Life takes a bitter turn in Gaza as the Palestinians find themselves trapped, although sky is their limits on one side; their borders define their limitations on the other side. Rafah, Gaza – 09 July 2015 – Rafah border is the only entry and exit point for the Gaza Strip, therefore the habitants of...

An Italian security firm Hacking Team, which specializes in developing offensive security tools and selling them to oppressive governments, got hacked. While the world was blissfully watching the exciting Women’s World Cup, one of the most notorious security firms, Hacking Team, got a taste of its...

Although the restoration of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States was expected, still it caused a sensation. 54 years passed since the severance of diplomatic relations between Havana and Washington, and 52 years since the introduction of American-severe trade blockade of the...

The risk of Greece to slipping to Grexit increased significantly after Sunday's referendum, in which the Greeks rejected the claims of creditors to reduce costs in exchange for financial assistance, said the rating agency Fitch Ratings. - The agreement between Greece and its official creditors si...

Yemen faces another blow as the warplanes of Saudi strike the city of Sadaa early in the morning of 3rd July 2015. Sanaa, Yemen – 03 July 2015 – The media has been all full about the aerial attack on the capital of Yemen that took place early in the morning of Friday. Warplanes were reported to...

It was believed that people cannot get closer to some places in Antarctica because of the fact that the water, in which they are located, are covered with a thick layer of ice. Nevertheless, a Japanese icebreaker "Soy" managed to do it. January 29, 1957, Japanese Station "Showa" appeared in the...

British oil company British Petrolium (BP) settled with the US authorities the issue of compensation for the accident on the platform Deepwater Horizon, which led to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, said in a statement on its website. The total amount of payments is totaling 18.7...

The pioneers of Europe's two greatest economies gave little “hope” to Greeks who woke upon Monday morning to discover their banks close and capital controls forced as the administration made moves to deflect the breakdown of its monetary framework. Worldwide stocks and Greek bonds came crushing...

IPS highlights the promises made by G7 in a gathering whereby they set 2100 as their target year for meeting all their environmental commitments London – 01 July 2015 – The climate justice’s co-ordinator Lucy Cadena, also involved with “Energy Programme” initiated by the “Friends of the Earth...