Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Dhaka, Bangladesh - Vote counting was under way on Sunday after Bangladeshis cast their ballots in general elections marred by deadly violence and accusations of irregularities. At least
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Middle East
Kinshasa, DRC - Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is heading to the polls on Sunday in long-delayed elections, two years after they were first scheduled to be held. Voting
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Middle East
Migration was a key part of Donald Trump's last presidential campaign and is expected to feature heavily when he heads out on the trail next year. As
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World
London (CNN)A senior UK government minister has warned there is a "50-50" chance Brexit won't happen, if Prime Minister Theresa May's deal is voted down in Parliament next
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World
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Last year Ifeanyi Ugokwe was arrested and locked up for weeks. His crime: he tried to take his own life. After weeks of being hungry and
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World
Berlin (CNN)By the time Lynn D. turned 2, he had already undergone seven surgeries. His childhood memories -- in the German states of Bavaria and Hesse -- were
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Middle East
The Iranian-allied Houthi militia on Saturday prevented an aid convoy that was headed for Sanaa from leaving Hodeidah, Yemen’s state news agency reported. The Houthis broke their agreement
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Middle East
RABAT: Morocco arrested a Swiss national on Saturday in connection with the killing of two Scandinavian women, the counter-terrorism agency said.Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren
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Middle East
Dhaka, Bangladesh - Millions of Bangladeshis voted on Sunday to elect a new parliament amid reports that at least 10 people were killed in deadly clashes between supporters and
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Middle East
The Taliban has rejected Kabul's offer of talks next month in Saudi Arabia where the armed group, fighting to restore strict Islamic law in Afghanistan, will meet the United
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Middle East
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in asking for talks in the new year, according to Moon's office. The
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World
(CNN)In its quest to become a global superpower, China has regularly become entangled in territorial disputes with its neighbors, butting up against international law.But there's one region on
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Middle East
BEIRUT: Over the course of 2018, Saudi Arabia opened cinemas for the first time in 35 years, Apple Inc. reached $1 trillion on the stock market, and the US
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Middle East
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has named the countries most at risk of being hit by humanitarian catastrophe next year, with Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan
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Middle East
Yemen's Houthi rebels have handed over control of the vital port of Hodeidah to government forces. The transfer of the port of Hodeidah and two others is part
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Middle East
Pakistan plays an increasingly important role in the world's geopolitical dynamics as the only predominantly Muslim country with nuclear weapons. But with a new government faced with an
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Middle East
IBB, YEMEN: A Yemeni farmer lounged on the ground by the side of the road, gazing at the beauty of the green mountain landscape, where the terraces were
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Middle East
IBB, YEMEN: A Yemeni farmer lounged on the ground by the side of the road, gazing at the beauty of the green mountain landscape, where the terraces were
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Middle East
WASHINGTON: US commanders planning for the withdrawal of US troops from Syria are recommending that Kurdish fighters battling Daesh be allowed to keep US-supplied weapons, four US officials
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Middle East
Dhaka, Bangladesh - Millions of Bangladeshis head to polling stations to vote in Sunday's parliamentary elections amid concerns expressed by rights bodies over "restrictive electoral environment". Voting started
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Middle East
"Sneaky", "sinister" and "Orwellian" are just some of the words Pakistani journalists and human rights defenders used to describe the censorship and growing clampdown on dissent, mainstream and social
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Middle East
Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano island, which erupted and collapsed a week ago triggering a deadly tsunami, is now only about a quarter of the size it was before
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World
(CNN)An American was possibly exposed to Ebola while recently providing medical assistance in Congo, according to a release from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public
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World
(CNN)A 14th person was arrested Saturday in connection with the beheading deaths of two Scandinavian tourists, according to the state-run Maghreb Arab Press.Moroccan authorities took the suspect into
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Middle East
DUBAI: A rescue helicopter crashed in Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday evening killing all of the crew, the country’s civil aviation authority said. Local
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Middle East
DUBAI: A rescue helicopter crashed in Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday evening killing all of the crew, the country’s civil aviation authority said. Local
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Middle East
Over the past year, Palestinians have experienced no respite from the Israeli occupation, let alone a breakthrough of ending it. Although no full-scale war broke out in 2018,
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