Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Xi Jinping arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday for the first state visit by a Chinese president in 13 years, with the administration of Rodrigo Duterte under pressure
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Middle East
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister rejected media reports that CIA believes the country's crown prince ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said Turkish statements on the matter is
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World
(CNN)Police in Australia said they have foiled a terror plot "inspired by ISIS" in which assailants were planning to target a prominent public places in Melbourne, a city
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World
(CNN)Yemen's Saudi-backed government confirmed it will participate in United Nations-sponsored peace talks in Sweden, the country's official news agency reported Monday. The government, headed by exiled President Abdu
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World
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN What was first thought to be a lost and found Pablo Picasso painting is now being dismissed as a fake. Romanian officials said
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Middle East
ANKARA: Turkey announced a curfew in Syria’s northern city of Afrin as part of a wide-ranging operation against a rebel faction, the Al-Sharqiyyah Martyrs Gathering, and its allies
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DUBAI: With emerging technologies developing at a rapid pace in today’s digital age, drug trafficking through the dark net is one field that global police chiefs are confronting
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BRUSSELS: EU foreign ministers have endorsed a French government decision to sanction Iranian nationals accused of a bomb plot in France, potentially allowing the measures to take effect
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Saudi Arabia's oil giant Aramco has shelved plans to embark on a massive corporate-bond sale to fund a $70bn stake in the kingdom's national petrochemical firm, a news
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A gunman at a Chicago hospital killed a police officer and two others before dying in the shooting, while to the west of the country in Denver one
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Middle East
Houthi rebels in Yemen have announced a pause in their drone and missile attacks against a coalition force of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their allies. They
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World
(CNN) — The fact that there are over 100 different types of kimchi should tell you something about the pride Koreans have in their food. Korean cuisine has
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Middle East
JORDAN: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says it has nearly closed its funding gap after securing new donor pledges to make up for US aid cuts.Pierre Kraehenbuehl,
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Middle East
BRUSSELS: EU foreign ministers have endorsed a French government decision to sanction Iranian nationals accused of a bomb plot in France, potentially allowing the measures to take effect
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Middle East
BRUSSELS: EU foreign ministers have endorsed a French government decision to sanction Iranian nationals accused of a bomb plot in France, potentially allowing the measures to take effect
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Middle East
Guatemala City - More than 4,000 people living in communities around the Fuego volcano in the Guatemalan department of Escuintla were forced to evacuate their homes late on
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Middle East
The Trump administration said on Monday that it will fully restore CNN reporter Jim Acosta's White House credentials, but warned that he must follow a series of rules
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Middle East
Nearly a decade ago, residents of Arivaca, Arizona, knew little gun-toting vigilantes patrolling the nearby borderlands hugging the US-Mexico frontier. Gallivanting up and down the border with military-grade
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World
London (CNN Business)A sharp decline in the value of the pound and plummeting bank stocks are sending a clear message: a chaotic Brexit will plunge the UK economy
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Middle East
TEHRAN, Iran: Britain’s top diplomat was visiting Iran on Monday, less than two weeks after the United States re-imposed oil sanctions on the country.Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt first
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Abuja, Nigeria - Nigeria's main opposition leader Atiku Abubakar has vowed to get the country "working again" by reviving its economy as he launched his 2019 presidential elections campaign.
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Middle East
Yemen's internationally-recognised government has announced it will take part in proposed peace talks in Sweden, hours after a senior Houthi leader said the rebels will halt drone and
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Middle East
The families of three US soldiers killed by a guard at a military base in Jordan two years ago say their recently-filed lawsuit against the kingdom "is the
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World
(CNN)Lips turning blue, they shiver in ice baths, unable to escape. Only the cooperation of teammates solving mental puzzles and completing physical challenges can release them from the
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World
(CNN)After 11 days and about 3,500 nautical miles at sea, Briton Alex Thomson was primed to win the solo transatlantic Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe race when his boat
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London (CNN Business)Volkswagen has committed to spending tens of billions of dollars as part of a dramatic shift to electric and autonomous vehicles. The Germany carmaker said Friday
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Middle East
DAMASCUS, Syria: Syrian government forces and their allies have captured a southern district from the Daesh group. The development comes after weeks of fighting that left scores dead
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