Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
KUFR AQAB: Palestinian residents of Kufr Aqab, just north of Jerusalem, could be forgiven for thinking they live under two governments at once, or perhaps none at all.They
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India has carried out air raids on rebel camps inside Pakistan weeks after a suicide attack in the disputed Kashmir region, raising fears of a war between the
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Islamabad, Pakistan - Indian fighter jets on Tuesday crossed into Pakistani territory, conducting what the foreign ministry termed a "non-military pre-emptive action" against armed group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), dramatically escalating tensions
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Kabul, Afghanistan - On September 5 last year, a Wednesday, coach Ghulam Abbas, 58, heard gunfire at the Maiwand Wrestling club in Dash-e-Barchi, a neighbourhood in Kabul's west home to
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World
(CNN)The UK must return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius "as rapidly as possible," the United Nations' highest court ruled Monday, branding its occupation of the Indian Ocean archipelago
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World
(CNN)The US military announced Monday that an airstrike in Somalia killed 35 Al Shabaab fighters on Sunday. That means at least 180 fighters from the al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist
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(CNN)Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, who played a key role in the 2015 nuclear deal, announced his resignation Monday."I sincerely apologize for the incapacity to continue serving
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Middle East
DUBAI: A UK ban on Hezbollah, outlawing the entire Lebanon-based group as a terrorist organization, can’t come soon enough for regional political analysts. “It is better late than
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DUBAI: A UK ban on Hezbollah, outlawing the entire Lebanon-based group as a terrorist organization, can’t come soon enough for regional political analysts. “It is better late than
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Arab and European leaders ended their first summit on Monday pledging to launch a “new era” of cooperation on issues ranging from counter-terrorism to migration.About 40
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Vietnam's Hanoi is hosting the second summit between North Korea and the United States on February 27-28. The denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and ending international sanctions against Pyongyang are expected to
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Hanoi, Vietnam - Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are due to meet in Hanoi in Vietnam this week, more than eight months after their landmark first summit in Singapore.
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Nearly 87 percent of Cuban voters approved a new constitution that preserves the island's single-party socialist system and centrally planned economy while updating some financial, electoral and criminal
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World
Editor's Note — Warning, the embedded video contains offensive language (CNN) — Pilots are trained for landing in all kinds of weather conditions, but as a new video
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World
(CNN)Antarctica's going to lose a big chunk of itself. Like a Big Apple-size chunk.Cracking in a section of the Brunt Ice Shelf will break off a 660-square-mile section
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Barcelona (CNN Business)The price tag for Huawei's foldable 5G-enabled phone, the Mate X, is downright astronomical.The Chinese phone maker launched its new, foldable device on the eve of
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Middle East
CAIRO: Kuwait celebrated on Monday its national day, marking the anniversary of its 58th Independence and its 28th Liberation Days. The National Day commemorates the creation of Kuwait
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CAIRO: Kuwait celebrated on Monday its national day, marking the anniversary of its 58th Independence and its 28th Liberation Days. The National Day commemorates the creation of Kuwait
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RABAT: Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan on Monday visited a stables in Morocco where horses provide a source of therapy for disabled youths, before sampling local
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Bogota, Colombia - US Vice President Mike Pence announced fresh US sanctions against allies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday, after meeting with Latin American leaders including
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Guatemala City - Cristina Yaqui was 19 years old when her husband Simon Saq'boch was abducted by the Guatemalan military from the municipality of Patzun in the Guatemalan
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Middle East
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stepped down on Monday, announcing his resignation on Instagram. "I am apologising you for all the shortcomings ... in the past years
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World
CNN goes exclusively behind Taliban lines as the US prepares to pull its troops after 17 years of war in Afghanistan Balkh Province, Afghanistan (CNN) – On the
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(CNN)The family of British ISIS bride Shamima Begum "support" but "do not recognize" their deeply damaged daughter, who should not be stripped of UK citizenship, their lawyer told
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London (CNN)The main opposition party in the UK is throwing its weight behind another referendum on Brexit.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party would support a move that
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Middle East
PARIS: Iraqi courts will prosecute 13 French citizens captured while fighting for Daesh in Syria, Iraq's President Barham Salih said Monday. The fighters, who were turned over to Iraq
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Britain to ban Hezbollah - 'a terrorist organization destabilizing the Middle East' LONDON: The UK is to ban Hezbollah in its entirety for threatening stability in the Middle
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