Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
I was born and raised on three calendars: the Iranian, the Islamic, and the Gregorian. It may sound confusing, but it is actually quite an intriguing exercise which
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Middle East
The number of journalists and media workers killed while carrying out their jobs rose again in 2018, reversing a downward trend of the previous three years, according to
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World
(CNN)Kim Jong Un shocked the world in 2018 by transforming his image from nuclear-armed tyrant to global statesman. So what does he have up his sleeve for 2019?
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World
(CNN)Stay calm.RB Health (Canada) Inc., the parent company of Durex, says there's "no reason to be worried" over the condoms they're recalling. The company announced they'll be pulling
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Middle East
BEIRUT: Almost eight years into Syria’s civil war, President Bashar Assad seems closer than ever to securing a comeback at home and in the Arab region, analysts say.
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Middle East
ANKARA: Turkish security forces on Sunday arrested 30 Daesh-linked suspects, all foreign nationals, in the capital Ankara. The operation’s timing is significant ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations,
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KHARTOUM: Sudan’s President Omar Bashir on Sunday told police to abstain from using excessive force against anti-government demonstrators as the UN called for a probe into deaths during
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Middle East
Kim Jong-un will be keeping North Korea watchers busy on New Year's Day, when he is expected to give his annual address laying out the country's top priorities
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Middle East
Tough negotiations lie ahead over a new pact between China and Southeast Asian nations aimed at easing tensions in the South China Sea, as Vietnam pushes for provisions
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Middle East
Dhaka, Bangladesh - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League (AL) party has won Bangladesh's parliamentary vote, the country's election commission has announced, after the main opposition alliance rejected
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World
If "Hasta la vista, baby," "You had me at hello," and "Yada, yada, yada" mean nothing to you, chances are you were not around in the 1990s, a
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Middle East
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s new education minister has resigned over allegations her brother was a leader with Daesh just days after she was handed the post. The scandal is the
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Middle East
GIZA: Crowds of tourists stared in awe at the towering pyramids of Giza near Cairo on Saturday undaunted by a nearby bomb attack a day earlier that killed
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Middle East
BEIRUT: Almost eight years into Syria’s civil war, President Bashar Assad seems closer than ever to securing a comeback at home and in the Arab region, analysts say.
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Middle East
Israel says it has filed a complaint to Jordan over a picture of a Jordanian government minister stepping on an image of the Israeli flag. Jumana Ghuneimat, minister
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Middle East
Video footage leaked to Turkish media shows a Saudi hit team in Istanbul carrying bags said to contain the remains of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, whose killing
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Middle East
Kinshasa, DRC - An armed militia overrun several polling stations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as millions went to the polls to elect a new president. Maimai fighters attacked
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Middle East
An Afghan official said that presidential elections, which were originally scheduled for coming April, will be held on July 20 next year. The polls were postponed to allow
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Middle East
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the "daughter of democracy" to her supporters and an authoritarian to her critics. She has been in and out of power for decades
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Middle East
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won a third consecutive term in office in an election contested by the opposition. The leader of the Jatiya Oikya Front -
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World
(CNN)At least 15 people were killed in election-related clashes in Bangladesh on Sunday, local police officials told CNN. Bangladeshis were voting on whether to give Prime Minister Sheikh
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World
Goma, Congo (CNN)Citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo headed to the polls Sunday for a long-delayed presidential election originally scheduled to be held in 2016.Voters lined
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Middle East
SANAA: The United Nations has cast doubt on the claims by the Houthis to have withdrawn from the port of Hodeidah, saying such steps can only be credible if all
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GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas on Saturday denied an allegation by Egypt’s deposed president Hosni Mubarak that it infiltrated hundreds of men across the border
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Middle East
Brazil will move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, with only the date of the transfer to be decided, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
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Middle East
The party of Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won the nation's general election, unofficial results reported by local TV stations showed, after the main opposition alliance rejected
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Athens, Greece - When two children from the small, remote Greek island of Leros were taken to one of the largest paediatric hospitals in Athens for a psychological
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