli have plunged Libya in yet deeper chaos, casting serious doubt as to whether the war-wracked country is ready to hold planned elections
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Middle East
Thousands of travelers have been stranded on Greece's islands due to a strike by ferry crew seeking higher pay, tax breaks and the restoration of labour rights after
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Middle East
More than 1,600 people have died or gone missing while attempting to reach Europe so far this year, UNCHR's new Desperate Journeys report shows. The report released on
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World
"Crazy Rich Asians" is cruising toward its third-straight weekend on top of the box office. The Warner Bros. romantic comedy is expected to bring in at least $23
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World
The ABC is Australia's public broadcaster. China has blocked the website of one of Australia's biggest news networks, adding to the list of international media groups prevented from
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Middle East
A Myanmar court has found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets during their reporting of a massacre of Rohingya and sentenced them to
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Middle East
When 27-year-old student and refugee Ananya Azad heard that he had been selected for a scholarship to attend Central European University (CEU) in Hungary, he quit his job
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Middle East
Tokyo celebrates its 150th anniversary this year as the capital of Japan and as one of the world’s most modern cities. Formerly known as Edo, it was renamed
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Middle East
ADEN: Yemen’s warring parties will not meet directly at UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva this week, likely to focus on a prisoner exchange deal and the fate of
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Middle East
ADEN: Yemen’s warring parties will not meet directly at UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva this week, likely to focus on a prisoner exchange deal and the fate of
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Middle East
ADEN: Yemen’s warring parties will not meet directly at UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva this week, likely to focus on a prisoner exchange deal and the fate of
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Middle East
A Myanmar court has sentenced two Reuters news agency journalists to seven years in prison for illegal possession of official documents, a ruling that comes as international criticism
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Middle East
African leaders gather for a two-day summit in Beijing focused on economic ties with China amid increasing criticism of its debt-laden approach to aid in the developing world.
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Middle East
More than a million Chinese migrants now work and live on the African continent, while the number of Africans in China is thought to be around half that.
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World
"Crazy Rich Asians" is cruising toward its third-straight weekend on top of the box office. The Warner Bros. romantic comedy is expected to bring in at least $23
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World
Coca-Cola is betting coffee shops will bring it closer to total beverage domination. On Friday, the company announced that it has agreed to buy UK coffee chain Costa
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Middle East
ADEN: Yemen’s warring parties will not meet directly at UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva this week, likely to focus on a prisoner exchange deal and the fate of
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Middle East
Egyptian woman made famous by ‘leaked’ Mubarak photo threatens to sue anyone who uses it CAIRO: A leaked photo of the deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has sparked
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ADEN: Yemen’s warring parties will not meet directly at UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva this week, likely to focus on a prisoner exchange deal and the fate of
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