Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of Palestinians are no longer getting food aid or basic health services from America, US-funded infrastructure projects have been halted, and an innovative peace-building
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Middle East
JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of Palestinians are no longer getting food aid or basic health services from America, US-funded infrastructure projects have been halted, and an innovative peace-building
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Middle East
BAGHDAD: From the halls of parliament to the lightning-fast rumor mills of social media, pro-Iran factions are demanding US troops withdraw from Iraq in a challenge to the
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Middle East
Tens of thousands of Palestinians are no longer getting food aid or basic health services from the United States as US-funded infrastructure projects have been halted, and an innovative peace-building
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Middle East
More than 140 refugees and migrants rescued at sea by a cargo ship landed in Libya and were taken to a detention centre, the United Nations said on
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Middle East
Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has pleaded guilty to tax evasion, accepting a fine worth 18.8 million euros ($21.4m) and a suspended 23-month jail term after a pre-agreed deal with Spanish tax
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World
Fatih Birol made a big call at last year's Davos. Now he's taking a victory lap. The executive director of the International Energy Agency predicted last year that
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World
London (CNN)An Argentinian soccer player who had just signed with an English Premier League club was on a plane which went missing over the English Channel on Monday
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World
Moscow (CNN)Paul Whelan, the US citizen accused of spying in Russia, was found in possession of classified material when he was arrested in Moscow, his state-appointed lawyer told
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Middle East
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will investigate wrongdoing by security forces in the wake of their brutal crackdown on nationwide protests. The president cut short a foreign
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Middle East
China's economic slowdown is increasing the pressure on the country's job market and young people in particular are feeling the crunch. A record number of new graduates will
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Middle East
One of 20 undeclared ballistic missile operating bases in North Korea serves as a missile headquarters, according to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies
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World
The International Monetary Fund released Monday its updated economic outlook with a dire warning: The world's economy is slowing and it could get much worse if countries keep
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World
London (CNN Business)President Donald Trump and other world leaders have canceled their trips to Davos to deal with more pressing matters back home. Still, the show must go
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World
Hong Kong (CNN Business)China's economy grew at its slowest pace in almost three decades last year.The world's second biggest economy expanded 6.6% in 2018, according to official data
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Middle East
CAIRO: Egyptian security officials say police have arrested 24 people who tried to prevent authorities from demolishing illegal buildings near the Giza pyramids.They say police used tear gas
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Middle East
RIYADH: A team of explosive safety experts in Yemen have been killed by a consignment of Houthi land mines that blew up while they were being transported to
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Middle East
Killing a doctor means killing a nation. The message from protesting doctors as they staged a rally in Sudan's capital Khartoum. They are mourning the death of a
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Middle East
A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck south of the city of Raba on Indonesia's central island of Sumbawa, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no
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Middle East
A court in in Japan's capital has denied ousted Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn's latest request for bail, made more than two months after his arrest. The decision by
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World
(CNN)Climate change is causing Greenland's massive ice sheets to melt much faster than previously thought, a new study has found, and it may be "too late" to do
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World
(CNN)Some politicians in India are clamoring for what they believe to be a quick fix to the country's population problem: a two-child policy for Indian citizens.As activists and
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World
(CNN)Venezuela faced more turmoil on Monday when a small team of soldiers, claiming to be members of Venezuela's armed forces, attempted an uprising against the government of President
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Middle East
ANKARA: After Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told US President Donald Trump on Sunday that Turkey was ready to take over security keeping in Manbij in northern Syria without
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Middle East
ANKARA: After Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told US President Donald Trump on Sunday that Turkey was ready to take over security keeping in Manbij in northern Syria without
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Middle East
CAIRO: Human Rights Watch is urging Italy and the EU to condition their support to Libya on tangible improvements in detention conditions for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The
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Middle East
London, United Kingdom - A prominent Palestinian activist has won a legal case after an influential database used by banks to assess the risk of individuals and organisations
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