Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Bahrain's appeals court has sentenced three senior members of the country's opposition movement to life in prison over charges of spying for neighbouring Qatar, according to a statement
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Middle East
JEDDAH: When the clocks strike midnight on the US east coast on Sunday, Iran will become the world’s economic pariah state. US President Donald Trump will reintroduce tough
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Middle East
TEHRAN: Seventy-year-old Heidar Fekri has been selling industrial equipment from his small store in a Tehran bazaar since before the revolution, but for the first time he is
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Middle East
TEHRAN: Seventy-year-old Heidar Fekri has been selling industrial equipment from his small store in a Tehran bazaar since before the revolution, but for the first time he is
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Middle East
Thousands of Central American migrants are walking north towards Mexico City, after an offer of free bus rides was withdrawn. President Donald Trump has threatened to use the
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Middle East
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly labelled much of mainstream American media "fake news" and the "enemy of the people". But there are a few outlets that are in Trump's
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Middle East
The Turkish pro-government newspaper Sabah has reported that journalist Jamal Khashoggi's corpse was dismembered and put into five suitcases after he was strangled upon entering Saudi Arabia's consulate
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Middle East
MOSUL, Iraq: Since jihadists were ousted from Mosul last year, taxi driver Abu Aref has ferried more than just people into Iraq’s second city: he regularly smuggles envelopes
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Middle East
MOSUL, Iraq: Since jihadists were ousted from Mosul last year, taxi driver Abu Aref has ferried more than just people into Iraq’s second city: he regularly smuggles envelopes
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Middle East
JEDDAH: When the clocks strike midnight on the US east coast on Sunday, Iran will become the world’s economic pariah state. US President Donald Trump will reintroduce tough
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Middle East
The murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul has resulted in the most serious international crisis Saudi Arabia has faced since the 9/11 attacks. This political
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Middle East
Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has suffered a setback in his power struggle with a deposed rival after a coalition representing
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Middle East
Coptic Christians in Egypt have buried the victims of an attack on buses carrying visitors to a monastery in a northeastern province. Seven people were killed on Friday
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Middle East
BEIRUT: At least 14 civilians were killed Saturday in US-led coalition air strikes on Daesh’s last holdout in eastern Syria, a monitor said.“Fourteen civilians, including five children under
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Middle East
GAZA: Crowds of Palestinians protested along the Gaza-Israel border on Friday but in fewer numbers and with less fury than has been seen for months as Egyptian mediators
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Middle East
BEIRUT: An aid convoy on Saturday reached a camp for displaced Syrians near the Jordanian border, the United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said, in the first
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Middle East
Donald Trump's rise to power outraged Alabama resident Suzanna Coleman. When the Republican businessman and former reality television star won the November 2016 presidential elections, Coleman decided to
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Middle East
The lawyer for a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges in Pakistan has fled the South Asian country, citing threats to his life following days of protests over the
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Middle East
Three Novembers ago, then-candidate Donald Trump came under fire for mocking a reporter living with arthrogryposis, a condition that limits joint function. It was a harbinger of what was to come
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World
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World
(CNN)Concerns about caste-based violence in India are growing after a 13-year-old girl from a lower caste was beheaded in one of the country's southern states last week, with
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Middle East
SEOUL: A high-ranking Emirati official on Friday met with a top secretary of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations. Khaldoon Khalifa Al-Mubarak, chairman of
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Middle East
SEOUL: A high-ranking Emirati official on Friday met with a top secretary of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations. Khaldoon Khalifa Al-Mubarak, chairman of
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Middle East
US President Donald Trump teased his 55 million Twitter followers about his latest action against Iran in the style of a Hollywood movie poster - a picture of
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Middle East
A proposal to create one of the world's largest marine reserves in a vast area of pristine Antarctic waters has been rejected, prompting concern among conservation groups about the ecosystem's
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Middle East
An elaborate funeral is under way for Thai billionaire and Leicester City owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who, along with four others, was killed last Saturday in a helicopter crash. The
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World
Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN)Negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union on Brexit have "undermined" the Good Friday peace agreement, Irish premier Leo Varadkar said Saturday."Brexit has
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