Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
The United Nations human rights office has called on Turkey and Saudi Arabia to properly investigate the fate of prominent Saudi journalist and regime critic Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished
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Middle East
The death toll from Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami has climbed past 2,000, as authorities prepare to end the search for thousands of victims feared buried in mud and rubble
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World
Beijing (CNN)Four people have died after they were swallowed up by a massive sinkhole in a Chinese city, despite desperate rescue efforts to save them.According to state media,
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World
(CNN)The investigative website that claimed to have uncovered the real identity of one of two Russian agents involved in the Novichok poisonings in the UK earlier this year
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World
(CNN)A controversial advertisement projected on the side of the Sydney Opera House was disrupted by a sea of lights on Tuesday evening, as protesters attempted to ruin the
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Middle East
DUBAI: The southern coastal cities of Oman and Yemen are bracing themselves for a battering as Tropical Storm Luban heads their way just months after Cyclone Mekunu left
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Middle East
ISTANBUL: They are among Istanbul’s most iconic sights — magnificent waterside mansions strung out along the Bosphorus as the waters of the strait dividing Europe and Asia lap
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Middle East
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan named several of his advisers and a theology professor to a new economic policy committee, as the country seeks to reassure foreign investors
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Middle East
The disappearance and possible killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi last week inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul has thrown a new challenge to Saudi-Turkish diplomatic relations, analysts
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Middle East
With a week to go until long-delayed parliamentary elections, Awrang Zib Zierak, a 38-year-old labourer in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, has decided to vote despite concerns about
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Middle East
A couple, detained in Mexico while transporting human body parts in a baby carriage, has admitted to killing 20 people, twice the number originally suspected. Under interrogation, the
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World
If you search for dog food on Amazon, you'll probably find a bag with a picture of a woman perched on an ocean cliff patting a fluffy, golden
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World
Eureka, CA (CNN)Betty Chinn doesn't sleep much. Each day before sunrise until well into the night, this petite woman in her 70s covers a lot of ground—tending to
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World
A well-known painting by British artist David Hockney is poised to smash the record for a work by a living artist sold at auction. "Portrait of an Artist
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Middle East
JERUSALEM: Aqal passes to Aqal, who finds Aqal in space out wide. He squares to Aqal, who smashes home a strike, sending the crowd of yet more family
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Middle East
BEIRUT: Tens of thousands of Syrians in areas recaptured by regime troops this year remain starved of humanitarian aid, with the relief agencies helping them for years now
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Middle East
JERUSALEM: Aqal passes to Aqal, who finds Aqal in space out wide. He squares to Aqal, who smashes home a strike, sending the crowd of yet more family
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Middle East
The United States asked judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to throw out a claim by Iran to recover $1.75bn in national bank assets seized by
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Middle East
US President Donald Trump expressed concern about the fate of prominent Saudi journalist and regime critic Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last
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Middle East
Washington, DC - With the vicious Senate battle over the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh concluded by a 50-48 vote, focus now turns to the upcoming midterm elections.
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World
(CNN)Netflix is expanding its media empire to Albuquerque. The streaming company announced Monday that it is in the final stages of negotiations to buy ABQ Studios, a production
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World
New York (CNN)Hope Hicks, previously one of President Trump's closest aides, is becoming a key executive at Fox News Channel's parent company.Monday's announcement inspired lots of quips about
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World
London (CNN Business)Airbus has named French engineer Guillaume Faury as its next CEO. Managing the potential fallout from Brexit will be his first challenge, but there are plenty
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Middle East
BEIRUT: Extremist factions including Syria's former Al-Qaeda branch have withdrawn heavy weapons from parts of a planned buffer zone in Idlib province, a monitor said on Monday, two
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Middle East
Adel Abdul Mahdi, Iraq's new prime minister, has embarked on the difficult task of negotiating a new government. After months of post-election deliberations and delays due to intra-Kurdish
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Middle East
China has ramped up its rhetoric against the United States, demanding Washington stop its "misguided actions" as tensions over trade prevail between the two nations. US Secretary of
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Middle East
An Egyptian former military officer accused of being behind a string of high-profile attacks in Egypt has been apprehended by Libya's eastern forces, a Libyan military spokesperson said. Hesham
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