Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
DUBAI: Visitors to Oman will soon be able to obtain their visas via a mobile app, national daily Times of Oman reported, citing the Royal Oman Police (ROP).
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in recent days taken aim at what seems to be his main opponent ahead of upcoming elections: corruption investigations that may
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The eastern Orthodox church has over 250 million members around the world, with its spiritual leader based in Istanbul. But for followers in Ukraine, there's a new found
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Sea Watch 3, three nautical miles south of Malta - The waves finally calmed down, giving those suffering seasickness some relief and time to walk out of the small overcrowded
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Gaza Strip - The Palestinian Authority (PA) has said it will withdraw its staff from the Rafah crossing between Gaza Strip and Egypt, effectively shutting down the main
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World
(CNN)The government in Gabon says the "situation is under control" and that rebels there have been arrested after military officers seized state media and announced they had leadership
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Jerusalem (CNN)Aisha Al-Rabi was driving with her husband, Yacoub, and 8-year-old daughter to their home in the West Bank on a cool Friday night last October. The Palestinian
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World
(CNN)A growing number of girls are being reported as victims of human trafficking, according to a new UN report.Girls account for 23% of all trafficking victims detected globally,
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Middle East
RAFAH, Gaza: Hamas employees retook control of the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Monday after the Palestinian Authority withdrew its own staff, an AFP journalist and
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BAGHDAD: Visits by Iraqi officials to Israel announced by the Jewish state stirred controversy Monday in Iraq, where the deputy parliamentary speaker demanded a probe to identify those
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DUBAI: A close aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday US officials had approached him during a visit he made last month to Afghanistan
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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has resigned, more than three years before his terms ends in 2022, the multilateral lender said on Monday. Kim, 59, said that
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One of the most senior figures of the French Catholic Church involved in a sexual abuse scandal has gone on trial. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon
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Middle East
More than 800 protesters have been arrested in anti-government demonstrations held across Sudan since last month, a senior government minister has said. "The total number of protesters arrested
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World
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN)A Saudi teenager who flew to Thailand to escape her family in Kuwait will be allowed to stay in the country for now, Thai officials said
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(CNN)Self-proclaimed Japanese "Tuna King" and sushi restaurant owner Kiyoshi Kimura paid a record $3.1 million (333.6 million yen) for a giant bluefin tuna at the New Year's auction
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Cairo, Egypt (CNN)Gehad al-Rawy beamed with joy as she emerged from an Egyptian courtroom last September. She had just won a sexual harassment case, with the judge sentencing
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Middle East
BEIRUT: The Kurdish-led force battling the remnants of the Daesh group in eastern Syria said Monday it captured five foreign militants, including two US citizens.The two Americans, two
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DUBAI: A close aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday US officials had approached him during a visit he made last month to Afghanistan
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Middle East
DUBAI: A close aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday US officials had approached him during a visit he made last month to Afghanistan
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Middle East
Gabon has foiled an attempted military coup and arrested several plotters just hours after they took over state radio in a bid to end 50 years of rule
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Greece is asking its taxpayers to contribute amounts greater than what they owe to the country to allow it to buy new warships. Athens may also have to
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Middle East
Absent from the day-to-day running of his oil-rich country since suffering a stroke earlier in October, Gabonese President Ali Bongo was the target of an attempted coup on
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World
Beijing (CNN Business)China's most popular gay dating app has temporarily stopped accepting new users after allegations that it put underage people at risk by letting them sign up.Blued,
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World
New Delhi (CNN Business)Tesla's new manufacturing plant in China is officially under construction. CEO Elon Musk broke ground on the electric carmaker's huge factory in Shanghai on Monday,
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Las Vegas (CNN Business)The largest technology show in the world has a large amount of mediocre gadgets and a small handful of gems. On the eve of CES
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Middle East
WASHINGTON: The US has no timeline to withdraw troops from Syria but does not plan to stay indefinitely, a senior State Department official said on Friday, a strong
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