Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
TEHRAN: The Revolutionary Guards on Sunday accused “enemies” of Iran of trying to sabotage the country’s missiles so that they would “explode mid-air” but said the bid was
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In a small, poorly-lit cabin in the Rwanga refugee camp in northern Iraq, 12 Yazidi women have come to learn to box. They are the "Boxing Sisters". They
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has postponed an expected "meaningful vote" on her widely maligned Brexit plan this week, saying MPs may have to wait until March 12
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Abuja, Nigeria – At least 27 people were killed and several others injured on Saturday, as violence marred Nigeria's delayed presidential and legislative polls. On Sunday, the Election Network
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DAMASCUS, Syria: Syria’s state news agency says a land mine left by the Daesh group has struck a van packed with workers, killing 24.SANA said the explosion on
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Author: AP ID: 1550992288843947800 Sun, 2019-02-24 07:09 TEHRAN: Lashed by criticism over his collapsing nuclear deal, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani faces an uncertain future amid a renewed hard-line
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Sun, 2019-02-24 09:21 DUBAI: Yemen’s army chief of staff said on Saturday that liberating the rest of the country from the Iran-backed Houthi militia would be the beginning
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Dakar, Senegal - Polls have opened in Senegal's presidential election, the first since a 2016 referendum approved a cut in presidential mandates from seven to five years. At least
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The Catholic Church will stop covering up the crimes of paedophile priests "as was usual in the past", Pope Francis has said in a speech, marking the end of
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Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and White House senior adviser, is on his way to the Middle East to promote the economic portion of a long-awaited
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CAIRO: Egypt on Sunday will host heads of state, government officials and representatives from EU and Arab League member countries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Cypriot President Nicos
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ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sharply criticized his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi after the recent execution of nine people in Egypt, saying he refused to talk
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Dakar, Senegal - Polls have opened in Senegal's presidential election, the first since a 2016 referendum approved a cut in presidential mandates from seven to five years. At least
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Kabul, Afghanistan - Sahar Begum remembers the moment she heard the news of her husband's death in 2014. Amin Karimi, a member of the Afghan security forces, was
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Israeli police have arrested the head of the Islamic authority that oversees Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem following recent protests, an official from the authority said. Religious Endowments
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OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria: They were living in holes in the ground, with only dry flatbread to eat at the end. Those injured in an intense military campaign had
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OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria: They were living in holes in the ground, with only dry flatbread to eat at the end. Those injured in an intense military campaign had
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OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria: They were living in holes in the ground, with only dry flatbread to eat at the end. Those injured in an intense military campaign had
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US-backed fighters have said they are keeping a corridor open to rescue remaining civilians from the last sliver of territory held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the
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The Oscars are just a few days away, but the biggest night in Hollywood is already shrouded in controversy. The Academy announced plans to introduce a "Best Popular
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One of Hollywood's biggest events, the Oscars, is coming up on Sunday. But beyond the glitz and glamour, the 91st Academy Awards ceremony may prove a little different
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OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria: They were living in holes in the ground, with only dry flatbread to eat at the end. Those injured in an intense military campaign had
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OMA OIL FIELD, Syria: US-backed fighters said on Saturday they are keeping a corridor open to rescue remaining civilians from Daesh’s last speck of territory in Syria, as the
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OMA OIL FIELD, Syria: US-backed fighters said on Saturday they are keeping a corridor open to rescue remaining civilians from Daesh’s last speck of territory in Syria, as the
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Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro has severed diplomatic ties with Colombia amid escalating tension over an opposition-led effort to bring foreign aid across the countries' mutual border. Maduro
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So Seung Lee was touched by the "meaningful" meeting between the US and North Korean leaders in Singapore last year. He watched glimpses of the coverage on TV,
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Singer R Kelly has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse involving four minors, prosecutors in the US city of Chicago announced after a bond hearing
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