Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
ANKARA: Turkey has failed to persuade the rebel alliance Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) to withdraw from a demilitarized zone in Syria’s Idlib province that was agreed by Ankara
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Recovery teams with cadaver dogs pressed on with their search for more victims in a flame-ravaged northern California town on Friday as authorities sought clues to the fate
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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights found Venezuela responsible on Friday for failing to prevent, investigate or punish extreme violence against a young woman who was kidnaped, raped
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Saudi Arabia has given numerous versions of what happened to Jamal Khashoggi at its consulate in Istanbul, but has always maintained Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing
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World
Programming note: Vote for CNN Hero of the Year right here and find out who wins when Anderson Cooper hosts "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute," Sunday, December 9
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World
Written by JJ O'Donoghue, CNNKyoto, Japan Contributors Haruka Iwamoto, CNN Aki Murase may live in the shadow of the Hira Mountains just north of Kyoto, but he'd happily
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World
(CNN) — There are few things more liberating than travel -- although some passports offer more freedom than others. A new report published in October 2018 reveals just
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NEW YORK: A UN committee on human rights has approved a resolution urging Iran to stop its widespread use of arbitrary detention and expressing serious concern at its
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CAIRO: An Italian-American mission has discovered an ancient tomb containing a pregnant woman and her fetus during an archaeological dig in southern Egyp The woman was found in
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NEW YORK: A UN committee on human rights has approved a resolution urging Iran to stop its widespread use of arbitrary detention and expressing serious concern at its
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The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, US media reported on Friday, a finding that
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Since August, Cubans have been gathering in thousands of government-organised meetings taking place across the island. They came together in hospitals, schools and parks to discuss a new
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Middle East
President Donald Trump on Friday said he had "very easily" completed his written answers for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 US election,
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World
(CNN) — If you were planning to spend your next trip to Rome, Italy, drinking on the street while dressed as a centurion, think again. New laws have
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World
(CNN) — Japan is renowned for taking the quality and freshness of seafood to a whole new level. The nation's chefs handle and prepare ingredients with a dedication
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World
(CNN)Tiger Woods may have to battle a bit harder for his next major victory but a 15th title is "not out of the realms of possibility," according to
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Middle East
TRIPOLI: Italy’s Libya talks this week laid bare deep divisions between the key power brokers, threatening attempts to resolve the country’s ongoing crisis, analysts say. Two days of
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MOSCOW: The Russian military said nearly 270,000 Syrian refugees have returned home in recent months, a fraction of the estimated 5.6 million Syrians who have fanned out across
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Middle East
MOSCOW: The Russian military said nearly 270,000 Syrian refugees have returned home in recent months, a fraction of the estimated 5.6 million Syrians who have fanned out across
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Middle East
At almost 600 pages long, Theresa May's draft agreement over Britain's departure from the European Union is nearly half the length of Russian author Leo Tolstoy's vaunted masterpiece, War and Peace.
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An estimated one million pilgrims flock to Sabarimala in Kerala's Western Ghats mountains every year to pay homage to celibate deity Lord Ayyappan who, according to Hindu mythology,
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Iraq says it has reached an initial agreement with Kurdish authorities to restart exports from the oilfields of Kirkuk, one year after flows were halted due to a standoff
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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)UK Prime Minister Theresa May seems to be the only person in Westminster who understands the Brexit reality: a deal doesn't exist that satisfies everyone in the
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World
A delegation from Easter Island is preparing to visit London to ask for the return of a huge statue from the British Museum. The 2.5-meter basalt figure has
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Middle East
Successive UK governments over the past decade have inflicted "great misery" on millions of Britons with "punitive, mean-spirited, and often callous" austerity policies, according to the United Nations'
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A US judge on Friday temporarily restored White House press credentials to CNN correspondent Jim Acosta, which were revoked following a contentious press conference with President Donald Trump.
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