On Thursday morning, North Korea launched several short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan, according to South Korean agency Yonhap. According to Seoul’s military, the launches were made about 10 am local time from the area near the city of Wonsan on the east coast of North Korea. In the meantime, the UN Security Council yesterday approved a new, unprecedentedly tough resolution against...

Nigerian tribes bille and ogoni filed in the London Court two new claim to Royal Dutch Shell oil company. This was reported by a law firm Leigh Day&Co, which represents the plaintiffs. The farmers demanded that Shell compensate for land pollution caused by oil spills in the Niger Delta. The Nigerians claimed to be victims of oil spills, which contaminated agricultural land and places for fishing....

The main issue related to the budget adopted by the Government of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday is his ability to satisfy both farmers and investors? There is discontent growing in rural India after several consecutive droughts for the first time in 30 years, forcing Modi to allocate more funds for social assistance programs. In addition, he needs to increase salary of civil...

Last week, the Chinese government announced that the anti-corruption campaign, launched in 2013, will go deep to the core of the country's political system. In 2016, the inspections will be conducted in the department of the Chinese Communist Party propaganda (CCP), the National Development and Reform Commission and even the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which is engaged in...

Late Thursday, 25 February, Italian Senate approved the law that actually legalizes same-sex unions. The family-legal norm proposed by new government was quite ambiguously received by the Italian society and politics. In order to avoid risk of the government crisis, the law had to be put to the vote in conjunction with the vote of confidence. However, this step did not save the Prime Minister...

The British organization Conflict Armament Research published a report, which reveals in detail the supply chain of components for explosive devices used by the terrorist organization "Islamic State". The assembly of bombs for the ISIL may be called a truly international affair: experts have found traces of companies from 20 countries. Superiority in terms of the supply and range of elements is...

European law enforcement agencies reported that illegal smuggling of migrants and refugees in the EU is performed by an organized criminal network. According to Europol’s data, the work involves about 40 thousand people; the organization’s turnover vary from € 3 billion to € 6 billion. The report was presented within Joint Conference of Interpol and Europol which ended yesterday in The Hague, and...

Britain’s office for national statistics (ONS) published the latest data on the country's labor market in the fourth quarter of 2015. According to the report, number of migrant workers in the UK from other EU countries has increased over the year by 215 thousand, and reached 2.036 million people for the first time surpassing the 2 million mark. As indicated in the bulletin published by UK office...

In 2015, Italian criminal organizations have earned more than 16 billion euros on agriculture and food trade, said a report of the agricultural association Coldiretti. The organization pointed out that the mafia used the protracted crisis to enrich themselves. They launder money by selling fake food, practice extortion, steal cattle, rob farmers and seize agricultural land. Illegal activities...