Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Dhaka, Bangladesh - As election campaigning draws to a close, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Bangladeshis to vote for the "boat" - a symbol of her ruling
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World
New Delhi (CNN Business)Narendra Modi swept into power in 2014 with promises to take the Indian economy to new heights and to create jobs for millions of young
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World
Hong Kong (CNN Business)After barely a year in business, Luckin Coffee is challenging Starbucks in one of the US coffee giant's top markets. More than 1,700 Luckin outlets
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Middle East
BEIRUT: The Syrian army entered the key northern city of Manbij for the first time in six years on Friday, a spokesman said in a televised statement.The announcement
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Middle East
MOSCOW: Moscow will early next year host the leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey to discuss the Syrian conflict, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said Friday, after the United
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Middle East
SAN ROQUE, Spain: A charity rescue boat carrying 311 mainly African migrants plucked off Libya entered Spanish waters Friday morning and was set to berth in a southern
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Middle East
South Lampung, Indonesia - The wedding party was in full swing when Andi Karim heard the sounds of fierce waves slamming the shore of his village in western
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Middle East
Syria's army says it has entered the flashpoint city of Manbij, according to state media, after the country's main Kurdish armed group invited government forces to take control
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Middle East
Sudan's government says 19 people have been killed since anti-government demonstrations began more than a week ago. Journalists went on strike on Thursday in solidarity with demonstrators, who
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World
(CNN) — The mountain is silent save for his thumping heart as he waits for the skier to drop into the frame. As an explosion of snow pierces
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World
(CNN)Lips turning blue, they shiver in ice baths, unable to escape. Only the cooperation of teammates solving mental puzzles and completing physical challenges can release them from the
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Middle East
BAGHDAD: Iraqi political parties have demanded the withdrawal of US troops from their country hours after a “surprise” visit by Donald Trump to American forces based there. The
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Middle East
Ten police officers were killed and three wounded in an ambush in northwestern Burkina Faso on Thursday, the west African country's security ministry said. "The toll is 10 officers
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Middle East
An earthquake has struck Indonesia's eastern province of West Papua, causing nervous residents to flee their houses in panic days after a tsunami killed hundreds further west in
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Middle East
Last week, I lost a bet. Two days after the current protests started in Sudan on Wednesday, December 19, I said on Al Jazeera that I would be
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World
(CNN)American endurance athlete Colin O'Brady became the first person to cross Antarctica solo without help after 54 days traversing the barren, frigid continent, he said in an Instagram
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World
Charismatic corporate leaders seem to regularly become global cultural icons. They capture the zeitgeist with edifying TED Talks, best-selling autobiographies and social media presences that rival those of
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Middle East
BAGHDAD: Iraqi political parties have demanded the withdrawal of US troops from their country hours after a “surprise” visit by Donald Trump to American forces based there. The
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Middle East
BAGHDAD: Iraqi political parties have demanded the withdrawal of US troops from their country hours after a “surprise” visit by Donald Trump to American forces based there. The
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Middle East
BAGHDAD: Iraqi political parties have demanded the withdrawal of US troops from their country hours after a “surprise” visit by Donald Trump to American forces based there. The
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Middle East
Inter Milan will play their next two home matches without fans and a third game with a portion of the stadium closed as punishment for their fans racially
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Middle East
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus, in a move that is seen as a diplomatic boost for President Bashar al-Assad from
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Middle East
The Japanese government has made good on years of threats by bolting the International Whaling Commission (IWC), but its decision may also offer a way out of tensions
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World
(CNN)The US Coast Guard suspended its search on Thursday for a 20-year-old British cruise ship entertainer who went overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship on Christmas Day.Arron
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World
Nagi, Japan (CNN)When Katsunori and Kaori Osaka had their first child, they were living in a cramped flat in Nagoya, a city of more than 2 million people
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World
(CNN)The United Arab Emirates will reopen its embassy in Damascus seven years after withdrawing its diplomatic representation from Syria, the Emirati government said Thursday.The embassy has been closed
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Middle East
AMMAN: The four-day “Towards Victory for Jerusalem” conference in Ramallah, featuring a delegation of youths from seven Islamic countries, concluded on Thursday. The conference, co-sponsored by the Arab League,
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