Greek banks were closed on Monday to prevent the financial system of the country from being collapsing into panic states. Account holders faces strictly limited withdrawals from ATMs. Furthermore, the trading of the Greek stocks and bonds also stopped. Greece faced the default rapidly, and withdraw from the eurozone were announced on Sunday. The European leader confronts the worst moment in ...

The United States said that they will restart aid to the military help in Bahrain. When Persian Gulf countries established mass Shiah-led protests, the security help was withheld after 2011. However, spokesman for the US State department, John Kirby said that Bahrain had advanced about human rights including the release of the political offense. Bahrain has flown airstrike missions over ...

­ The Israeli air force struck a militant target in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, the military said, hours after Palestinians fired a rocket into southern Israel. “In response to this attack, the Israel Defense Forces struck the launcher from which the rocket was fired at Israel earlier,” an army statement said. “A hit was confirmed.” The rocket fired earlier ...

Israel arrests Druze suspects in ‘lynching’ ­  Israel arrested nine Druze Wednesday over two attacks, one of them fatal, on ambulances bringing casualties from Syria’s civil war to Israeli hospitals, security sources said Wednesday. Monday’s attacks in northern Israel and the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights drew strong censure from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government is trying to prevent a spillover ...

Iran-backed forces and U.S. military share a base in Iraq  ­ The U.S. military and Iranian-backed Shiite militias are getting closer and closer in Iraq, even sharing a base, while Iran uses those militias to expand its influence in Iraq and fight alongside the Bashar Assad regime in neighboring Syria. Two senior administration officials confirmed to us that U.S. soldiers ...

By The Editor of English\ Kalahan Deng There are unsuccessful attempts by some ISIS sympathizers in some Australian major cities, where they are trying to create panic and confusion by posting some videos on the YouTube that contain provocative languages of threat and intimidation directed towards people who go to the night clubs to dance, drink, smoke, or enjoy themselves. ...

The Council of the European Union issued a strong message to Lebanese parliamentarians Monday to expedite the process of electing a president. The message came in a statement which detailed the conclusions of a meeting held by the EU Council – a body which comprises relevant representatives from each member state – on Lebanon. “The EU strongly reiterates its call ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday he saw a good chance of reaching a final agreement with six world powers on Iran’s nuclear program by a June 30 deadline or a few days later, provided there was political will. Iran and the six powers – Britain, France, Germany, China, Russia and the United States – are trying ...

The Egyptian army is digging a trench in northern Sinai along the border with Gaza in an effort to prevent smuggling, security sources said on Monday, as the government steps up activities to prevent militant attacks that often target security forces. Egypt had already doubled to one kilometre (0.62 mile) the depth of a security buffer zone on its border ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sharply rebuffed what he described as an international attempt to dictate the terms of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal ahead of talks with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who was visiting the region to advance a French-led initiative. With peace talks stalled for more than a year, France has been sounding out the possibility of ...