Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Chinese telecom giant Huawei said on Thursday it was suing the United States for barring government agencies from buying the telecom company's equipment and services. The lawsuit is
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Middle East
The United Nations human rights chief has warned India that its "divisive policies" could undermine economic growth, saying that narrow political agendas were marginalising vulnerable people in an
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Middle East
Senators challenged US President Donald Trump's nominee to the post of United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia to take a tough line with the kingdom on human rights
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World
New York (CNN Business)Flying cars, though still very much science fiction, could one day disrupt Goodyear's tire business. If flying cars ever take over the roadways — and
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World
Paris (CNN)At 5 a.m. on a September morning in 2014, 14-year-old Soraya picked up a large suitcase and left her family home in the suburbs of Lyon, France.
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World
New York (CNN Business)The United States and China could soon reach a deal on trade. But the US government's prosecution of Huawei, one of China's most important tech
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Middle East
IDLIB: In Syria’s militant-controlled Idlib province, Mudar Darwish and fellow medical students clutched banners and chanted against the closure of their university. “Our future is being wasted because of
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Middle East
ANKARA: Tensions between the US and Turkey will continue in the near future, with the latest developments “ringing the alarm bell,” experts warn. Since October 2018, when a Turkish
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Middle East
ANKARA: Tensions between the US and Turkey will continue in the near future, with the latest developments “ringing the alarm bell,” experts warn. Since October 2018, when a Turkish
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Middle East
Senators challenged US President Donald Trump's nominee to the post of United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia to take a tough line with the kingdom on human rights
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Middle East
The UN human rights chief has warned India that its "divisive policies" could undermine economic growth, saying that narrow political agendas were marginalizing vulnerable people in an already
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Middle East
The Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 US census "threatens the very foundation of our democratic system", a federal judge said Wednesday - the
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World
(CNN)A lawyer who subjected aircraft crew to "prolonged" racist abuse on a November flight from Mumbai to London was convicted of assault Wednesday.Uxbridge Magistrates' Court heard that Simone
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World
Moscow (CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the country's security services stopped nearly 600 foreign agents and intelligence personnel last year, declaring that adversaries were trying to
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World
(CNN) — Italy's Cinque Terre coastline has an almost mythic status among travelers -- who hasn't seen photographs of the pastel-colored houses built into rugged cliffs, surrounded by
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Middle East
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran who defended protesters against the Islamic Republic’s mandatory headscarves for women has been convicted and faces years
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Middle East
Washington, DC - US House Democrats have delayed a vote on a second resolution condemning anti-semitism as politicians squabble over its wording, according to US media. The resolution,
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Middle East
Germany has extended a temporary ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia, imposed due to concerns about the kingdom's role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The
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Middle East
US-backed Kurdish-led forces in northeastern Syria have captured 400 ISIL fighters who were trying to escape the armed group's last enclave in Deir Az Zor, according to a
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World
(CNN)German police suspect a landscape gardener is responsible for killing one man and injuring two other people from beyond the grave. Bernhard Graumann, 59, was found dead from
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World
London (CNN)A father has been found guilty and sentenced to 16 years in prison for plotting an acid attack on his 3-year-old son amid a custody battle with
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(CNN)Police were dealing with multiple reports of suspicious packages in the UK on Wednesday, a day after three improvised explosive devices were discovered at London transport hubs.Specialist officers
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Middle East
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran who defended protesters against the Islamic Republic’s mandatory headscarves for women has been convicted and faces years
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Middle East
IRBIL, Iraq: Iraq and the Kurdish regional government have charged hundreds of children with terrorism for alleged affiliation with the Daesh group, often using torture to coerce confessions,
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Middle East
IRBIL, Iraq: Iraq and the Kurdish regional government have charged hundreds of children with terrorism for alleged affiliation with the Daesh group, often using torture to coerce confessions,
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Middle East
Nigeria is struggling to bring home an estimated 20,000 girls trapped in Mali. The victims of the sex trade are kept in appalling conditions. Officials say collusion between
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Middle East
On January 12, the Iraqi parliament announced that it had completed its first reading of the draft "Information Technology Crimes Law", otherwise known as the cybercrime law. This
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