Monthly Archive:: June 2015
World
Fall is the season for new gadgets. Apple (AAPL) recently announced its latest iPhones, Amazon (AMZN) showed off new smart speakers and even an Alexa-activated microwave, and Google
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World
After spending a decade training as a Buddhist monk, Andy Puddicombe decided he wanted to share what he'd learned with the world. He has achieved his goal: his
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World
Aston Martin is joining the ranks of listed automakers with an IPO that values the British company at more than $5 billion. But its first day of trading
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Middle East
JEDDAH/THE HAGUE: Iran failed on Wednesday to persuade the UN’s highest court to overturn punishing US economic sanctions that have brought the country’s economy to its knees. The
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Middle East
JEDDAH/THE HAGUE: Iran failed on Wednesday to persuade the UN’s highest court to overturn punishing US economic sanctions that have brought the country’s economy to its knees. The
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Middle East
JEDDAH/THE HAGUE: Iran failed on Wednesday to persuade the UN’s highest court to overturn punishing US economic sanctions that have brought the country’s economy to its knees. The
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Middle East
Washington, DC - In one of the most divisive political battles of President Donald Trump's presidency, US Republicans are moving forward with a risky showdown vote on the Supreme
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Middle East
A prominent Saudi journalist and former royal family adviser has criticised the government's crackdown on Saudi intellectuals and journalists, lamenting that the kingdom will never become democratic under
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Middle East
Russian President Vladimir Putin has branded former double agent Sergei Skripal "a traitor" and "scumbag", saying Moscow knew he had cooperated with foreign intelligence after his release in
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World
Birmingham, UK (CNN)Theresa May isn't much of a dancer. So the British Prime Minister's decision to sway onto stage at her party's annual gathering, accompanied by a blast
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World
(CNN)He described it as "one of the worst days" of his life after US Ryder Cup star Brooks Koepka discovered his wayward golf shot caused a woman to
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World
(CNN)There could be just days left to rescue the remaining trapped survivors of Friday's earthquake and tsunami, Indonesia's disaster agency said Wednesday, as the already-high death toll continued
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Middle East
CAIRO: A Facebook page has helped reunite hundreds of Egyptian families with their missing children as concern increases about child welfare. Ramy El-Gebaly founded the Missing Children page
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Middle East
GAZA: A Palestinian teenager was killed on Wednesday when a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a border protest hit him in the head, Gaza health
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Middle East
GAZA: A Palestinian teenager was killed on Wednesday when a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a border protest hit him in the head, Gaza health
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Middle East
Jeff Bezos' space company is in the conceptual design phase of a large lunar lander that it says will provide reusable access to the moon's surface and its
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Middle East
US President Donald Trump drew strong criticism from both Republicans and Democrats after mocking Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago. At
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Middle East
A Palestinian teenager was killed by an Israeli gas canister that was fired at a protest along the enclave's northern border with Israel, Gaza's health authorities said. Ministry spokesper
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World
(CNN)Typhoon Kong-rey will be the ninth tropical system of the season to impact Japan this year. The typhoon is projected to track near southern Japan on Saturday morning
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Middle East
Amnesty International slams ‘sickening’ execution of domestic and sexual violence victim in Iran LONDON: Amnesty International have responded to reports that a 24-year-old Kurdish woman was executed on
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Middle East
JEDDAH: The Arab Coalition in Yemen has succeeded in securing the transfer of two sons of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh from Sanaa to Jordan, Saudi state
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Middle East
CAIRO: The UN children's agency on Wednesday suspended cash transfers to 9 million of Yemen's most impoverished citizens under pressure from Yemen's Houthi rebels. The move comes at
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Middle East
Cristiano Ronaldo has denied the accusations of rape against him, saying Wednesday that he had a "clear conscience" as he awaits the conclusions of an investigation. The 33-year-old
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Middle East
Saudi and Turkish officials have made conflicting statements on the whereabouts of a prominent journalist who has reportedly gone missing while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Jamal Khashoggi,
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Middle East
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the US is withdrawing from a 1955 treaty with Iran, just hours after the UN's highest court ordered Washington to
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World
(CNN)Here's a look at the social media network Facebook. Facts:Facebook had 2.23 billion monthly active users around the world, as of June 30, 2018. The company estimates that
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Middle East
BAGHDAD: The veteran secular Kurdish politician Barham Salih was elected on Tuesday as Iraq’s next president. Salih, of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), faced a challenge from Fuad Hussein
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