The World Affairs Council’s of Washington DC organises a mock COP21 event for students and teachers in order to inform them about global current affairs on the environment and climate front. Washington – 11 December 2015 – Hundred and eighty people consisting of teachers and students were hosted by...

Representing a strong warning to Turkey following its shooting down of a Russian warplane at the Syrian border, Russina President Vladimir Putin has vowed Russia’s military will “immediately destroy” any target threatening them in Syria.   Additional aircraft and air defense weapons...

As a bout of toxic smog stretches into a second month, authorities in Delhi are considering shutting schools in the sprawling Indian capital.   The pollution levels in this megacity has been suffering record levels of pollution which exceed recommended WHO guidelines by between 15...

Turkey along with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and has been blamed again of buying cheap oil form the Islamic state – and this time it is not Russia.   On Friday there were media reports quoting a senior U.S. Treasury official that the Islamic State militants have made...

Chairman of North Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un has declared that the state is now protected not only by nuclear, but also hydrogen weapons. The head of North Korea said that his grandfather Kim Il Sung "turned the country into a strong nuclear power, ready, relying on its own forces, to detonate a...

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said on Monday that the number of migrants arrived in the country by the end of November reached a record monthly level of 206 thousand people. For 11 months, the number was 965 thousand, which has already greatly exceeded the Ministry’s forecasts for the...

An unusual phone call to 911 helped the police solve a hit and run case in Florida, claimed the local police. A woman was arrested following the phone call.   However what was different about the phone call was that the call was not made by any human but by the security system of a car that...

Following an acrid smog that enveloped the Beijing for the second time this month, the Chinese authorities have issued its first pollution red alert for the Chinese capital.   The alert entails millions of vehicles being forced off the roads, factories and construction sites shut down and...

US President Barack Obama addressed the nation with anti-terrorism program. His speech was a response to a terrorist attack in the city of San Bernardino, where a couple shot party visitors with automatic weapons on December 3rd. As a result, 14 people were killed and 23injured. Barack Obama has...