Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
RIYADH: The Houthi militia have taken no action to protect children in Yemen, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, said on Monday. In
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AIN ISSA, Syria: US-backed forces in Syria Monday called for the establishment of an international court in the country to try suspected Daesh group extremists. The announcement came
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Historic flooding continues to devastate parts of the central United States. The disaster was initiated during the second week of March when what is referred to as a
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Middle East
Owning a gun in Brazil to become easier despite school shooting massacre this month and a widespread homicide crisis.
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Middle East
At least 13 civilians, mostly children, were killed by a US air raid in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, the United Nations said on Monday. The air raid
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World
(CNN)Among those who live, train and compete in the snow -- climate change is obvious.Changing weather patterns are reconfiguring ski racing in gritty, noticeable ways, drawing stark contrasts
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World
Seoul (CNN)North Korean officials have returned to a joint liaison office near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) with South Korea, days after they informed Seoul they would be withdrawing
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Hong Kong (CNN Business)Ethiopian Airlines unveiled plans last October to build a mega-airport south of Addis Ababa. The new hub, it claimed, would handle 80 million passengers a
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Middle East
MISHMERET/JERUSALEM: Israel’s military accused Hamas of carrying out a rocket strike from the Gaza Strip on Monday, and said they were sending two additional brigades to the area around the
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MISHMERET/JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he is to cut short his trip to the United States after a rocket attack near Tel Aviv.
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Middle East
It has been four years since the Saudi-UAE coalition began its military offensive supporting the Yemeni government against Houthi rebels. The war has had a devastating effect on
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Middle East
It's deja vu all over again in Israel's electoral politics, albeit with a few twists. Three-star general Benjamin "Benny" Gantz is promising to unseat the mercurial Benjamin "Bibi"
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Middle East
Hojai, India - After battling for life for five days at a hospital in Guwahati, the capital of the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Kulsuma Begum succumbed to her
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World
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN)The outcome of Thailand's first post-coup elections was still unclear Monday with no party taking a decisive lead, amid mounting concerns over alleged voting irregularities and
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World
London (CNN)This could be the week that everything comes together on Brexit -- or everything falls apart. After months of refusing to cede barely any ground on her
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Beira, Mozambique (CNN)As the death toll for Cyclone Idai rises to 750 people across southern Africa, the storm hit city of Beira is slowly beginning the long road
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Middle East
GOLAN HEIGHTS: Druze on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights took to the streets in protest at US President Donald Trump’s pledge to recognise the Jewish state’s sovereignty there.Trump broke
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BYBLOS: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan spent much of the second and last day of their visit to Lebanon touring historical churches and
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TRIPOLI: Relatives and supporters of Libya’s Qaddafi-era intelligence chief, jailed for his alleged role in a bloody crackdown during the country’s 2011 uprising, protested in Tripoli on Saturday
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A rocket fired from Gaza has struck a home in central Israel wounding six people, Israeli officials said. The sounds of air raid sirens woke up the residents of Sharon
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MUST-SEE PROGRAMMES Featured Documentaries An Unholy Alliance: Monks and the Military in Myanmar Is the joining of forces between radical Buddhist monks and generals threatening Myanmar's young and
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New Zealand will hold a top-level inquiry into the mass shootings of 50 people at two Christchurch mosques that will examine what roles guns, social media and spy
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World
London (CNN)This could be the week that everything comes together on Brexit -- or everything falls apart. After months of refusing to cede barely any ground on her
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World
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN)A pro-military party that wants junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha to remain in power has taken a slight lead in Thailand's elections on Sunday, according to early
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World
(CNN)The United States sailed two ships through the Taiwan Strait, Sunday, in an operation that comes as top officials from the Trump administration prepare to travel to Beijing
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Middle East
BAGHOUZ: Daesh group extremists emerged from tunnels to surrender to US-backed forces in eastern Syria on Sunday, a Kurdish spokesman said, a day after their “caliphate” was declared
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CAIRO: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, King Abdullah II of Jordan and Adel Abdul Mahdi, the prime minister of Iraq, held a trilateral summit at the Federal Palace in
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