Caracas: A banana would cost $21 in Venezuela a few months ago. But by the year-end, the ordinary Venezuelan will not even be able to buy a banana for the same price. The Venezuelan inflation index has sky-rocketed by 1.3 million%, and the value of the local currency Bolivar has nosedived as compared to the […]
London: The civil war that flared up in Syria 2011 and the dreadful war that followed after that has claimed nearly 560,000 lives till date. A London-based Syrian human rights organisation had published the report. The human rights organisation has clarified that the figure does not include the 88,000 people killed in prisons of the […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump has sanctioned an essential increase in the defence expenditure and has indicated a provision of $750 bn for this purpose. As per the sources, this sanction was given after his meeting with US Secretary of Defence James Mattis. President Trump has consistently stressed on increasing the capabilities of the defence […]
Damascus/Beirut: The Syrian military bolstered by the deployment of the Russian S-300 air defence system claimed to have destroyed an enemy target approaching capital Damascus. The Syrian news agency reported this on Sunday. But within the next few hours, the Syrian news agency withdrew the concerned report from its website saying that no such attack […]
Jerusalem/Moscow: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu firmly presented his stand before the Russian President Vladimir Putin says, “Israel would never tolerate Hezbollah’s aggression at our borders and Iran’s deployment in Syria”. Also, the Russian President appealed for improvement in military co-operation concerning Syria. The Israeli and Russian leaders had a telephonic discussion against the backdrop […]
Jerusalem: The major countries of the world are making remarkable progress in super advanced technologies like stealth fighter jets, hypersonic missiles and electromagnetic railgun. It is to counter these advanced arms, the need for the development of the Laser Gun has been felt increasingly. The United States and Russia have taken the lead on this front, and as per […]
Vienna: A decisionfor major reduction in the oil production was taken during a meeting held between OPEC, the association of the oil Producing and exporting countries, along with Russia and the other countries. In spite of the appeal made by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, the decision was taken by OPEC and Russia in […]
Tehran: Restless as the Iranian economy is feeling the heat of the sanctions imposed by the United States, the Iranian leadership has threatened the United States. Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani threatened, ‘The sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran is a part of Economic Terrorism. I warn those who impose sanctions that if Iran’s […]
Washington: Defence Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman completed her five-day visit to the United States. It is claimed to be a very successful visit. At a time, when the discussions about whether the United States will impose sanctions against India due to the defence equipment purchased from Russia, this visit is claimed to have strengthened the India-US […]
The 1920s was a decade proving to have special importance not only for the Jews but also for the Middle East as a whole. Importantly, the events of this decade had profound effects on the future of Israel. The first important happening at the start of the decade was the birth of Turkey. The Ottoman […]