The German business has big plans for India. Angela Merkel's visit to Delhi is designed to give a strong impetus to bilateral economic cooperation. Until now, German business circles’ attention was focused on China. However, the country experiencing significantly slow economic growth, so now the...

Russia came under strong condemnation from Nato and the US alleging that one of the Russian fighter planes taking part in air attacks in Syria crossed the Turkish frontier while apparently flying a sortie over Syria.   This incident has the potential of further inflaming tensions days after...

Despite intense opposition from some religious and disability rights groups, physician-assisted suicide will become legal in California under a bill signed into law by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.   The law is based on a similar law from Oregon that gives doctors permission to prescribe...

In another act of barbarism, militants of ISIS destroyed the Arch of Triumph in the ancient city of Palmyra, a monument that dates back to the Roman Empire.    Syrian chief of antiquities told the media on Monday.    In the latest act of vandalism against Syria’s cultural...

Like in the previous two attacks, on Friday, Russia bombed Syria for a third day mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the Islamic State fighters it said it was targeting. The air strikes have come under severe criticism from Washington which claimed that Moscow has been...

Aided by Russian air power, Iran, Syria and Lebanese Hezbollah allies are preparing for a major ground offensive to gain back lost ground, says sources.   News agency Reuters reports that hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria in the last 10 days. they are expected  to join...

Issuing a warning to the U.S. air force to steer clear while its war planes were in action, Russia launched air strikes against targets in Syria on Wednesday in what is being viewed as Moscow’s biggest intervention in the Middle East in decades. The rebel sources in Syria as well as the US...

China to introduce pollution “trading system” as a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emission in collaboration with the U.S. In order to reduce the emissions accelerating global warming, China has plans on introducing “a national pollution-trading system”. Likewise, it will put forth a...

In an effort to block the militants from the international financial system, the United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday against more than 30 Islamic State leaders, financial figures, supporters and affiliated groups.   Sanctions were imposed by the Treasury Department of the US...