Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
DUBAI: Dozens of Houthi militia were killed and wounded in clashes with the Yemeni army in east of Hodeidah, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. More than
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Middle East
Turkish, Saudi prosecutors cooperating on Khashoggi case is useful, says Turkey’s foreign minster The Saudi public prosecutor heading the investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi met
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Middle East
The German army has sent its top brigade to lead the NATO's biggest military exercises since the Cold War. About 50,000 personnel from all 29 NATO allies are
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Middle East
Bangladesh's imprisoned opposition leader Khaleda Zia was handed another seven years in prison on Monday on corruption charges her supporters say are politically motivated to prevent her running in
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Middle East
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told leaders of her Christian Democrats (CDU) that she will not seek re-election as party chairwoman at a conference in early December, a
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World
It's hard to imagine the humble bucket being a work of art, but those made by Shuji Nakagawa in his Kyoto studio go for thousands of dollars and
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Middle East
AZAZ, Syria: “Brotherhood has no limits.” The phrase is painted in Arabic and Turkish on a wall in Azaz, the town at the heart of Turkey’s de facto
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Middle East
ALGIERS: Algeria’s frail President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in power since 1999, will stand for a fifth term at elections next year, the head of his party said Sunday.National Liberation
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Middle East
Turkish artillery bombards YPG forces in Syria after Erdogan’s ‘final warning’ BEIRUT: Turkish artillery on Sunday bombarded Kurdish militia positions on the eastern shore of the Euphrates River
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Middle East
At least six people were injured after a suicide bomber detonated explosives near Afghanistan's election commission headquarters in Kabul on Monday, officials said. At least four officials of
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Middle East
A white gunman walks into a synagogue outside of Pittsburgh and guns down 11 congregants after screaming, "All Jews must die!" during Sabbath services. Another self-identifying white male
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Middle East
Equanimity, the luxury ocean-going yacht at the heart of the 1MDB scandal, went on sale on Monday as Malaysia's new government tries to retrieve some of the billions
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World
(CNN)Indonesian investigators are examining debris from Lion Air flight JT 610 which crashed into the sea off the capital, Jakarta, Monday morning with 189 people on board.The Boeing
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World
Seoul, South Korea (CNN)Standing in front of her parish in a bright yellow jacket, Shin Ok-joo holds back tears. Her voice takes on a tone of both anger
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World
New York (CNN)Coming soon to China: A factory where robots will build robots.Swiss firm ABB Group plans to build a $150 million "Factory of the Future" in Shanghai,
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Middle East
JEDDAH: An attempt by Iran on Sunday to counter new US sanctions on its crucial oil trade ended in failure. Tehran offered a million barrels of oil to
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Middle East
JEDDAH: An attempt by Iran on Sunday to counter new US sanctions on its crucial oil trade ended in failure. Tehran offered a million barrels of oil to
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Middle East
JEDDAH: An attempt by Iran on Sunday to counter new US sanctions on its crucial oil trade ended in failure. Tehran offered a million barrels of oil to
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Middle East
Colombo, Sri Lanka - One person was killed and two others wounded when the bodyguard of a minister in the cabinet of deposed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe opened fire into
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Middle East
Three Palestinian boys aged between 13 and 14 have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the southeastern Gaza Strip near the fence with Israel, according to
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Middle East
Ankara, Turkey - Turkish investigators looking into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will present Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor with a 150-page dossier and request another joint search at
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World
(CNN)The Thai billionaire owner of Leicester City died in a helicopter accident, the English Premier League club has confirmed. He was 60 years old.Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, owner of the
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World
Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN)Far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was declared the winner of Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, according to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.Bolsonaro was declared the winner
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Middle East
DAMASCUS/JABER: Jordanians are flocking to the Syrian capital Damascus for the first time in years for tourism and trade after the reopening of a border crossing that had
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Middle East
DAMASCUS/JABER: Jordanians are flocking to the Syrian capital Damascus for the first time in years for tourism and trade after the reopening of a border crossing that had
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Middle East
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro has won Brazil's presidential elections, signalling a political shift for South America's most populous nation and largest economy. Official results gave Bolsonaro
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Middle East
English football club Leicester City has said Thai owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was among five people who died when a helicopter crashed next to its stadium. The 60-year-old retail
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