Monthly Archive:: June 2015
World
Jakarta (CNN)Indonesia's authorities lifted the wheels of crashed Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 out of the sea Friday, as questions turned to how to retrieve what is left
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Middle East
RAMALLAH: A senior Palestinian official on Friday condemned Brazilian far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s announcement that he would move his country’s Israel embassy to Jerusalem.The move announced Thursday comes
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Middle East
RAMALLAH: A senior Palestinian official on Friday condemned Brazilian far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s announcement that he would move his country’s Israel embassy to Jerusalem.The move announced Thursday comes
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Middle East
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran is bracing for the restoration of US sanctions on its vital oil industry next week, as it grapples with an economic crisis that has sparked
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Middle East
At least seven people have been killed in an assault on a bus heading towards a monastery in northern Egypt, according to a Coptic Church official. The incident
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Middle East
People who fled the Iraqi city of Kirkuk are slowly returning, a year after government forces took back control from Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. But the threat of violence
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Middle East
The UN's special envoy to Yemen is relaunching talks to try and end the war, as the Saudi-UAE coalition deploys thousands of soldiers to the main port city
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World
(CNN)As a woman working in a male-dominated field, Callie Brownson isn't a stranger to the word "no." But since getting a "yes," her ascension has been swift.Less than
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World
Beijing (CNN)A woman who attacked a bus driver after she missed her stop was partially responsible for a dramatic crash in southwestern China that killed all 15 people
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World
(CNN)There were no tears or hysterical celebrations for Lando Norris on the most significant Sunday yet of his young life, just inner contentment at a childhood ambition achieved.
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Middle East
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran is bracing for the restoration of US sanctions on its vital oil industry next week, as it grapples with an economic crisis that has sparked
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Middle East
According to reports, there are four different caravans travelling through Mexico with up to 6,000 people. The Central American migrant seeks US resident status largely under the auspices
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Middle East
Simone Biles is dominating at the world gymnastics championships in Doha. She's already led the Americans to a team gold, and is starting to rack up her own
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Middle East
Following Khashoggi's murder, the spotlight's now on how much money Saudi Arabia spends in the U-S - trying to buy influence in both politics and education. Some universities
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World
Rome (CNN)The number of people killed in weather-related incidents in Italy has risen to 11, the country's Civil Protection agency said Wednesday, as officials in the flooded lagoon
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World
(CNN)Germany's most successful football club Bayern Munich is facing a barrage of criticism after it posted a photo on its Twitter account of a player's Halloween party.In the
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World
(CNN)Nervous fliers, stop reading now.A Japan Airlines pilot has admitted to failing a breath test shortly before he was due to fly from London Heathrow to Tokyo, the
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Middle East
PARIS: For dozens of French women detained in Syria, an impossible choice looms: Keeping their children in a war zone, or sending them home knowing they might never
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Middle East
BAGHDAD: Iran-backed political forces in Iraq are preparing to launch mass demonstrations in Basra to pressure the new prime minister to choose their candidates for the key security
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Middle East
JEDDAH: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday that Iran should strengthen its anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing frameworks to comply with international standards by February 2019. “The
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Middle East
Hundreds of millions of children and adults in Asia's rapidly expanding cities are undernourished, and will remain so without "inclusive, sustainable and nutrition-sensitive" urban planning, offiicals from the
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Middle East
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet approved draft legislation on Friday to allow in more blue-collar workers from overseas and deal with severe labour shortages, in a controversial policy
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Middle East
The US Justice Department indicted two companies based in China and Taiwan and three individuals saying they conspired to steal trade secrets from US semiconductor company Micron relating
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World
New York (CNN Business)Starbucks is planning to open 2,100 new stores globally next year. The company laid out the plan in its fourth-quarter earnings release on Thursday. Starbucks
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World
Jakarta (CNN)Indonesia's national search and rescue agency said it found the crashed Lion Air plane's landing gear, the wheels and a large part of the body of the
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World
New York (CNN Business)Google employees around the world are calling for sweeping changes in how the company handles sexual harassment and discrimination. Employees walked out of their offices
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Middle East
WASHINGTON: US National Security Adviser John Bolton said the administration of President Donald Trump wants sanctions on Iran’s crude exports to strain Tehran, but does not want to
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