Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called Venezuela's government under President Nicolas Maduro "illegitimate" as Washington steps up its call for an "orderly transition" to a new
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Middle East
Martin Fayulu, who came second in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's presidential election last month, has appealed to the country's Constitutional Court to cancel the provisional result. "The
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Middle East
FBI agents were so concerned about Donald Trump's behaviour that they investigated whether the US president was working on behalf of the Kremlin, a report in the New
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Middle East
A partial government shutdown in the United States over President Donald Trump's demand for $5.7bn to build a wall along the US-Mexico border has entered a record 22nd
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Middle East
Hyperinflation, power cuts and shortages of food and medicine. The economic crisis has driven millions of Venezuelans out of the country. Nicolas Maduro's critics blame him for the
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World
(CNN)For someone who says she is usually asleep by 10 p.m., Simona Halep pushed past her bedtime during tennis' off-season. The Romanian threw a private bash for 110
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World
(CNN)As the first country to attempt a break from the European Union, the UK's divorce from the bloc was always going to be a messy affair.You'd be forgiven
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World
(CNN)A recent thrilling clash between Liverpool and Manchester City, the top two teams in the English Premier League this season, was more than merely a game. It was
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Middle East
Pompeo: US relationship with Saudi Arabia is essential to Middle East’s stability and security LONDON: The United States' relationship with Saudi Arabia is essential to the Middle East’s stability
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Middle East
LONDON: The United States' relationship with Saudi Arabia is essential to the Middle East’s stability and security, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday. The US secretary of
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Middle East
HODEIDAH: Clashes erupted between Houthi militia and government forces in Yemen’s flashpoint port city of Hodeidah on Saturday, dealing a new blow to a fragile truce, an AFP
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Middle East
Rahaf Alqunun, the 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family saying she feared for her life, has landed in Canada, after being granted asylum in the North American
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Middle East
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to create more jobs, boost economic growth and address racial inequalities as he launched the ruling party's parliamentary election campaign. "At the centre
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Middle East
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched in cities across France on Saturday in a new round of "yellow vest" protests against President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies. Protesters walked through
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World
(CNN)After a remarkable comeback that featured two major finals and one epic controversy, can Serena Williams seal her place in the tennis history books once and for all
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World
(CNN)When will Roger Federer retire? It is a question that tennis' all-time great has been asked in recent years, especially after he suffered a freak knee injury in
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Middle East
At least four people have died and dozens have been injured in an explosion and fire at a bakery caused by an apparent gas leak, according to French
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Middle East
It has been more than three months since a devastating earthquake and tsunami destroyed parts of Indonesia's islands of Sulawesi. Thousands of survivors are still living in tents.
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Middle East
Sudanese security forces have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters in the capital Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman as organisers urge nationwide demonstrations over the
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World
(CNN) — New Year, new you, new job -- looking after a lighthouse in California? On an idyllic island in the San Pablo Bay, the East Brother Light
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World
(CNN Business)India is building a new city to give global investors an easy way into its booming economy.Gradually mushrooming on an otherwise barren 886-acre parcel of land in
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Middle East
WASHINGTON: The US military has begun moving non-essential gear out of Syria but is not withdrawing troops for now, defense officials said Friday amid uncertainty over America’s planned
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Middle East
COLOMBO: The number of workers leaving Sri Lanka to take up jobs as housemaids in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the Far East has soared by more
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Middle East
Canada has granted asylum to the 18-year-old Saudi woman, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, who drew the world's attention on social media in her desperate attempt to flee her abusive
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Middle East
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called for calm in the Democratic Republic of the Congo following the announcement of the provisional results of the long-delayed presidential
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Middle East
An overturned oil tanker exploded in Nigeria while dozens of people were scooping up the leaking fuel, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses said, with locals
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World
(CNN)Next week, Brexit might actually get interesting. After two years of screaming into the wind, the UK's elected lawmakers finally get to do something useful. On Tuesday, they
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