Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
The European Union’s political and security committee hosted Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Yamani to discuss Yemen’s vision for a settlement. The Yemeni foreign minister said in his speech
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Middle East
On January 28, following six consecutive days of talks in Qatar's capital Doha, Washington's main negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad announced that the US and the Taliban finally have a
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Middle East
Iraq's most senior Shia cleric on Wednesday joined a chorus of criticism aimed at President Donald Trump who said US troops should stay in the country to keep
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Middle East
Two journalists were shot and killed when gunmen stormed their radio station in northeast Afghanistan, officials said. Shafiq Aria and Rahimullah Rahmani, both in their 20s, were gunned
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World
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New Delhi (CNN Business)India's biggest hotel chain is targeting global domination. OYO, which launched just five years ago as a platform to book budget hotels in India, says
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World
(CNN)It's ski racing's biggest event outside the Olympics and comes with the cachet of a world title to wear with pride for the next two years.Alpine skiing's FIS
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Middle East
TEHRAN: The halls of the former prison in the heart of Iran's capital now are hushed, befitting the sounds of the museum that it has become. Wax mannequins
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Middle East
TEHRAN: The halls of the former prison in the heart of Iran's capital now are hushed, befitting the sounds of the museum that it has become. Wax mannequins
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Middle East
GENEVA: The US supports “dictators, butchers and extremists” in the Middle East, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a Twitter post Wednesday in a response to
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Middle East
The two sides have been holding talks in Qatar to try and bring an end to the 17-year conflict. Some see it as a surrender and others are
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Middle East
International aid and rights groups with deep roots in India say they are struggling to operate under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has
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Middle East
Israel's top court enables and validates the disposition of Palestinians and the demolition of their homes in the occupied West Bank, a new report has found. According to
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World
It’s the early 1960s. Girls are fainting over the Beatles, Sean Connery is James Bond and a revolutionary trend is sweeping the United States: Plastic. Plastic is about
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World
Durban, South Africa (CNN)Before the sun has shone its morning light on KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Mhlengi Gwala has biked 65 kilometers and run at least five along its
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London (CNN Business)Huawei is facing growing pressure from Germany to guarantee it will not hand over data to the Chinese government. German Chancellor Angela Merkel told students during
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Middle East
GENEVA: A policeman was killed and another seriously wounded after armed men blew up a tanker truck carrying liquified gas in northwestern Iran early on Wednesday, Mehr news
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Middle East
BAGHDAD: Iraqi novelist Alaa Mashzoub was a secular civil society activist who used his bike to get around Karbala's infamous traffic and road closures. He was also an
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Middle East
BAGHDAD: Iraqi novelist Alaa Mashzoub was a secular civil society activist who used his bike to get around Karbala's infamous traffic and road closures. He was also an
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Middle East
Yerevan, Armenia - Vahe Hovhannesian, a 31-year-old jeweller and Syrian refugee, sits by his work table in a studio in Yerevan. An empty coffee cup, full ashtray, pliers,
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Washington, DC - In his annual State of the Union address, President Donald Trump issued a call for unity and bipartisan cooperation to a Congress in the United States
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Middle East
New Delhi, India - A grim-faced young man rustles up a quick egg snack on a pushcart at a quiet residential corner in a suburb of the Indian capital, New
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World
Moscow (CNN)The Trump administration may be negotiating an exit from Afghanistan, but Russia is stepping up its game there.On Tuesday, the President Hotel in central Moscow was the
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World
Washington (CNN)The commander of US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, said Tuesday he "was not consulted" prior to President Donald Trump's December announcement
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World
London (CNN)John Cantlie, a British journalist who was taken hostage in Syria in 2012 and appeared in a number of ISIS propaganda videos during his time in captivity,
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Middle East
WASHINGTON: The US urged other countries Monday to bring home hundreds of Daesh fighters captured in Syria, a delicate issue for allies such as France and Britain as President
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Middle East
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - You've endured the long queues at check in and immigration; patiently sat on the floor of a packed departure hall after being informed of
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