Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
More than 30,000 people fled the Nigerian town of Rann over the weekend amid fears of renewed attacks by the Boko Haram armed group, according to the United
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Middle East
LONDON: Iran has no intention to increase the range of its missiles, but will continue working on its satellite technology to improve accuracy, the secretary of Iran’s national
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Middle East
DAMASCUS: Syria and Iran signed 11 agreements and memoranda of understanding late Monday, including a “long-term strategic economic cooperation” deal aimed at strengthening cooperation between Damascus and one
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Middle East
DAMASCUS: Syria and Iran signed 11 agreements and memoranda of understanding late Monday, including a “long-term strategic economic cooperation” deal aimed at strengthening cooperation between Damascus and one
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Middle East
Pakistan's Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, standing by its earlier verdict that sparked days of protests, death threats and nationwide
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Middle East
Pakistan is building a security barrier along its north-western border with Afghanistan. A third of the 2,600-kilometre fence has already been completed. Pakistan says it has also installed
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Middle East
The UN human rights investigator leading the international inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is meeting Istanbul's chief prosecutor on Tuesday. Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard, on
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World
(CNN) — Tempted by the recent offer of an Italian home for just over a $1? Well, you might want to hold out for a better deal. Now
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Middle East
KHARTOUM: President Omar Al-Bashir vowed on Monday to bring peace in the state of South Kordofan where Sudanese forces are fighting rebels, as protesters planned to hold anti-government rallies
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Middle East
DAMASCUS: Syria and Iran signed 11 agreements and memoranda of understanding late Monday, including a “long-term strategic economic cooperation” deal aimed at strengthening cooperation between Damascus and one
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Middle East
Earlier this month, India sparked panic among its long-suffering Rohingya refugee population by deporting a family of five to their home country of Myanmar, where they will most
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Middle East
Malaysia has unveiled an ambitious five-year plan to clamp down on corruption in government, months after a multi-billion-dollar graft scandal brought down the previous administration. The plan, launched
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Middle East
Hamad al-Mansouri was sitting at a shisha cafe in Beirut watching his national Qatari football team take on South Korea in the quarter-finals of the AFC Asian Cup
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World
London (CNN Business)McDonald's (MCD), KFC (YUM) and Pret a Manger have joined with UK supermarkets to warn that crashing out of the European Union will result in "significant"
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World
The Screen Actors Guild Awards celebrated its 25th anniversary Sunday evening, welcoming a star-studded crowd to the Shrine Auditorium in LA. To mark the occasion, the traditional red
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World
Davos, Switzerland (CNN Business)A year ago, the mood in Davos was upbeat. The global economy was humming, President Donald Trump's tax cuts were kicking in and a trade
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Middle East
BRUSSELS: Iran is likely to expand its cyber espionage activities as its relations with Western powers worsen, the EU digital security agency said on Monday. Iranian hackers are behind
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Middle East
DUBAI: Bahrain insisted Monday on the extradition from Thailand of a footballer convicted for a terrorism offense. Hakeem Al-Araibi was jailed in absentia in 2014 for 10 years
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Middle East
SOUSA: Kurdish-led fighters pressed their assault against the Daesh group in eastern Syria Monday, boxing the extremists into a tiny last pocket of land along the Euphrates River.Bad
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Middle East
The administration of US President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), its harshest economic punishment to date against the
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Middle East
The US Department of Justice has unveiled sweeping charges against Chinese tech giant Huawei, two of its subsidiaries and a top executive, who are accused of misleading banks about
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Middle East
A Canadian Jewish organisation has been stripped of its charity status following a government audit which found it provided support to the Israeli armed forces, Canadian Global News
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World
(CNN)Ten children kidnapped in Tanzania have been found dead with their body parts mutilated, authorities told CNN on Monday.Tanzania's deputy health minister Faustine Ndugulile said all 10 children
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World
(CNN)A group of shoppers in Wales said they were terrified when they became trapped in a malfunctioning shopping-center elevator that rose and plunged repeatedly at a higher-than-usual speed."It
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World
London (CNN Business)McDonald's (MCD), KFC (YUM) and Pret a Manger have joined with UK supermarkets to warn that crashing out of the European Union will result in "significant"
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Middle East
SOUSA: Syrian opposition activists said on Monday scores of civilians and fighters have evacuated the Daesh’s last major stronghold in Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
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