World leaders agree to close tax loopholes
AFP ANTALYA, Turkey (AFP-Jiji) — World leaders on Monday approved a crackdown on tax avoidance by multinationals such Google, Apple and McDonalds whose rock-bottom tax bills have provoked widespread...
View ArticleTurkish jets hit Kurdish targets in northern Iraq - security official
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish jets hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq overnight on Friday, a senior security official said, as President Tayyip Erdogan urged the international community to...
View ArticleLiving in Pitiless Times: Baghdad, Beirut and Paris
This is for Adel Termos, of Beirut, who gave his life so others could live. A week of horrible carnage – bomb blasts in Beirut and Baghdad and then the cold-blooded shootings in Paris. Each of these...
View ArticleForeign Minister Meets with Regional Economic Experts of the East-West...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) Nov 15, 2015 KABUL - Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan H.E Salahuddin Rabbani met with Regional...
View ArticleGlobal Terrorism Deaths Increase By 80% In 2014
Some 78% of all terror-related deaths in 2014 occured in Pakistan, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, study reveals. ......
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News, Analysis and Service from Germany and Europe - in 30 Languages Global terrorism-related deaths are on the rise, according to a report published by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The think...
View ArticleEurope’s 9/11 moment
Saturday’s cold-blooded terrorist shootings across Paris, that left an estimated 128 dead and hundreds wounded, is bound to trigger multiple reactions across Europe. The event, in all probability, will...
View ArticleWolesi Jirga Summons Ministers of Foreign Affair, Refugees and Repatriation...
(Source: House of People of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) Wolesi Jirga Summons Ministers of Foreign Affair, Refugees and Repatriation The Wolesi Jirga( Lower House of Parliament) on Monday's...
View ArticleWhen will West's romanticism with terror end?
By Vikas Khanna New Delhi, Nov.16 (ANI): A series of recent terror attacks, the latest being the coordinated Mumbai-style attacks in Paris, should serve as a warning to the global community that...
View ArticleParis Attacks Highlight Western Vulnerability, And Our Selective Grief And...
As France enters yet another period of mourning, Lebanon is just emerging from one. Not that you probably heard anything about it. By Chris Graham November 14, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - If...
View ArticleChild Soldiers: a tool to sustain power in the Afghan war
By: Sara Spowart and Ahmad Waheed According to the organization Child Soldiers International, the internationally agreed upon definition for a child soldier is: a child associated with an armed force...
View ArticleIllegal Immigration Is a Bogus Issue
Contrary to the delusional, xenophobic hysteria of Donald Trump, the nation is not plagued by illegal immigrants. It never has been. The crisis is a concoction of Mr. Trump to fuel his ruthless,...
View ArticleWiden fight against Boko Haram to tackle climate change, migration: U.N.
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The four countries fighting the Boko Haram insurgency in West Africa's Lake Chad region should unite behind a broader strategy to ease the poverty and climate change...
View ArticleThe China-Pakistan corridor: A fate-changer?
Over the decades during which I have worked in and written about Pakistan, there have been so many supposed national "turning points" at which the country failed to turn that I have almost ceased to...
View ArticleParis attacks: Why IS will eventually fail
With each attack come millions of words. Politicians, journalists and witnesses express their shock and their determination to hold tight to the values of openness, tolerance and democracy. But soon...
View ArticleBoko Haram overtakes Isis as world's deadliest terror organisation
Boko Haram has overtaken Isis as the world’s most deadly terrorist organisation, according to a new report. The Nigerian-based terror group,...
View ArticleUN Official Warns of Potential Migration Crisis
Lisa Schlein GENEVA— A senior United Nations official is warning of a potential migration crisis in the Sahel region of Africa because of conflict, climate change, abject poverty and a lack of...
View ArticleProgress seen against Boko Haram
Boko Haram has lost significant ground in northern Nigeria, according to some of the region’s top officials and international security experts, dealing a setback to a group that for years has menaced...
View ArticleGlobal Terrorism Index: The state of terror around the world revealed
Global terrorism is at the highest level it has ever been and continues to rise at an “unprecedented pace”, a report...
View ArticleNigerian army foils fresh Boko Haram attack: military
Nigeria's army on Monday said it had foiled a planned Boko Haram attack on the northeastern city of Maiduguri using powerful assault rifles and home-made bombs. Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said...
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