Russia temporarily puts a hold on all the planes travelling to Egypt till the reason behind the Metrojet crash has been brought to light. According to Reuters, all the passenger flights originating from Russia have been suspended until the “the cause of the Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 crash is...

Health care in India cannot be classified conventionally. Can it be attributed neither to systems based on tax revenue, nor to those that exist at the expense of the insurance funds. Despite of presence of state-run clinics in the country, the government spends on health 1.3% of GDP (according to...

Islamic State or Isis terrorists used mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where the Islamic insurgents were battling another group, according to a report by an international watchdog reports Reuters.   At least two people were exposed to sulfur mustard in the town of Marea, north of...

Legatum Institute, a research institute in London, has published its annual Prosperity Index. The study evaluated 142 countries by parameters of so-called "prosperity." Talking about prosperity, we usually refer to a question of money, but Legatum Institute’s analysts believe that it's not just...

There are huge surge Syrian Refugees in Jordan, a country that has a population about the size of New York City. United Nations reports suggest that of millions of Syrians displaced by civil war and the attacks by Isis, more than 630,000 reside in Jordan.   However despite the huge...

The Government of Maldives introduced a state of emergency for 30 days, citing a serious threat to national security. The decision was made in connection with an alleged assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yamin, amid continuing unrest, started in late October, and in anticipation of...

Fisher Island, an oasis of tropical landscaping and Mediterranean architecture just 3 miles from the shores of Miami is a largely unknown even to those living in the metro area in South Florida.   This island that measures well under a square mile is home to about 700 families who reside...

Analysis of the black box of the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt has revealed that the plane was not struck from the outside and the pilot did not make a distress call before it disappeared from radar. Quoting a source in the committee analyzing the flight recorders, news agency Reuters...

The ozone hole over the continent of Antarctica has grown larger in the later part of 2015. A recent report reveals that the hole in the “ozone layer” that protects the earth from the harmful rays of the suns just got bigger this year. The hole is located over Antarctica. The reports inform that it...