GAZA CITY: Israeli strikes across Gaza on Wednesday, killing Forty peopleincluding 16 killed when Israeli shells targeted a UN school. With the latest attacks, the death toll in Palestine over the last 23 days has crossed 1280. According to Ashraf … read more
Sharply higher interest rates around the world could combine with weaker growth in emerging markets to slice as much as 2 percentage points off global growth in the next five years, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. In a … read more
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that the United States will join the European Union in slapping new sanctions on Russia´s energy sector, arms industry and financial institutions. The broader economic measures will hurt Moscow´s ability to secure dollar financing … read more
JERUSALEM: The Israeli army on Monday sent messages to thousands of Palestinians living near Gaza City to flee shortly after a mortar shell killed at least four people in Israel. “A short while ago, phone calls were made and text … read more
BANGKOK: A car bomb exploded on Friday outside a hotel in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand, killing three people and wounding 36 others, police said. Of the wounded, three were in critical condition, Lieutenant Colonel Sophon Saisuree told AFP by telephone from … read more