According to Munich Re insurance group, last year brought a record number of major natural disasters, which led to the most serious economic losses. This is stated in the report of the German company, which is one of the leaders of the insurance reinsurance market. Munich Re noted the alarming...

A dialogue between North and South Korea is all set to start after a gap of over two year, according to sources quoted in media reports.   The border village of Panmunjom, inside the demilitarised zone (DMZ) would be the place for t he proposed meeting slated reportedly for January 9....

In a startling revelation, the police chief in charge of child protection in the U.K. says the sexual abuse children is a subject of interest for tens of thousands of British men.   4,000 men using it from the UK alone were found to be using a single online chatroom in 2017 after a...

While it may be said that the "caliphate" is in ruins, it doesn't mean that ISIS does not exist anymore.   Experts say that the conviction of the ISIS to strike on Western countries would be intensified by the destruction of their physical assets and strongholds in Iraq and Syria and this...

The establishment can breathe a sigh of relief, looking back at the political events in Europe in 2017. Yet, it's too early to celebrate the victory just now. Europe has been freed from a number of supposedly "worst-case scenarios", including the presidency of Marine Le Pen, Merkel’s failure,...

Hate speech, stereotypes and propaganda have been bolstered in Asia by the spread misinformation and disinformation be it the Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis or the Philippine drug war or the Indonesian elections.   Within the region, "fake news is closely linked to domestic politics and in...

Imagine that a New Year's miracle happened and you have $ one million dollars in your pocket. Where would you like to buy a home? And where would you be able to buy the largest space? A research of consulting agency Knight Frank helps to answer these questions. The agency has analyzed the markets...

Turkey has decided to recruit 8.000 women gendarmes for combat positions who would also be delegated boarder control duties in the Turkish army. Turkey has suffered from both internal and regional conflicts.   Holding the defense of the country on its Southern borders with Syria and Iraq and...

The International Monetary Fund conducted a study in October 2017 and identified countries with the highest GDP per capita. Many of the countries that are among the richest in the world have oil and gas reserves on their territory, which has a positive effect on the development of their economies....