The verdict to sentence three Al Jazeera journalists to at least seven years in prison has sparked outrage around the world. The Egyptian court found Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed guilty of reporting false news and associating with the now blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood. ‘‘Journalism is not a crime,’’ Juris […]

On 19 June Ed Miliband outlined Labour’s welfare reform proposing to deny some young unemployed people benefits dependent on their willingness to partake in training. His proposal is that those people under the age of 21 who are applying for Job Seekers Allowance and are not trained should have to […]

On Thursday the 12th of June, three Israeli teenagers went missing outside an illegal settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Since then, the Israeli and US government have suspected and blamed the Palestinian Islamist party, Hamas, of the incident and it is now widely believed that they have been kidnapped. […]

A gas deal between “Gazprom” and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed on May 21, 2014, during a two-day Shanghai visit of a Russian delegation led by President Vladimir Putin became the biggest contract in the history of post-Soviet Russia. The overall cost of the 30-year agreement is $400 billion […]

The parliamentary elections of sixth convocation of South Ossetia are set on Sunday, June 8. The nine parties who were included in the voting list are “Fydybasta,” “Nykhas,” “United Ossetia,” “Motherland,” “Unity of the People,” “People’s Party,” “New Ossetia,” “Unity” and the Communist Party of the Republic of South Ossetia. […]

The issue of energy security once again became one of the most discussed subjects after the statement made by Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the European Council. At the end of a two-day summit held in Brussels on March 20-21, he said that the European Union (EU) plans to […]

We all know that the ivory trade costs the lives of tens of thousands of elephants a year. There have been huge campaigns over the last six months, both in the form of protests, celebrity Twitter campaigns and huge coverage in the press, of the fact that the wild elephant will […]

Emirates has been a keen supporter of sport, especially football, for many years now. In their latest campaign we see footballing legend Cristiano Ronaldo face off against Pelé, often hailed as the greatest footballing hero ever. Pelé, who has been a global ambassador for Emirates since January 2014, is seen on board the […]