Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
TEHRAN: A double-bombing lightly wounded three police in the southeastern city of Zahedan on Tuesday.Gen. Mohammad Ghanbari, the provincial police chief, told the official IRNA news agency that the
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Middle East
At least two people have been killed and four others wounded in a grenade attack on a mosque in the southern Philippines, say local officials. The attack in Zamboanga
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Middle East
China and Russia pose the biggest risks to the United States, and are more aligned than they have been in decades as they target the 2020 presidential election
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Middle East
The UK parliament has authorised Prime Minister Theresa May to reopen negotiations with the European Union to replace a controversial Irish border guarantee within her Brexit deal, in
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World
(CNN)New figures from the UN's refugee agency show a rising death rate for people trying to reach Europe's southern shores.The UNHCR estimates that 2,275 migrants died in the
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World
Speaking after lawmakers backed a move to reopen negotiations with the EU over the Northern Ireland backstop, Prime Minister Theresa May said that it was now "clear that
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World
(CNN)The United Nations Human Rights Office says at least 40 Venezuelans have died in recent protests over the power struggle between President Nicolas Maduro and self-appointed interim president
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Middle East
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s security chief has ordered the release of people detained during weeks of anti-government protests, the Information Ministry said on Tuesday, as demonstrations continued in several cities. The
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Middle East
TEHRAN: A double-bombing lightly wounded three police in the southeastern city of Zahedan on Tuesday.Gen. Mohammad Ghanbari, the provincial police chief, told the official IRNA news agency that the
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Middle East
TEHRAN: A double-bombing lightly wounded three police in the southeastern city of Zahedan on Tuesday.Gen. Mohammad Ghanbari, the provincial police chief, told the official IRNA news agency that the
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Middle East
Mullativu, Sri Lanka - On Saturday, dozens of members of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority marched towards a sprawling Keppapulavu army camp in the country's northern Mullativu district, determined
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Middle East
For anyone likely to be hurt by rising trade tariffs between the world's top two economies, time is running out fast. There's just over a month to go
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Middle East
The UN has said it is "deeply concerned about the protracted and extremely violent attack" on Palestinians in the village of al-Mugheir in the occupied West Bank. Hamdi Naasan,
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Middle East
QAMISHLI, SYRIA: Daesh fighters in eastern Syria are pinned down in a final tiny pocket with their wives and children, forcing a US-backed militia to slow its advance to
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Middle East
QAMISHLI, SYRIA: Daesh fighters in eastern Syria are pinned down in a final tiny pocket with their wives and children, forcing a US-backed militia to slow its advance to
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Middle East
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s security chief has ordered the release of people detained during weeks of anti-government protests, the Information Ministry said on Tuesday, as demonstrations continued in several cities. The
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Middle East
At least five migrants have died and more than 130 missing after two boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. According
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Middle East
Sudan's intelligence chief has ordered the release of all detainees held during the weeklong protests that rocked the North African country. Tuesday's announcement came amid increasing international criticism
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Middle East
International observers, who have documented division, displacement and violence in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank since 1997, are going home. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin
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Middle East
BEIRUT: This week will be decisive in efforts to form a new government in Lebanon, prime minister-designate Saad Al-Hariri said on Tuesday, adding he was “cautiously optimistic.”Rival parties
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Middle East
RAMALLAH, West Bank: The Palestinian government officially submitted its resignation to president Mahmud Abbas Tuesday, a statement said, though it will remain in place while a new administration is
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Middle East
BEIRUT: This week will be decisive in efforts to form a new government in Lebanon, prime minister-designate Saad Al-Hariri said on Tuesday, adding he was “cautiously optimistic.”Rival parties
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Middle East
Qatar beat hosts United Arab Emirates 4-0 to reach the final of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The win, coming in front of a hostile Abu Dhabi crowd,
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Middle East
A humanitarian group has warned that a ceasefire agreed in Yemen's key port city of Hodeidah is on the verge of collapsing, as a retired Dutch general in
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Middle East
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko will run for a second term in office in the upcoming elections scheduled to take place in April. The 53-year-old, a confectionary magnate and one of
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Middle East
Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he'll allow 49 migrants on board a rescue vessel into the country on condition they will immediately be transferred to the Netherlands.
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Middle East
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has blamed two suicide bombers from the armed Abu Sayyaf group, for carrying a deadly attack inside a Catholic church in the southern island
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