Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
US whistle-blower Edward Snowden urged Israelis to be on guard against heavy-handed government and private surveillance in a speech on Tuesday. Snowden, a former government contractor, blew the lid off
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On November 5, further US sanctions on Iran went into effect and are expected to bring devastating consequences on the Islamic Republic and its people. It is feared that women along with children and impoverished Iranians
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This year's US midterm elections have already made history, with a record number of women, Native Americans, and Muslim candidates running for office. Commenting on the Democrats taking the House, CNN's
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World
(CNN)All 78 children kidnapped from their boarding school in Cameroon have been freed, school authorities told CNN Wednesday.The group of 42 girls and 36 boys was seized by
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Beijing (CNN)The Democrats will retake the US House of Representatives, dealing a major blow to President Donald Trump's domestic agenda, but if anxious politicians in Beijing think that
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New Delhi (CNN)Naresh Kumar Rana's day begins early. Every morning, he leaves his home at 6.30 a.m. and will drive across the vast Indian capital of Delhi for
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CAIRO: Egypt wants “formal agreements” that Ethiopia will not reduce Cairo’s share of the Nile during the filling of what will be Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. President Abdel-Fattah
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LONDON: Iran’s judiciary has convicted at least 24 protesters on what Human Rights Watch has called “vaguely defined national security charges,” according to a statement from the group.Prison
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BEIRUT: Lebanon’s tourism minister has apologized to Egypt after criticizing the country’s cleanliness and living conditions in a newspaper interview, Lebanon’s state news agency NNA said.Caretaker Tourism Minister
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This year's US midterm elections have already made history. In the primaries, a record number of women, Native Americans, and Muslim candidates ran for office. As results from
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Democrats Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids have become the first Native American women elected to Congress. Haaland won New Mexico's first congressional district, while Davids won the third
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Middle East
Organised crime groups are expanding and diversifying drug production in Southeast Asia's Golden Triangle raising concern the region could emerge as a hub for synthetic opioids such as
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World
Hong Kong (CNN Business)Stock markets are in positive territory after the US midterm elections delivered a divided Congress but little in the way of surprises to nervous investors.Tokyo's
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Hong Kong (CNN Business)Tech tycoon Jack Ma really hates the trade war between the United States and China. "Trade war is the most stupid thing in this world,"
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This hotel has only 19 rooms, but the sea view is guaranteed from all of them: Guntû is a luxury cruise ship sailing through the Seto Inland Sea
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Eminent Egyptologist leads team to discovery of ‘vital ramp system’ at Great Pyramids LONDON: A UK academic from the University of Liverpool has led a team to the
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ANKARA: The US is offering millions of dollars in rewards for information over the whereabouts of three leaders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a top American
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ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that joint US-Kurdish patrols just over the Turkish border with Syria were unacceptable and he expected US President Donald
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Rashida Tlaib has become the first Muslim woman elected to Congress. She is expected to share the honour with Somali-American Ilhan Omar, who was leading the opinion polls
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US voters go to the polls on Tuesday to take part in midterm elections that will help define the remainder of President Donald Trump's term in office. In
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Bangladesh and Myanmar should drop plans to start repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to Rakhine State as they face a "high risk of persecution", a top
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Beijing (CNN)Bill Gates stunned the crowd in Beijing on Tuesday with a jar of human feces in his hand. The Microsoft founder was hosting the Reinvented Toilet Expo.
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(CNN)Superbugs are killing about 33,000 people in Europe every year, according to a new report.The "burden of infection" -- measured in the number of cases, attributable deaths and
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Middle East
TEHRAN/MOSCOW/ANKARA: Iranians already struggling to get by amid spiraling prices fear even more hardship is on the way with the restoration of crippling US sanctions, which Russia and
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TEHRAN/MOSCOW/ANKARA: Iranians already struggling to get by amid spiraling prices fear even more hardship is on the way with the restoration of crippling US sanctions, which Russia and
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BERIUT: The Syrian regime has been accused of various crimes during the conflict that started in 2011, including torture in prisons, summary executions and the use of chemical
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