World & Politics

Greek authorities have stated that Germany owe them almost 279 billion euros as reparations for the Nazi occupation during World War II.

A powerful explosion occurred at a chemical plant producing paraxylene in eastern China.

Wall Street Journal reported that if Iran succeeds to make a deal on its nuclear program, and sanctions will be taken away from him, then western investors would line up…

Greek Government is being busy preparing a plan of urgent measures for the nationalization of the banking system and the introduction of a parallel currency to mitigate the financial crisis…

The experts of the French Bureau for Air Crash Investigation (Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile, BEA) said that the initial decoding of the parametric recorder,…

Large stand-alone freezer trawler Dalny Vostok was wrecked in the Sea of Okhotsk, according to preliminary data, on board were 132 crew members.

US President Barack Obama signed a decree on the possible establishment of sanctions against cybercriminals, Tass reports.

The EU decided to allocate $ 1.1 billion to provide humanitarian aid to Syria and Syrian refugees in particular in 2015, the channel Sky News Arabia said on Tuesday.

Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection accidentally leaked personal data of G20 leaders. It is reported by The Guardian.

The southwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula has become a full-scale hotspot.Start of international intervention in Yemen will not only add heat to fire, blazing now in the Middle East,…

Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has fled the southern port city of Aden by boat on Wednesday after Houthi militants seized the city airport and arrested two of his

Germanwings Airbus A320 aircraft flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf crashed in southern France in the department of Alpes de Haute Provence. According to preliminary data, 142 passengers and six crew…

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has had only ‘limited progress’ in its inquiry into the alleged military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear activities, the agency’s chief said, days before a

First in the UK plastic money came into circulation in Scotland, reports BBC News. Local commercial bank Clydesdale, having the right to issue their own notes, started to print new…

The first Prime Minister of Singapore, creator of the so-called economic miracle of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew has died at the age of 91. According to Reuters, the death occurred…

Margaret Thatcher Foundation, which was created in 1989 to help countries that were in the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union, became a model for the program.

Italian journalist and former MEP Giulietto Chiesa thinks that all the BRICS countries will join Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and Washington will not cope with such a competitor easily.

Pilots of the largest German airline Lufthansa extended the strike for one more day - until the end of Friday, March 20. Thus, they will not work for three days.

China-led Asian investment bank has been garnering slow and steady support from western nations. Right after Britain showed support to the bank, Germany, France and Italy have also come to

US national debt exceeded 18 trillion and reached statutory "ceiling” on Monday, reported the Ministry of Finance. From Monday and until the approval of Congress new borrowing US Treasury will…

If an agreement with Iran on its nuclear program fail, Saudi Arabia, too, will start its nuclear program, Riyadh said. The Saudis have always promised to respond to bomb bomb,…

Vladimir Putin appeared in public for the first time since March 5. He holds a meeting with the head of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, who said before the talks about the…

Yesterday it was announced that Iceland has withdrawn its application for membership in the European Union, which was filed in 2009.

If Assange agree, then Swedish prosecutor's office intends to send a request to British law enforcement agencies to assist in the conduct of investigative activities

According to the international agency, a review of the impact of recent political developments in the country has exposed the risk on its bank programs, thus culling the operations temporarily

International Monetary Fund has raised its growth forecast for India in the current fiscal to 7.2 percent. The organization has lauded the country calling it as a bright spot in

British Prime Minister David Cameron does not intend to attend the May 9 military parade in Moscow dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War,…

Parity with dollar will be reached, most likely in 2015 - analysts converge in this major international banks.

The Eurogroup extended duration of Greece Financial aid program. However, the chance of salvation suddenly turned to the increase of internal government contradictions, argues Deutsche Welle.

American economist, Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Dani Rodrik, noted in his column on the website Project Syndicate that recent discussion about economic growth in developing…

Thanks to the global oil price slump, Kenya is projected to be one of the speediest growing economies of Sub-Saharan Africa by a latest report published by the World Bank.

China's international payment system (CIPS) can be launched in September or October, reports Reuters, citing sources familiar with the situation.