JERUSALEM-(Reuters) – Israel will not permit new settlements in the occupied West Bank in the next months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Monday, after behind-the-scenes diplomacy to avert a scheduled U.N. Security Council vote on the contentious topic. On February 12, Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist coalition awarded retroactive authorization toRead More →

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – A Palestinian-backed United Nations resolution that might be voted on by the Security Council early next week would demand an immediate stop to all Israeli settlement operations, denounce Israeli efforts to annex settlements and outposts, and “ask for their rapid reversal.” The State Department said inRead More →

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Two days after launching a $397 million plea to aid almost 5 million Syrians across the border in the rebel-held northwest, the United Nations issued a $1 billion appeal to assist 5,2 million earthquake sufferers in Turkey. U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric was bombarded with questions aboutRead More →

The Chinese billionaire chairman of investment bank China Renaissance has gone missing, according to the business, whose shares fell in Hong Kong on Friday. Bao Fan, who is also the bank’s executive director, is a significant player in the Chinese IT sector and has been instrumental in the birth ofRead More →

ANKARA: (Web Desk) – Under the “Turkey One Heart” initiative, which included the involvement of eight Turkish stations, prominent Turkish performers contributed $6 billion for earthquake-ravaged nation brethren. More than 38000 people have died as a result of the earthquake as of today. Hundreds of thousands of people, including children,Read More →

Spain’s parliament adopted a measure offering paid medical leave to women suffering from severe period pain on Thursday, making it the first European nation to do so. The measure, which passed with 185 votes in favour and 154 against, is intended to shatter a taboo on the issue, according toRead More →