On Wednesday, the Federal Court of Accounts of Brazil said that the financial statements of the government of the country in 2014, including the preparation for re-election and obtaining unauthorized loans from state banks to cover the budget deficit, are untenable. This solution allows starting...

Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and President Vladimir Putin announced in a joint television appearance on Wednesday that four Russian warships in the Caspian Sea launched 26 rockets at Islamic State in Syria which hit their targets.   The Russian air campaign started in Syria with...

Nato dismisses Russian airspace violation to be a mere accident, while Turkey claims there has been two such incidents over two consecutive days. According to Nato, the airspace violation of Russia which came into the Turkey’s skyline is an accident. Moreover, the “Secretary-General”, Jens...

The German business has big plans for India. Angela Merkel's visit to Delhi is designed to give a strong impetus to bilateral economic cooperation. Until now, German business circles’ attention was focused on China. However, the country experiencing significantly slow economic growth, so now the...

Russia came under strong condemnation from Nato and the US alleging that one of the Russian fighter planes taking part in air attacks in Syria crossed the Turkish frontier while apparently flying a sortie over Syria.   This incident has the potential of further inflaming tensions days after...

Despite intense opposition from some religious and disability rights groups, physician-assisted suicide will become legal in California under a bill signed into law by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.   The law is based on a similar law from Oregon that gives doctors permission to prescribe...

In another act of barbarism, militants of ISIS destroyed the Arch of Triumph in the ancient city of Palmyra, a monument that dates back to the Roman Empire.    Syrian chief of antiquities told the media on Monday.    In the latest act of vandalism against Syria’s cultural...

Like in the previous two attacks, on Friday, Russia bombed Syria for a third day mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the Islamic State fighters it said it was targeting. The air strikes have come under severe criticism from Washington which claimed that Moscow has been...

Aided by Russian air power, Iran, Syria and Lebanese Hezbollah allies are preparing for a major ground offensive to gain back lost ground, says sources.   News agency Reuters reports that hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria in the last 10 days. they are expected  to join...