Monthly Archive:: June 2015
World
(CNN)The billionaire founder and boss of gambling company Bet365 has paid herself a record-breaking amount for the chief executive of a British company, taking home $279 million in
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Middle East
BEIRUT: Two activists critical of both the regime and militancy were gunned down Friday in Syria’s last major rebel bastion in the northwest of the country, their radio
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Middle East
Gunmen kill two activists in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province Updated 7 min 52 sec ago November 23, 2018 13:57 BEIRUT: Two activists critical of both the regime and
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Middle East
TAWERGHA, Libya: Returning home after seven years in a camp for displaced people, Mahmoud Abou Al-Habel’s joy was eclipsed by pain when he surveyed his vandalized property in
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Middle East
South Sudan plans to restart oil wells shut down after they were damaged by rebels five years ago. The oil wells have been leaking and contaminating local groundwater
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Middle East
A late spring weather system, that sent a dust storm across Australia's New South Wales (NSW) region and its capital, Sydney, has caused damage through wind strength alone.
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Middle East
Gunmen in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province have killed Raed Fares, a prominent activist who ran an independent radio station in the country's last opposition stronghold. Fares was shot on
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World
(CNN)While the men's team of a leading European football club sat down to enjoy a three-course meal at a swanky gala to celebrate its 125th anniversary, the women's
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World
(CNN)A bomb smuggled into a market inside a carton killed as many as 31 people in northern Pakistan Friday, according to officials. The explosion, in Kalya in Orakzai
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World
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Middle East
New York is trying to tackle the problem of homelessness in the school system. One in every 10 students in the city is classified as homeless, which is
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Middle East
An explosion has ripped through a mosque inside an army base in Afghanistan's volatile eastern Khost province, killing and wounding dozens of soldiers. The explosion targeted members of
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Middle East
At least seven people, including children, have been killed and thousands have been forced to flee their homes after heavy rains triggered flash floods in northern Iraq. Officials
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World
Istanbul, Turkey (CNN)Turkey's foreign minister has accused President Donald Trump of turning a blind eye in the high-profile murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a day after the
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World
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)Armed attackers attempted to storm the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi Friday morning, killing four people, authorities said.Three attackers were also killed in
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World
London (CNN)The UAE says it is considering a request to pardon Matthew Hedges, the British PhD student handed a life sentence for espionage.In a statement on Friday, the
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Middle East
ISTANBUL: The agreed roadmap between the United States and Turkey on Syria’s Manbij needs to be completed before the end of the year, Turkey’s foreign minister said on
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Middle East
An explosion has ripped through a busy marketplace in the northwestern Pakistani town of Kalaya, killing at least 35 people, officials say. More than 55 people were wounded
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Middle East
An estimated 650,000 Tunisians walked out on their jobs on Thursday staging the largest nationwide strike over wages in decades. Public sector workers have been demanding pay hikes
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Middle East
When we arrived in Kiev, Ukraine's picturesque capital, there was tension in the air. The ongoing war with Russian-backed separatists, almost a thousand kilometres to the east, had
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World
(CNN)A number of countries have restricted arms sales to Saudi Arabia since the kingdom began airstrikes on Yemen in 2015, in a war that the UN describes as
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World
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)Armed attackers attempted to storm the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi Friday morning, killing four people, authorities said.Three attackers were also killed in
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World
(CNN)While the men's team of a leading European football club sat down to enjoy a three-course meal at a swanky gala to celebrate its 125th anniversary, the women's
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Middle East
Islamabad, Pakistan -- Armed gunmen have killed two policemen as they stormed the Chinese consulate in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, security officials say, in a raid claimed
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Middle East
More than 3,500 people were prosecuted for pollution-related crimes in China in the first 10 months of the year, nearly 40 percent more than a year ago as
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Middle East
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is touring the Middle East in a bid drum up support as questions abound about how he'll be received in Argentina for the
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World
New Delhi (CNN Business)WhatsApp finally has an executive to run its business in its most important global market. The mobile messaging platform, owned by Facebook (FB), has appointed
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