Month: December 2018

Business

US stock markets claw back brutal pre-Christmas losses with biggest one-day gain ever

Stock markets around the world have seen significant gains after Wall Street rallied following a sav..

Middle East

Gaza: The Palestinians who died during the Great March of Return

A young boy carries a Palestinian flag during a Great March of Return demonstration in Gaza on 14 Ma..

Middle East

Israel approves 1,451 new settlement units in West Bank

Israeli settlement in the West Bank considered illegal according to UN resolutions (AFP) Israel app..

Middle East

UAE reopens Damascus embassy after seven years

The UAE broke ties with Syria in February 2012, as the repression of nationwide protests demanding r..

Opinions

How to get ahead in 2019: Become a bully

MOSCOW — Bullies in popular culture are often portrayed as cowardly aggressors who prey on the weak,..

Opinions

Putin is tightening his grip on Ukraine

KIEV — Ukraines Christmas markets may be in full swing, but the season isnt feeling particularly fes..

Opinions

Pains of an empire lost

PARIS — Mohsin Hamids “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” is the story of a Pakistani mans tormented jour..

Opinions

Why the EU should fear a second UK referendum

Bad news for Theresa May is good news for the chances of a second Brexit vote. With the British pri..

Opinions

Why are Frances Yellow Jackets so angry?

PARIS — The Yellow Jackets ripping across France are not just the French being French. Theyre not ju..

Middle East

US-led coalition in Syria questions two Russian women who escaped ISIS

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights released a video showing two Russian women wearing the niqab..