Politics

Saturday, November 25th 2017 - 23:25 UTC
The attack of the Sinai mosque: ISIS has promised to eradicate Sufi Muslims

The horrific attack on the Rawda mosque in the Sinai peninsula was the deadliest in Egypt's history, with at least 305 killed including 27 children. Attacks on mosques in Egypt are unusual, the targets are Christian Copts temples, but to understand why this mosque was targeted, it’s important to understand how Sunni extremists see Sufism.
Saturday, November 25th 2017 - 23:13 UTC
Russian naval specialists arrive in Ushuaia to help with missing submarine search

An Antonov-124 Ruslan airlifter has flown a team of Russian naval specialists to Argentina where they will join the efforts to rescue the distressed submarine, ARA San Juan missing since November 15. Argentine channel Todo Noticias aired the footage of the jet’s landing.
Saturday, November 25th 2017 - 08:21 UTC
Macri promises the truth about what happened with the missing submarine

President Mauricio Macri on Friday ordered an inquiry to ‘know the truth’ about what happened to Argentina's missing submarine, ARA San Juan, which disappeared with the loss of its 44 crew. The 34-year-old submarine had gone through a refit and was ‘in perfect condition,’ Macri told reporters at the Argentine navy headquarters.
Saturday, November 25th 2017 - 08:10 UTC
EU insists: post Brexit deal conditioned to UK offer of further concessions

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has been given 10 days to offer further concessions on issues including the Brexit divorce bill and the complex matter of the Northern Irish border if she wants European Union leaders to agree to trade talks.
Friday, November 24th 2017 - 17:49 UTC
Gibraltar Deputy Chief Minister to discuss Brexit in Northern Ireland

Gibraltar Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia traveled to Northern Ireland on Thursday to attend a number of meetings related to the United Kingdom and Gibraltar’s departure from the European Union.
Friday, November 24th 2017 - 09:43 UTC
Argentine minister admits inflation will end 2017 at 21%

Argentina's inflation rate will likely end the year above 21%, Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne told reporters on Thursday. The government previously estimated that consumer prices in Latin America's third-biggest economy would rise 17% in 2017.
Friday, November 24th 2017 - 09:36 UTC
Temer presents a “softer” pension reform bill hoping for its quick approval

A new version of Brazil’s unpopular pension reform bill presented on Wednesday would require fewer years of contributions by private sector workers to receive a pension, according a draft of the legislation that the government hopes will win approval in Congress.
Friday, November 24th 2017 - 09:21 UTC
“Brexit is madness” says Gibraltar CM: instead of looking to the future it looks to the past

Gibraltar’s presence in an increasingly interconnected world means it will not be isolated as a result of Brexit, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said on Spanish television, even as he described the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union as “madness”.
Friday, November 24th 2017 - 08:58 UTC
Argentine submarine crew families have been told their loved ones “are all dead”

Families of crew lost in the Argentine ARA San Juan submarine have been told their loved ones “are all dead” after an explosion on the day the vessel disappeared, according to reports. Family members claimed on Thursday they had already received phone calls from Navy officials telling them the entire crew had perished in a blast, believed to have taken place between 180m and 900m below the surface.
Friday, November 24th 2017 - 08:28 UTC
Falklands: next month Argentine families will know results of DNA tests at Darwin cemetery

The humanitarian mission to identify the Argentine unknown soldiers fallen during the South Atlantic conflict and buried in the Falkland Islands Darwin cemetery is reaching its end, and many families will finally know, after 35 years, where the remains of their loved ones rest, according to the Buenos Aires media.