Yoel Guzansky says that simultaneous US airstrikes in Iraq and Saudi strikes in Yemen almost certainly meant to roll back Iran’s influence.

A resolution to provide lethal aid to Ukrainian security forces has passed the US House with broad bipartisan support. The move puts added pressure on the White House, which is also considering delivering weapons.

Foundation agreed not to seek donations from other governments, but cash kept flowing from individuals with connections to them

TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Friday there was a lot of merit in the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) while Japan's finance minister signalled cautious approval of the

Dozens of people are hurt and some 350 people arrested in a protest involving anti-austerity demonstrators in the German city of Frankfurt.

A former regional governor becomes the latest ally of Ukraine's deposed president to be found dead in mysterious circumstances.

Santander and Deutsche Bank fail US "stress tests" designed to assess whether lenders can withstand another financial crisis.

Eurozone currency slides after ECB launches €60bn-a-month quantitative easing programme

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela will begin installing 20,000 fingerprint scanners at supermarkets nationwide in a bid to stamp out hoarding and panic buying, which the government blames for long lines and widespread shortages of basic goods. The government has been selectively rolling out the rationing system for months at state-run supermarkets along the western border with Colombia where smu

MADRID/ATHENS (Reuters) - Euro zone countries are discussing a third bailout for Greece worth 30 billion to 50 billion euros, Spain's economy minister said on Monday, but EU officials said there were no

Does the government have a duty to feed us? Or should we each look after our own table? In Egypt, where the price and availability of bread is a political issue, the government has introduced a new smart card system to avoid long queues and fights outside bakeries. We hear from the remote region of Canada where shops charge residents $28 for a cabbage or $200 for a turkey. Plus, we look at both sides of the American food stamp debate, with politicians arguing over whether food welfare means vitality or dependency.

BERLIN, Feb 27 (Reuters) - German Finance Minister WolfgangSchaeuble urged parliament on Friday to take what heacknowledged was a difficult decision and approve an extensionof Greece's bailout, assuring

Avijit Roy, whose Mukto-Mona (Free-mind) blog championed liberal secular writing in the Muslim-majority nation, attacked along with his wife in Dhaka

Downtown Athens, Greece has been overcome by fighting between police and protesters after an initial anti-government demonstration, following last month’s election when the nation’s far-left-minded Syriza political party assumed power in parliament. Scores of protesters threw gas-laden fire bombs and other debris at law enforcement officers and set fire to parked cars as the march advanced through

KIEV, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Ukraine's central bank defended itsdecision on Wednesday to ban most foreign currency trading forthe rest of the week, after sharp criticism of the move by PrimeMinister Arseny

The new Greek government, scrambling to secure another tranche of short-term funding, agreed to make tax collection a top priority as part of a reform plan. But prodding its citizens to pay up has long been one of the country’s most difficult challenges.

In the short course of the latest Greek financial crisis, Syriza appears to have transformed itself from what in the UK would be seen as traditional leftists into Blairites.

As Greece's new Syriza government negotiates the terms of its debt repayment, Spain is pushing Greece to drop its anti-austerity ambitions and accept Europe's terms.

Spain's keen interest in Greece likely stems from the rise of Podemos, a wildly popular left-wing Greek party that's closely aligned with Syriza, as Bloomberg Businessweek noted this weekend.

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A detailed breakdown of Germany’s gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of last year, released by the national statistics office on Tuesday, showed a strong spurt in investment and continued robust growth in consumer spending for the second consecutive quarter.

Spain’s government, predicting strong economic growth after years of harsh spending cutbacks, will offer tax breaks to encourage long-term hiring and help struggling single-parent families, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Tuesday.

Norway's Europe minister warned Britain not to copy its own situation outside the EU, which leaves it unable to influence key economic rules it must abide by to trade with the 28-nation bloc.

Another state coup can't be ruled out in Ukraine, with growing popular discontent, including among the leaders of the last year’s protests, Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Sergey Arbuzov told TASS on Friday. "It is not ruled out that another state coup might occur in Ukraine," Arbuzov said following a meeting of the Center for Studies of Economic and Socio-cultural Development…

In a move to curb terrorism, Pakistan launched one of the world’s largest — and fastest — efforts to compile a biometric database.

