Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
New Delhi, India - Women journalists and activists in India have hit back after Twitter apologised for a photo of its top official holding a placard that criticised the
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(CNN)Former professional gamer Carlos Rodriguez says the accessibility of playing League of Legends (LoL) puts it "ahead of the curve" in comparison to traditional sports. LoL is already
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(CNN)There was a time when Megan Rapinoe was booed by her own fans when representing the United States. Those disgruntled supporters were voicing their disapproval at the American
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(CNN) — People who live in cool-looking underground lairs carved out by molten lava are usually, in Bond movies at least, hellbent on global destruction. But on the
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BEIRUT: Syria’s Druze minority, whose men are being called up for military service by Damascus, is struggling to insulate itself from the conflict that has engulfed the country
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BEIRUT: Syria’s Druze minority, whose men are being called up for military service by Damascus, is struggling to insulate itself from the conflict that has engulfed the country
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BEIRUT: Syria’s Druze minority, whose men are being called up for military service by Damascus, is struggling to insulate itself from the conflict that has engulfed the country
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Protesting the handing of a death sentence by a Syrian court to some political prisoners, dozens of fellow inmates have been on an indefinite hunger strike in Hama
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Tens of thousands of workers launched a half-day strike across South Korea, accusing the government of rolling back pro-labour policies in the face of deepening economic woes. Around
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Last week it became clear that what WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his lawyers have been warning for seven years has already happened: He has been charged in a criminal case in the
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New York (CNN Business)After spending much of this year apologizing for Facebook's many missteps, CEO Mark Zuckerberg was defiant in an exclusive interview with CNN Business on Tuesday.Zuckerberg
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Hong Kong (CNN)A US Navy aircraft carrier strike group steamed into Hong Kong on Wednesday, less than two months after China denied a similar visit by a US
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(CNN)A storied NBA team, a leading Bundesliga side and a rock band are some of the major sport and entertainment brands that are involved in the rebranding of
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Fishermen from Yemen’s West Coast appeal for protection from Iranian ship ‘Safiz’ DUBAI: Fishermen of the west coast of Yemen have appealed for protection against supposed threats from
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Fishermen from Yemen’s West Coast appeal for protection from Iranian ship ‘Safiz’ DUBAI: Fishermen of the west coast of Yemen have appealed for protection against supposed threats from
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QAIM, Iraq: More than a year after the Iraqi town of Qaim was freed from the Daesh group, booms from airstrikes still echo and columns of smoke rise
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A United Arab Emirates court has sentenced British academic Matthew Hedges to life in prison after he was convicted of spying and supplying sensitive security information to external
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Turkey has renewed its call for the United States to extradite Turkish religious leader Fethullah Gulen, and 83 alleged members of his movement, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. The Turkish government blames Gulen
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Martin Griffiths, the United Nations special envoy to Yemen, arrived in the capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday for his renewed push to get Yemen's warring parties around the negotiating
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(CNN)Two-time Super Bowl champion and CNN Sport contributor Hines Ward shares his Week 11 takeaways with CNN's Perry Kostidakis.Playing on Thanksgiving Day, you've plenty of reasons to be
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(CNN)Something unusual happened in the Netherlands this year.After a six-year reign as the country's favorite sports star, four-time Olympic speed skating champion Sven Kramer was upstaged by a
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(CNN)Russia's ambitions to head international police agency Interpol were dashed Wednesday after delegates chose acting head South Korean Kim Jong Yang to take the role.Alexander Prokopchuk, a former
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South Korea has said it would close a controversial Japanese-funded foundation set up to help former war-time sex slaves, a decision Japan said risked souring ties between the
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The United States has targeted an Iranian-Russian network that sent millions of barrels of oil to Syria and hundreds of millions of dollars to indirectly fund the groups
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Australia's conservative government said on Wednesday it would not sign a UN pact on migration because the agreement would undermine its existing immigration policies. The UN Global Compact
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(CNN)Leaders of China and the Philippines have preliminarily agreed to cooperate on oil and gas exploration, a move that is likely to anger many Filipinos wary of Chinese
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Written by Jonathan Glancey, CNN Jonathan Glancey, our special correspondent for the RIBA International Prize, is a journalist, author and broadcaster. He has been Architecture and Design critic
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