Monthly Archive:: June 2015
World
Paris (CNN)French President Emmanuel Macron condemned protesters who brought central Paris to a halt Saturday amid claims that the far right had infiltrated the march, which turned violent."Thank
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Middle East
CAIRO: Egypt’s Meteorological Authority warned on Friday that several areas in south and north Sinai are expecting floods this week while heavy rainfall created disruption in several governorates
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Middle East
CAIRO: Egypt’s Meteorological Authority warned on Friday that several areas in south and north Sinai are expecting floods this week while heavy rainfall created disruption in several governorates
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Middle East
AL-MANAMA: Polling stations closed and counting began on Saturday evening in Bahrain for 2018 parliamentary elections. The government confirmed that 506 candidates were running in the election, including 137 for local
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Middle East
London, England - "It was the only time in my life I thought I'd probably die. I couldn't breathe," says 71-year-old Balwinder Singh Rana. He recalls the mass
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Middle East
Millions of people in Taiwan turned out to cast their vote in midterm elections and answer 10 referendum questions. These questions included whether or not to change the
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Middle East
Counting is under way in Bahrain after polls have closed in Saturday's parliamentary election from which opposition groups were barred in a crackdown on dissent in the Western-allied kingdom.
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Middle East
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has quit as leader of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after it suffered major defeats in key local polls, a significant blow to
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Middle East
Robert Mugabe, the 94-year-old former president of Zimbabwe, is no longer able to walk because of ill health and age. The announcement was made by his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who
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Middle East
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have approved clinical trials for four experimental Ebola treatments, even as the deadly disease's outbreak among newborn babies raises new fears.
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Middle East
LONDON: Daesh has killed 24 US-backed fighters in two days in an attack launched from its embattled holdout in eastern Syria, a war monitor said Saturday.The Syrian Democratic
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Middle East
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s nationalist MHP will support President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party candidates in local elections in three key cities next year, the MHP leader said on Saturday, in
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Middle East
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s nationalist MHP will support President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party candidates in local elections in three key cities next year, the MHP leader said on Saturday, in
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Middle East
A congressionally mandated report from the US Global Change Research Program says extreme weather disasters are getting worse in the US and that climate change is to blame.
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Middle East
French security forces have fired tear gas and water cannons against "yellow vest" protesters in the capital, Paris, as demonstrations against rising fuel taxes and President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies
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Middle East
A rocky peninsula is again emerging as a big hurdle standing in the way of Britain's exit from the EU. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is demanding that
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World
(CNN) — Ham and bananas hollandaise. Eggs in a cage. Beef tingler. In the days before Instagram, before clean eating and kombucha, aspirational cooking -- in 1970s Britain
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World
New York (CNN)The United States is urging its allies to stop using Huawei telecommunications equipment because the Chinese company poses a security threat, according to a published report.The
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World
(CNN)The Christian evangelist who attempted to convert one of the world's last remaining isolated tribes wrote of his convictions in pursuing the mission even in the face of
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World
New Delhi (CNN Business)Ikea has come up with a plan to help some of the world's most polluted cities breathe easier. The global furniture giant will start making
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Middle East
BENGHAZI, Libya: Gunmen on Friday raided a town deep in Libya’s southern desert, killing nine people and kidnapping several others, a resident said, with officials blaming the attack
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Middle East
ROME: Iraq plans to launch a reconstruction agency to focus on projects such as a deep water port and a rail network, Iraq's president said on Thursday, as
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Middle East
On The Listening Post this week: An apparent cut-paste error confirms a US indictment against Julian Assange. But have the media already found him guilty? Plus, patriotic cinema
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Middle East
US legislators from the Democratic Party have vowed to investigate President Donald Trump's response to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The incoming head of the US
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Middle East
Bahrainis are heading to the polls on Saturday in a parliamentary election from which opposition groups have been barred in a crackdown on dissent in the Western-allied kingdom
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World
(CNN)Rape laws across Europe are "dangerous and outdated," according to new analysis from human rights group Amnesty International. The study found that out of 31 European countries, only
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World
Hong Kong (CNN Business)A week ago, Carlos Ghosn was sitting atop one of the world's most powerful auto empires. Now, he's sitting in a Tokyo jail cell.The dramatic
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