BUDAPEST- The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development stressed in its statement on Friday on the importance of Hungary to cut down its budget deficit below the current levels, as well as to reduce public spending to shrink its public depts. OECD’s report marks the expectation of the e
Riyadh- The meeting between Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, and the President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, tackled bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The two parties also discussed in Riyadh on Thursd
YANGON – Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar protested on Friday against the recommencement of operations at a Chinese-backed copper mine where some people broke through police barriers protecting the mine, operated by Myanmar Wanbao, a unit of a Chinese weapons maker, as residents witnessed. Acc
The Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who is also the Second Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence held talks with the President of the Republic of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore in Riyadh during which they reviewed bilateral cooperation between the two countries and
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan- According to officials, more than 60 prisoners held captive by Taliban were freed by Afghan Special Forces, noting that the prisoners were kept in a house in the southern province of Helmand. Large parts of Helmand were seized and controlled by Taliban under months of ongoi
Gunmen shot and killed a Saudi policeman in the Makkah region, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Friday, after four terrorists died during a raid in the same area. Corporal Khalaf al-Harithi was shot at 9:30 pm Thursday while on duty at Al-Qaree Police station outside the holy city of Makkah,
ROME – Asylum seekers and refugees currently fear a confrontation with Rome’s riot police, where metal bars went up infront of the doors of a former abandoned newspaper’s office, La Stampa, where around 130 people reside. The occupants found out about City Hall’s plan to evict them
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced on Thursday his intention to step down from his post as the leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party. The move reinforces the position of the President of the Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and highlights his grip on the country. The decisi
London- U.S. universities continued topping the list of “The 100 Best Universities in the World” for the year 2016, according to the annual ranking issued by the educational appendix for the British “The Times” newspaper. Harvard University has been ranked as the world’s best university for the sixt
MADRID- According to official statistics, since the 3rd of May, approximately 105 people were reported in Spain to have been infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Nevertheless, Spanish health authorities stated that they had detected the very first known case in the country of the microcephal
NEW DELHI – Indian opposition leaders Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh were detained for a short time following a rally and march to parliament to resist what according to them is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bid to destroy democracy. During which thousands of Congress party workers wer
Israel’s army said Friday its aircraft struck infrastructure in the Gaza Strip used by Hamas that rules the coastal territory after militants there continued for the third day to fire mortars at forces along the border. “In response to the ongoing attacks against Israeli forces, Israel A
A coalition of Syrian rebels and militants seized a village from regime forces near Aleppo overnight, a monitoring group and rebel sources said on Friday, gaining important ground near the city where the U.S. and Russia are trying to de-escalate the war. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has decided to replace Masoom Stanekzai with a new acting defense minister. The changes emphasize the ambiguity at the top of Afghanistan’s security apparatus that has stalled the fight against the Taliban since Ghani’s National Unity Government came to powe
Brussels – The European Parliament announced on Thursday that it will vote on the compromise text for a revised regulation on the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) aimed at boosting the agency’s powers to fight terrorism and serious and organized crime. The voting sessi
The 88,000 residents who fled a wildfire that has ravaged the Canadian oil town of Fort McMurray in Alberta will not be able to return home anytime soon, officials warned on Thursday, as the authorities are set to continue the airlift of thousands of people. The out-of-control blaze has consumed ent
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has warned that ISIS has the capability to stage Paris-style attacks in the United States using local cells. “They do have that capacity,” Clapper told CNN’s Peter Bergen in an exclusive interviews. “That’s something we wo
There are growing fears of tension in Lebanon as the country gears up for the municipal elections which are set to start on Sunday in the Beirut and Bekaa Governorates. The Interior Ministry announced on Thursday that the polls in the Bekaa towns of Jdita and Hawsh Al-Harima in the country’s east wo
Saudi Arabia has warned the United States that a proposed U.S. law that could hold the kingdom responsible for any role in the Sept 11, 2001, attacks would erode global investor confidence in America, its foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday. The minister, speaking to reporters in Geneva a
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced his resignation on Thursday, saying he would not stand again as leader of the ruling AK Party, paving the way for the country’s president Tayyip Erdogan to pursue a tighter grip on power. “I decided that for the unity of the (ruling party)
