Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Egypt as part of a Middle East tour aimed at reassuring Arab partners after President Donald Trump announced his plans
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London (CNN Business)Chinese shoppers bought fewer cars last year as trade tensions and a weaker economy contributed to the first annual sales decline in two decades.The China Passenger
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New Delhi (CNN)India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is pushing to implement affirmative action for economically weaker upper caste individuals, a move which supporters say will help provide
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Beijing (CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departed Beijing Wednesday by train, marking an end to his surprise visit to the Chinese capital that comes as Washington and
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LONDON: A US lobbyist in 2017 received nearly $4 million from a PR firm with apparent links to the Qatari government, in what one analyst said was an
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LONDON: UN Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Wednesday that both sides have largely stuck to the Hodeidah ceasefire and there has been a significant decrease
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One of the world's most famous comic book characters was first published 90 years ago. Generations of young readers around the world have followed Tintin's international escapades. But
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On Monday, the Guatemalan government announced its withdrawal from a treaty with the United Nations which created an International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). Although CICIG's mandate
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Melbourne, Australia - Pressure is growing on Thailand to allow detained footballer Hakeem al-Araibi to go home to Australia, where he was granted refugee status in 2017 after
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(CNN)Ford has unveiled a completely new version of the Explorer SUV, a model that helped fuel the SUV craze when it was first introduced in the 1990s. It's
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Las Vegas (CNN Business)A visit to CES, the annual consumer electronics show, is like wandering through 2.7 million square feet of a SkyMall catalog. The gadget convention in
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(CNN)When high-profile CEOs with mega wealth get divorced, many assume it will be a contentious, drawn-out drama.But it doesn't have to be. In a statement Wednesday announcing they
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Middle East
LONDON: A US lobbyist in 2017 received nearly $4 million from a PR firm with apparent links to the Qatari government, in what one analyst said was an
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Middle East
LONDON: UN Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Wednesday that both sides have largely stuck to the Hodeidah ceasefire and there has been a significant decrease
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Middle East
TEHRAN, GENEVA, NEW DELHI: US sanctions are putting unprecedented pressure on Iranians, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump last year pulled out
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Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi has won the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) long-delayed presidential election, according to provisional results announced by the country's electoral commission. "Having gained ...
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Middle East
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Kim Jong-un that Beijing supports a second summit between the North Korean leader and US President Donald Trump, adding that he hopes
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Middle East
On Monday, the Guatemalan government announced its withdrawal from a treaty with the United Nations which created an International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). Although CICIG's mandate
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World
(CNN)From his hideout in the mountains of Northwest Mexico, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman took pleasure in secretly listening in on the conversations of his wife, mistress and cartel
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(CNN)Australian police have arrested a man suspected of sending more than two dozen suspicious packages to embassies and consulates throughout the country, authorities said Thursday in Australia.The 48-year-old
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(CNN)The wife of a prominent Norwegian businessman is missing in a suspected kidnapping, and her suspected captors have demanded a ransom for her return, police said Wednesday. Anne-Elisabeth
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Middle East
BEIRUT: At a makeshift camp in the Lebanese town of Arsal, refugees are burning their clothes trying to ward off the harsh cold as storms flood their tents.“We
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BEIRUT: They always anticipated US support would run out, but President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to rapidly pull US forces out of northeast Syria has nevertheless stunned the Kurds
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BEIRUT: They always anticipated US support would run out, but President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to rapidly pull US forces out of northeast Syria has nevertheless stunned the Kurds
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Middle East
US President Donald Trump walked out of the meeting with top Democrats on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said, after they vowed to not approve funding for
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Brazil's new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday blasted the UN's global migration pact, a deal he has promised to pull out of, saying decisions about who was
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United States President Donald Trump is refusing to give up his signature campaign promise of building a wall along the country's border with Mexico. But Democrats won't give
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