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Experts: More Women in Iran’s parliament signals shift in society

Experts: More Women in Iran’s parliament signals shift in society

  Iran President Hassan Rouhani took to Twitter over the weekend to praise the fact that 17 women will be part of the country’s new… Read More ›

Brazil blocks WhatsApp

Brazil blocks WhatsApp

  Rio de Janeiro – A regional judge on Monday ordered all telephone operators in Brazil to block WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by… Read More ›

Kerry rushes to Geneva for crisis Syria talks

Kerry rushes to Geneva for crisis Syria talks

US secretary of state to discuss truce with Jordan, Saudi FMs, UN special envoy.   BELGRADE – US Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Geneva… Read More ›

JOBS WEEK IS HERE: Here’s your full preview of a big week for the US economy

JOBS WEEK IS HERE: Here’s your full preview of a big week for the US economy

  Friday’s 0.5% decline in the S&P 500 wasn’t enough to drop it into negative territory for April. The benchmark average finished the month up… Read More ›

Halliburton’s mega-merger with Baker Hughes is officially over

Halliburton’s mega-merger with Baker Hughes is officially over

  The $28 billion merger between Halliburton and Baker Hughes is officially over. The companies announced Sunday that they terminated their merger agreement after it faced… Read More ›

Puerto Rico says it will default on Monday

Puerto Rico says it will default on Monday

  Puerto Rico is going to default. In a television address made Sunday, Puerto Rico’s governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla said the island’s Government Development Bank (GDB)… Read More ›

Washington – Clinton: Don’t Let Progress Fall To Trump

Washington – Clinton: Don’t Let Progress Fall To Trump

  Washington – Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is appealing to African-American voters to prevent the progress achieved under Barack Obama’s presidency from being “torn away”… Read More ›

New York, NY – Uber Drivers In New York Form Labor Association

New York, NY – Uber Drivers In New York Form Labor Association

  New York, NY – Uber drivers in New York state have formed an association to strengthen their hand in dealing with the ride-sharing service,… Read More ›

Hundreds of people arrested during protest in Germany

Hundreds of people arrested during protest in Germany

  Five hundred people were arrested in Germany after violent clashes broke out, authorities said. More than 1,000 people were protesting Saturday in Stuttgart, where… Read More ›

Protesters pull out of Baghdad’s Green Zone but vow to be back

Protesters pull out of Baghdad’s Green Zone but vow to be back

Protesters who stormed Baghdad’s Green Zone retreated Sunday but organizers say the challenge to Iraq’s leadership isn’t over yet. Hundreds, if not thousands, of followers… Read More ›

Trump: ‘We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country’

Trump: ‘We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country’

  Donald Trump on Sunday compared the U.S.’s trade deficit with China, which he regularly laments and vows to tackle as president, to rape. “We… Read More ›

Building a future for humanity

Building a future for humanity

Founding ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo talks about war crimes trials and trying to deter genocide: past, present and future.   BUILDING GLOBAL  institutions is the… Read More ›

Analysis: Whither the US lawsuits against Saudi Arabia for 9/11?

Analysis: Whither the US lawsuits against Saudi Arabia for 9/11?

The question of Saudi Arabia’s involvement in 9/11 will remain in the arena of speculation and conspiracy theories.   Since 2005, the families of the… Read More ›

Analysis: Syria – a war waiting to spill over

Analysis: Syria – a war waiting to spill over

Israel and pragmatic Sunni states preparing for the day radical sub-state groups target them.   Last Wednesday, during the middle of the tranquil Passover vacation,… Read More ›

Most of the offers Yahoo is shortlisting are from companies offering cash

Most of the offers Yahoo is shortlisting are from companies offering cash

  (Reuters) – Yahoo has shortlisted close to 10 bidders in the auction for its core Internet assets, including Verizon, with most offers involving cash… Read More ›

Journalist freed from an Iranian prison addresses the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Journalist freed from an Iranian prison addresses the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

  Journalist Jason Rezaian made an appearance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night. Rezaian, 40, is a California-born Iranian-American who worked as The… Read More ›

Apple’s long iPad nightmare might be coming to an end

Apple’s long iPad nightmare might be coming to an end

  For nearly three years, iPad sales have been falling on a quarterly basis, a disappointing run for a device repeatedly held up as the… Read More ›

United Nations – Iran Asks U.N. Chief To Intervene With U.S. After Court Ruling

United Nations – Iran Asks U.N. Chief To Intervene With U.S. After Court Ruling

  United Nations – Iran asked U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday to convince the United States to stop violating state immunity after the top… Read More ›

Omaha, NE – Buffett Says Berkshire ‘fine’ With Trump Or Clinton

Omaha, NE – Buffett Says Berkshire ‘fine’ With Trump Or Clinton

  Omaha, NE – Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc is poised to do well no matter who wins the White House… Read More ›

Body of ‘Russian Rambo,’ who called in airstrike on own position, flown home

Body of ‘Russian Rambo,’ who called in airstrike on own position, flown home

  Alexander Prokhorenko was battling to free the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. But he found himself surrounded by Islamic militants. He feared that he… Read More ›