Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Germany, France and Britain have officially set up a European mechanism to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran and circumvent US sanctions, two diplomats said on Thursday.The EU has been
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A Filipina maid was executed in Saudi Arabia after being found guilty of murder. The 39-year-old was put to death on Tuesday and her family was notified the following
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US President Donald Trump called top US intelligence chiefs "extremely passive and naive" on Iran and dismissed their assessments of the threat posed by North Korea a day
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The Sudanese army said it will not allow the state to collapse following weeks of mass protests demanding an end to President Omar al-Bashir's near 30-year rule. Some
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World
New York (CNN Business)Tesla rattled investors on Wednesday by reporting profit that fell short of expectations and revealing that its chief financial officer is leaving — the latest
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Middle East
DUBAI: Scientist or terrorist? The choice might seem extreme, but young Arabs are being urged to get involved in fields such as science and technology as part of a
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VATICAN CITY: When Francis becomes the first pope to visit the Arabian peninsula on Sunday, he takes another important step in his efforts to build bridges with Islam
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VATICAN CITY: When Francis becomes the first pope to visit the Arabian peninsula on Sunday, he takes another important step in his efforts to build bridges with Islam
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Mutraw, Myanmar - With a Myanmar government-backed peace process in deadlock, ethnic Karen political leaders and activists have declared thousands of square kilometers of land a "peace park"
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Some 45,000 homes across Sydney's eastern suburbs have been hit by power outages amid a heatwave in the coastal city in southeastern Australia, with media reports of residents being trapped
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Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of smartphones and memory chips, has warned of weaker earnings this year as it announced a slump in profits for the last
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World
Written by Andrea Lo, CNN With majestic glaciers, fjords and mountains, Norway is famous for its dramatic natural landscape. Its rugged terrain does not make traveling easy, however.
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Middle East
DUBAI: Scientist or terrorist? The choice might seem extreme, but young Arabs are being urged to get involved in fields such as science and technology as part of a
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Middle East
DUBAI: Scientist or terrorist? The choice might seem extreme, but young Arabs are being urged to get involved in fields such as science and technology as part of a
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Middle East
BERLIN: German authorities arrested three Iraqi refugees on Wednesday on allegations they were planning an extremist bombing attack, and searched properties in three states in connection with their investigation.
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The office of US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has said self-proclaimed hackers in Russia stole evidence in a bid to discredit its probe of a firm charged with
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Yangon, Myanmar - U Zaw Moe stands in a windowless white-walled prison cell on the outskirts of Yangon. "This is similar to the one I was in," he
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Caracas, Venezuela - Doctors, businessmen and other workers protested in major cities across Venezuela on Wednesday, calling for humanitarian aid to be allowed into the country and for
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World
(CNN)Canada has confirmed a 14th case of unusual health symptoms experienced by diplomatic staff in Havana, Cuba. In a statement, the Canadian government acknowledged the case, and announced
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Middle East
JEDDAH: Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen have attacked an explosives safety team who were on their way to clear land mines from a vital food store in the Red
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RAMALLAH: US security aid for the Palestinian Authority was set to dry up on Thursday after it declined the money over concerns it could increase its exposure to US
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BERLIN: German authorities arrested three Iraqi refugees on Wednesday on allegations they were planning an extremist bombing attack, and searched properties in three states in connection with their investigation.
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The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady and, in a formal policy shift, vowed to be patient in further lifting borrowing costs, the clearest signal
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Washington, DC - A bipartisan group of US politicians pledged to advance legislation in Congress that would block further support by the American military for the Saudi-UAE war
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European leaders have moved to head off British Prime Minister Theresa May's attempts to renegotiate the Brexit withdrawal deal. Having rejected the exit deal May struck with the
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Middle East
LONDON: Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked the US intelligence services as "naive" and "wrong" on the threat he says is posed by Iran. In scathing tweets, the US President
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Middle East
DUBAI: Houthi militants attacked members of the United Nations, Yemeni government liaison officers and an engineering team responsible for surveying and demining areas on Tuesday, Saudi state-news agency
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