Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Negotiators from Canada and the United States went down to the wire but were able to reach an agreement on a new free trade pact that will include
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Middle East
Maltese authorities have finally allowed 58 migrants off the Aquarius to Valletta after they waited for days in rough seas on the rescue ship that can no longer
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Middle East
Campaigning has started in Afghanistan for next month's parliamentary elections amid concerns that the much-delayed vote could be postponed again due to the uncertainty over new technology. The
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World
(CNN)A 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday followed by a massive tsunami, which killed more than 830 people.Hundreds of others have been injured and
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World
Can Tesla navigate through its many controversies and still meet its sales targets? We're about to find out. Early next week Tesla will report how many cars it
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World
Companies headquartered in California can no longer have all-male boards. That's according to a new law, enacted Sunday, which requires publicly traded firms in the state to place
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Middle East
ABU DHABI: The UAE on Sunday approved a zero-deficit 60.3 billion dirham ($16.4 billion) budget for 2019, up 17 percent from this year’s budget and the largest in
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Middle East
JERUSALEM: Israel on Sunday released a French-Palestinian lawyer held without charge for the past 13 months over unspecified allegations, his lawyer said.Salah Hamouri, 33, was freed at Jerusalem
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Middle East
DUBAI: Dubai International Airport released a statement on Sunday confirming that flights were operating as normal after a news report claiming the Houthi militia had launched a drone
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Middle East
The death toll from an earthquake that prompted a tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen to 832, the national disaster mitigation agency has said, adding
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Middle East
Polls have closed in Kurdish parliamentary elections that were held a year after the semi-autonomous region's failed bid for independence from Iraq. Sunday's election saw hundreds of candidates vying for
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Middle East
A Cairo court has ordered a retrial of the Muslim Brotherhood's leader Mohamed Badie and other senior figures from the group from October 7, judicial sources and state news
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World
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)The death toll on the island of Sulawesi stands at 832 people, but officials expect that number to climb as rescuers on Monday continue to sift
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