Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Spain, France, Germany and Britain have given embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro an ultimatum, saying the nations would recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as president unless he calls elections within
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Middle East
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government has condemned Turkey's military presence in northern Syria as a violation of a 1998 protocol between the two countries. On Saturday, the foreign
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Middle East
Thousands of people have hit the streets of Melbourne to protest against the national celebration of Australia Day. Known to Aboriginal people as "Invasion Day", January 26 signifies
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World
São Paulo, Brazil (CNN)At least nine people are confirmed dead and hundreds are missing Saturday after a dam burst a day earlier at a Brazilian iron mine, causing
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World
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has come under intense scrutiny for suspending his country's Chief Justice just weeks before a general election, a move that critics have
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World
(CNN) — Officials have started removing hundreds of crocodiles from the site of the world's largest statue in India, prompting an outcry from conservationists and concerns about the
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Middle East
SULAIMANIYAH/DOHUK, Iraq: Protesters stormed a Turkish military camp near Dohuk in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region on Saturday, burning vehicles and standing on tanks, local residents said.The protesters were
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SULAIMANIYAH/DOHUK, Iraq: Protesters stormed a Turkish military camp near Dohuk in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region on Saturday, burning vehicles and standing on tanks, local residents said.The protesters were
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Middle East
As US-backed forces advanced, 22-year-old Dima Qatran buried one of her twin babies, then picked up the other and fled the Daesh group’s crumbling pocket in eastern Syria.Clutching
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Middle East
Protesters have attacked a Turkish military camp in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, setting fire to watch towers and standing on tanks, local media have reported. Local television, NRT,
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Middle East
UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has said that it is clear that Rohingya refugees cannot return to Myanmar in the near future. She has urged the Bangladeshi government
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Middle East
Zimbabwe's army says soldiers accused of beatings during recent protests are impostors and the government has promised to investigate cases of child abuse. Security forces have been cracking
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Middle East
SANAA: A fire on the edge of the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah has reportedly damaged two food silos, the UN said Friday, adding it appeared a mortar
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Middle East
Bassam Al Rawi's free kicks have played a big part in Qatar getting to the last four of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 and even though the defender
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Middle East
There was hardly any celebration even after US President Donald Trump announced the government would reopen for three weeks, ending the longest shutdown. Reopening federal agencies will be
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Middle East
Nigeria's main opposition party has suspended its presidential election campaign for 72 hours in protest against the suspension of the country's senior most judge by President Muhammadu Buhari, it
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World
(CNN)Their giant cow bells clanging in time, they march through Kitzbuhel's narrow streets.This merry band of Swiss ski racing fans draws crowds like the pied piper and sets
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Middle East
At least seven people have been killed and about 200 others have gone missing in southeast Brazil after a tailings dam collapsed at an iron ore mine. Fabio
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Middle East
Salfit, occupied West Bank - A decade and a half ago, Munira Ibrahim Amer would venture outside to the front porch of her home in Mas'ha village each morning
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Middle East
Earlier this month, the US Senate confirmed Kyle McCarter as Donald Trump's ambassador to Kenya. McCarter takes office at a time when the US is facing a slew
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World
Panama City, Panama (CNN)Pope Francis has taken another shot at wall-building politicians, telling thousands of Catholics in Panama gathered for World Youth Day that "builders of walls sow
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World
(CNN)The search for 2-year-old Julen came to an unfortunate end Saturday.Rescuers found the body of the Spanish toddler who was missing for nearly two weeks after falling into
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World
(CNN)"This used to be the greatest country on Earth, but we've lost the plot."It might just be a commercial -- Australian Lamb's annual advertisement ahead of Australia Day
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Middle East
SANAA: A fire on the edge of the Yemeni port city of Hodeida has reportedly damaged two food silos, the UN said Friday, adding it appeared a mortar
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Middle East
El-Sisi’s order to paint Egypt’s ‘uncivilized’ buildings puzzles residents CAIRO: A decree from Egypt’s president to paint all the country’s red brick buildings in an effort to make
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Middle East
The United States on Friday intensified its push to drive Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power, as US diplomats left the embassy in Caracas and Russia vowed to
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Middle East
Hoping to scare Muslims into leaving the United States, members of an Illinois militia group rented a truck and drove more than 805km to bomb a Minnesota mosque,
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