Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
CAIRO: Sudan’s Omar Bashir fended off a march by opponents on his presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum, unleashing his security forces in hopes of putting an end
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Doing with almost a quarter of what Greece used to spend on its public healthcare, doctors say hospital waiting rooms are turning into scenes of chaos because of
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Middle East
A Chinese court will try a Canadian citizen on drugs charges on Saturday, a government-run news portal said, in a case that could further test already difficult relations
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Middle East
Bosnian Serb authorities have released from detention the man who has sparked anti-government protests with his demands for the truth about his son's death. Police arrested Davor Dragicevic
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Middle East
JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities have advanced plans for nearly 2,200 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the Peace Now NGO said Wednesday, the first such approvals since snap
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JERUSALEM: An Israeli security official on Wednesday confirmed responsibility for overnight airstrikes in Syria, saying the air force had hit a series of targets involved in Iranian arms
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Middle East
The year 2018 is about to end with seemingly little having been achieved to resolve major crises around the world. Syrians continued to try to flee their country
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Last week marked the 153rd anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1865. Rightly celebrated as a milestone for the black American
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Middle East
Authorities in Indonesia have rerouted all flights around the erupting Anak Krakatoa volcano, days after it is believed to have triggered a devastating tsunami that killed hundreds of
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World
Have you ever pressed the pedestrian button at a crosswalk and wondered if it really worked? Or bashed the "close door" button in an elevator, while suspecting that
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Middle East
AL-ASAD AIR BASE: President Donald Trump used a lightning visit to Iraq — his first with US troops in a conflict zone since being elected — to defend
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KHARTOUM: Sudan’s top Islamist party, a member of President Omar Al-Bashir’s government, called Wednesday for a probe into the killings of protesters in demonstrations that have rocked the
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JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia condemned in the strongest terms on Wednesday the attack on the Libyan Foreign Ministry building in Tripoli, reported the state run SPA.An official source at
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Middle East
Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen a test of a new hypersonic missile, declaring that the weapon is impossible to intercept and will guarantee the country's security over
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Iraqi political and militia leaders have condemned US President Donald Trump's unannounced trip to Iraq as a violation of their country's sovereignty. In a surprise visit to US troops,
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Middle East
A 33-year-old man from the United States has become the first person to complete a solo trek across Antarctica without any assistance. Colin O'Brady finished the 1,500km journey
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World
Written by Alicia Eler, CNN Alicia Eler is the author of "The Selfie Generation: How Our Self-Images Are Changing Our Notions of Privacy, Sex, Consent, and Culture," and
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Middle East
JERUSALEM: Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to dissolve parliament and hold snap elections on April 9.Legislators backed the move 102 for and two against after Prime Minister
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KHARTOUM: Sudan’s top Islamist party, a member of President Omar Al-Bashir’s government, called Wednesday for a probe into the killings of protesters in demonstrations that have rocked the
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Middle East
AL-ASAD AIR BASE: President Donald Trump used a lightning visit to Iraq — his first with US troops in a conflict zone since being elected — to defend
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Middle East
The Israeli army says it has destroyed another cross-border tunnel, which it claims was built by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. A video released by the Israelis on
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In a surprise trip to Iraq, President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw US forces from Syria where they have been helping battle the Islamic
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Middle East
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is prepared to wait as long as it takes to get $5bn from taxpayers for his US-Mexico border wall, a
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World
(CNN)Three people were killed and 13 others wounded when a car bomb exploded in an outdoor market in the city of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq on Tuesday,
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Middle East
DUBAI: The Yemeni army, with support from the Arab Coalition, launched a new military operation on Tuesday to free sites located between the two Houthi fronts Northwest of
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Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak asks El-Sisi for ‘permission’ to testify in Morsi trial CAIRO: Egypt’s deposed president Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday asked current President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for “permission”
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RABAT: Moroccan authorities say a total of 19 people have been arrested in connection with the murders of two Nordic tourists in the Atlas Mountains.Boubker Sabik, a spokesman
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