World economy
France to buy out minority shareholders of Areva
12 Jan 2017
Xi Jinping to walk the talk with world leaders at Davos
11 Jan 2017
At Davos, Xi is expected to push the Chinese attempt to challenge the United States’ dominant position in world economic and strategic institutions a step further
Obama calls for unity in farewell speech, reiterates ‘Yes we can’
11 Jan 2017
Despite policies that helped America recover from an economic crisis, with Wall Street booming and wages rising, "our democracy won't work without a sense that everyone has economic opportunity", Obama said
Turkey mulls sweeping amendments to give Erdogan more powers
10 Jan 2017
The changes would scrap the office of prime minister and make the president the head of the executive branch, allow him to appoint the government, dissolve Parliament, propose budgets and declare states of emergency, but that needs to be voted in a referendum
Iran mourns death of ‘voice of moderation’ Rafsanjani
09 Jan 2017
Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was a key backer of President Hassan Rouhani and supported Iran`s landmark nuclear deal with world powers that brought peace to the country
Top Republican senator says Syrian war ‘over’
07 Jan 2017
Pak’s Raheel Sharif to head 39-member Islamic military alliance
07 Jan 2017
The security cooperation provides for training and equipping troops for anti-terror operations and for involvement of religious scholars in dealing with extremism
Russia meddled in poll, agree US intelligence agencies
07 Jan 2017
While the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation express "high confidence" in their conclusions on Russian interference in US elections, President-elect Donald Trump blames it on the Democrats and the intelligence failure