Strong rejections of liabilities for e death of dozens of people killed in strikes on medical facilities and schools in rebel-controlled areas of Syria on Monday came from Russia on Tuesday. “We categorically do not accept such statements, the more so as every time those making these statements...

List of European Union countries that have achieved their goals for the use of renewable energy continues to grow. More and more countries seeking to achieve a certain level of renewable energy by 2020, are attaining the object ahead of schedule. First, there were countries such as Sweden,...

In an incident that marks the latest in an escalating series of attacks on medical facilities and workers in the five-year civil war, airstrikes have hit hospitals in two locations in northern Syria.   After a facility it supports in Maaret al-Numan, Idlib province, was hit four times...

As allied Russian jets kept up air strikes on rebel-held towns north of Aleppo, the Syrian government forces were poised to advance into the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Saturday.   The move by the Syrian government forces to...

In order to provide rapid humanitarian access to besieged Syrian towns, major powers agreed on Friday to a cessation of hostilities in Syria set to begin in a week. However there was no  decision on complete ceasefire or an end to Russian bombing.   The powers, including the United...

Researchers reveal new set of data on the effects of climate change based on a model that imitates the “20,000 years” old Ice Age Period. According to a new study, the damaging consequences of climate change resulting in excessive carbon emissions is likely to increase and “persist for millennia”...

Calling Seoul’s withdrawal from the jointly run plant a “dangerous declaration of war”, North Korea has ordered a military takeover of an industrial complex that was the last significant symbol of cooperation with South Korea.   Pyongyang said was it pulling its workers from the Kaesong...

In the current year, consumers in China and India will increase demand for jewelry, coins and golden bars. The central banks of these countries are going to increase their purchases. Investment interest in gold is also growing. World Gold Council released its new report, from which it follows that...

European countries are increasingly promoting abandonment of traditional fuels and switch to alternative energy sources. This is primarily obliged to factors such as the desire reduce harmful gas emissions into the atmosphere. The tendency to increase the renewable energy’s share in Europe...