Dorian Jones ISTANBUL—Eighteen mayors and nearly 50 locally elected representatives of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party are being prosecuted in Turkey.Earlier this month, for example, the mayor of Van was sentenced to 15 years in jail on charges of being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party. The prosecutions and severity of the charges […]readmore
Daniel Schearf MOSCOW—A Russian parliament committee has rejected a bill that would have allowed fines or jail time for public displays of affection or sexuality by anyone who is not heterosexual.Once it leaves the committee, it goes up for a vote by Parliament, which is likely to reject the bill. Rights groups welcomed the move, […]readmore
How can we tackle the world’s biggest killer – cancer? This is the mission of US Vice-President, Joe Biden, who has called for a “moonshot” to find a cure for the disease. The Vice-President recently penned a piece for the Forum’s blog platform,Agenda, about the moonshot campaign. He has, of course, been touched personally by […]readmore
El repunte del crecimiento mundial es débil y desigual entre las economías, inclinándose ahora los riesgos hacia los mercados emergentes, según se señala en la última Actualización de Perspectivas de la economía mundial (informe WEO). Las economías avanzadas experimentarán una ligera recuperación, mientras que las de mercados emergentes y en desarrollo enfrentan una nueva realidad […]readmore
Voz de América – Redacción Las economías en América Latina decrecerán más de lo esperado en 2016 y mucho tiene que ver con los bajos precios del petróleo, la incertidumbre global y los problemas de la economía brasileña. El Fondo Monetario Internacional había previsto hace solo unos meses un avance mínimo en la región, pero […]readmore
With 14 million people facing hunger in southern Africa as the El Niño weather pattern, the worst in over three decades, exacerbates drought, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that it faces critical funding challenges in scaling up food and cash-based aid. “The number of people without enough food could rise significantly […]readmore
The United Nations Security Council announced that it has removed Iranian Bank Sepah and its international subsidiary from a sanctions list, following yesterday’s announcement of a UN report confirming that Iran has completed necessary preparatory steps to start the implementation of a plan of action aiming to resolve the nuclear issue. The report was submitted […]readmore
VOA News Iran will increase its daily oil production by 20 percent, after international sanctions related to the country’s nuclear program were lifted on Saturday. Deputy Oil Minister Roknoddin Javadi said Iran will add 500,000 barrels a day to its current production of 2.8 million barrels a day. Even with crude oil prices dipping to […]readmore
VOA News Saudi-led airstrikes killed at least 15 policemen in the Yemeni capital overnight, adding to a death toll of nearly 6,000 people since Riyadh began its military campaign against the Houthi militia that controls Sana’a. The attack on police headquarters wounded dozens more people. Rescue efforts were underway for survivors trapped under the debris […]readmore
By: Daniel Zovatto Si a nivel global 2015 fue un año difícil en términos económicos y complejo en el ámbito político —atentados terroristas del EI, flujos migratorios masivos, tensiones geopolíticas, guerra en Siria, populismos al alza tanto en Estados Unidos como en Europa—, 2016 no será muy diferente. En lo económico, tanto a nivel mundial […]readmore