The new ‘silk road’, a rail link from China’s factories to heart of Europe
Duisburg is a steel-making town of around half a million on the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers that boasts the world’s biggest inland port and is one of…
Seven referred to criminal court for shooting church guard
Prosecutor general claims the suspects were attempting to rob a jewellery shop near the church
Kerry, Lavrov hold talks in scramble for Ukraine solution
The diplomatic push comes amid alarm over Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s borders, fanning fears it plans to seize more territory following its lightning annexation of Crimea.
53 nations pledge support for Egypt’s ‘war against terrorism’
New UNHRC statement runs counter to western human rights concerns
Two Spanish journalists freed in Syria: colleagues
El Mundo correspondent Javier Espinosa, 49, and freelance photographer Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, 42, were “freed and handed over to the Turkish military”, the Spanish newspaper said on its website.
Netanyahu slams UN rights council’s censure of Israel
The motions on the Palestinians were carried by 46 votes to one, with only the United States against, while the Golan resolution garnered 13 abstentions and a US “no” vote.
Ministry of Petroleum pushes for use of coal to solve energy crisis
Debate between the Ministry of Petroleum, the Ministry of Environmental Affairs, and the Federation for Egyptian Industries heats up
Hunt is on for new emerging tigers: MINT, PPICS and CIVETS
AFP - For more than 10 years the rise of big emerging markets has re-shaped the global economy but these are now slowing with maturity, and the hunt is on…
Russia’s Lukoil begins output from giant Iraq oilfield
Reuters - Russia’s Lukoil began commercial production from one of the world’s largest untapped oilfields in Iraq on Saturday, as the country raises output to record levels. Production from the…
Turkey’s embattled PM faces key test in local elections
More than 50 million voters were to cast their ballots for mayors and local assemblies at almost 200,000 polling stations, pitting Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted Justice and Development party against secular, nationalist…