The State Defence Council, comprising of the Lithuanian president, prime minister, parliament speaker, defence minister and army chief, decided on Tuesday to reintroduce military conscription in Lithuania.

A survey of over 2,000 UK adults has revealed that over half of all breaks booked for 2015 are for trips to sunny Spain – more than three times as many as its closest rival destination, Greece.

Last December, a Spanish judge ordered Uber to shutter its low-cost ride-share service. So, Uber is launching a food delivery service instead.

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J.P. Morgan’s steps are among the most detailed and widespread. Specifics are likely to be unveiled Tuesday by J.P. Morgan executives at the bank’s annual strategy outlook with investors, these people said. Among other points, the bank is expected to stress alternatives customers affected by the deposit moves can use for their excess cash.

The South China Sea contains some of the planet’s most disputed territory. Six countries — China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Brunei — are squaring off as they compete over the rights to the sea.

Rolling reaction as the Greek government draws up economic reform proposals to satisfy its international creditors, amid tensions in Athens

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The train traveled for 24 days along the Yixin'ou cargo line, the longest of all the China-European cargo railways, officials said. The train was carrying famous Spanish products including wine and olive oil.

Alternative finance in Europe grew strongly in 2014 led by P2P lending as businesses and consumers flock to the platforms as an alternative to banks.

United Nations human rights experts have urged Spain's Senate to reject two proposed bills they say threaten fundamental rights and freedoms.

The five experts issued a statement Monday expressing concerned about the Public Security Law and the Penal Code projects and calling on Spain to take steps to guarantee fundamental rights and public freedoms.

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A Spanish environmental activist was arrested in Cambodia Monday and will shortly be deported, officials said, a move described by a rights group as the government's latest attempt to stifle dissent.

Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson, co-founder of the outspoken advocacy group Mother Nature, has led a campaign against plans for a dam in a protected forest area in the southwestern province of Koh Kong.

ICM is a public company, whose funding comes from the Madrid regional government. Indra is a private company that has tenders worth €12 million with that same regional government. The relationship between ICM and Indra is already under investigation as part of one of Spain’s ongoing complex fraud cases, involving false invoices related to the regional government of Popular Party First Minister Ignacio González.

Spanish five-star hotels are serving up white rice for breakfast as Spain offers quicker visas and seeks more direct flights from China to tap into the surging wave of Chinese tourists.When Spanish Prime... | Daily {adj} news in English. Keeping you in touch with local and international news relating to Spain.

Funded by Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and his successor, Podemos is the party to beat in this year’s Spanish elections.

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In an article uploaded on the website of his Movement for Active Citizens, the historic member of the Greek left expresses his deep disappointment about the way SYRIZA handles with the negotiations ans calls for party members to decide if they accept this situation.

US officials are attempting to sneak in a change to the rules governing search warrants that will allow US judges to issue worldwide search warrants in cases that involve computers and networks.

European leaders and media have responded with ambivalence to the four-month loan extensions agreed to by the bloc's foreign ministers. Athens, many have pointed out, still has promises to fulfill.

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Feb 20 (Reuters) - Allianz SE : * Pimco says paul mcculley steps down as chief economist * Pimco says mcculley's last day at the firm will be February28 * Mcculley, in statement provided by pimco,

An important survey of business owners has shown the eurozone economy gaining momentum even as finance chiefs wrangle over Greece's bailout program.

For Greece’s creditors, the signs aren’t propitious that Greece is willing to pay the political price needed to service its debts in full.

Turkey’s new defense missile system, for which Ankara is in talks on a $3.4 billion deal with a Chinese company, will not be integrated with one used by NATO, Defense Minister İsmet Yılmaz has said.

Gazprom has sent documents to Naftogaz on Russian gas deliveries to Donbas but has not received an answer yet, the Russia's energy giant's spokesman said answering a question of whether the company could supply the eastern Ukrainian region with gas without the approval of Ukraine.

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(Adds dropped letter from headline)ATHENS Feb 19 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras saidon Thursday that he believed Greece could be a significantcommercial gateway for China into Europe.Speaking

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