The European Council on Monday announced a preliminary deal to manage Greek debt without the country defaulting or leaving the European Union. The agreement requires Greece to increase tax revenue, cut costs and implement a number of fiscal regulatory policies . It also includes €35 billion in funding to the country. In its statement, the [...]

Warring parties in Libya have signed a preliminary UN-sponsored agreement on Saturday, agreeing to form a unity government and cease fighting. However, one of the main parties, based in Tripoli, refused to sign the deal. Under the Libyan Political Agreement, signed in Skhirat, Morocco, the country will get a one-year government of national accord with [...]

At least five Chinese lawyers from a human rights law firm were detained on Saturday after being accused for running a criminal syndicate and smear campaign against the Communist Party . The arrests come amid President Xi Jinping’s attempts to discredit the rights defense movement which has been challenging the government through protests and litigation. [...]

A government minister of Tunisia, Kamel Jendoubi, on Saturday announced an increase of 100,000 security personnel to help protect the country from future terrorist attacks. The strengthened security measures include doubling the security personnel at tourist sites, such as beaches, hotels and archaeological sites. The increase follows the UK advisory against all but essential travel [...]

The Vatican City State Tribunal on Saturday delayed the child abuse trial of former papal diplomat Józef Wesołowski due to an “unexpected illness” that resulted in hospitalization. The accused, formerly stationed in the Dominican Republic, is charged with pedophilia and possession of child pornography. Reports that Wesolowski roamed the streets of the Dominican in search [...]

A Belgian court on Thursday found the co-founders of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) not guilty of copyright infringement and electronic communications abuse. According to the Mechelse court , the prosecution failed to prove that co-founders Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Fredrik Neij, former website representative Peter Sunde and website investor Carl Lundström were [...]

Greece’s parliament on Saturday voted to accept the economic reforms rejected by the government last week. According to Greek media reports , the Saturday morning vote was led by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras , who vocally supported voting against accepting the proposed bailout deal in last week’s referendum. The vote by a divided parliament [...]

Israel has decided to open a dialogue with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on an investigation into Israel’s conduct in the Gaza Strip last summer according to a Thursday report by Israeli newspaper Haaretz. An unnamed Israeli official told Haaretz that the ICC has no authority to hear the Palestinian claim because Palestine is not [...]

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signed into law a bill on Thursday to remove the Confederate flag from the state’s legislature. The South Carolina Senate approved the bill Tuesday It was then introduced in the South Carolina House for approval. The amendment states that the only flags allowed on state grounds will be the US [...]

India’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the country’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to open an investigation into the deaths of a number of people connected to a college admission and government job recruitment scandal. The so-called “Vyapam Scam” alleges corruption by members of the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) stating that board members [...]