The king of Spain Felipe VI and any other representative of the Spanish monarchy was unanimously declared persona non grata at the plenary session of the Catalan municipality of Breda. This was stated by representatives of the party "Republican Left of Catalonia» (ERC), reports the newspaper El...

Outbreak of an infectious disease, which is believed to cause children to be born with abnormally small heads, forced the governments of Latin America to advise women not to get pregnant until all the circumstances are clear. "We would advise all women of childbearing age to take steps to plan...

After a former Australian professional tennis player pleaded guilty to match-fixing just hours after a top global bookmaker suspended betting on a suspicious match at the Australian Open, allegations of corruption in world tennis were reignited on Monday.   After reports surfaced last week...

Images and last statements of nine of the people who took part in the Paris attacks that killed 130 people on November 13 were shown in a video published on Sunday by the media center of Islamic State which was purported for this purpose.   The video, which is yet to be verified, showed the...

With the support of their national government, Greek islanders who have been on the frontline of the refugee crisis are to be nominated for the Nobel peace prize. Those who live on the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea were the ones to receive most of the 900,000 refugees who were scared, soaked...

In a continuation of their strategy to soften the targets before a possible ground attack, Russian and Syrian air forces have killed scores in Raqqa and Deir al-Zor. As per a group monitoring the war situation in Syria, in the past 24 hours, a series of air raids in eastern and northern Syria, in...

Fighting a losing war, the Islamic State, is facing attrition not only in its fighting force, but economically too, the glut in the oil market is ensuring that they do not get top dollar for their spoils of war. Russia’s blistering attacks on the forces opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has...

The sun could be the new oil for the GCC countries says a report published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) at the the ongoing Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.   According to the Irena, the Gulf countries stand to save $87 billion from lower oil and natural gas consumption...

Documents leaked from inside the ISIS territory reveals that wartime pressure of the Islamic State is forcing it to slash its fighters’ salaries by half.   While ISIS operates as a government over parts of Iraq and Syria despite the fact that it might seem like a ragtag group of terrorists...