Spain’s unemployment rate jumps to 27 percent More than six million Spaniards were out of work in the first quarter of this year, raising the jobless rate in the eurozone’s fourth biggest economy to 27.2 percent from 26.02 percent in the previous quarter, the highest since records began in the 1970s. The number of...
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Today marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. Was it worth it? Headline: 56 dead and 200 wounded as bomb blasts tear through Baghdad on eve of Iraq War’s tenth anniversary A wave of bombings tore through Baghdad today, killing at least 56 people in a spasm of violence on...
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Tied together by a painful history, Greece and Germany are locked into a new conflict that has reawakened old ghosts. Al Jazeera correspondent Barnaby Phillips travels to Greece to discover why these two countries, tied by history and culture, are now locked into a conflict. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin...
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The Israeli Cabinet recently approved a resolution that rejects the United Nation’s vote to upgrade the Palestinian’s status. Just before the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu purportedly stated that Israel will increase its illegal settlement activity and ethnic cleansing operations in response to what he called “an attack against Zionism.” Cabinet passes resolution...
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Clashes continue between youths and police in Cairo’s Tahrir Square while President Mohamed Morsi attempts to justifies granting himself sweeping powers as being necessary to defend the revolution. Morsi on Thursday issued a declaration granting himself powers that place himself above the judiciary, essentially making himself a modern-day Pharaoh. The Egyptian judiciary has condemned...
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Developments in Egypt take a turn in the wrong direction as President Mohammed Morsi basically makes himself Egypt’s new pharaoh: Egypt’s Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers CAIRO — Egypt’s president on Thursday issued constitutional amendments that placed him above judicial oversight and ordered the retrial of Hosni Mubarak for the killing of protesters in...
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World News Roundup – October 21, 2012 White House denies US, Iran agreed to 1-on-1 talks The White House on Saturday denied a report in the New York Times that said the Obama administration had agreed to one-on-one talks with Iran on its nuclear program. Israel’s vice prime minister responded on Sunday, however, saying...
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Here’s an amazing development from Libya, where protesters stormed the base of a hardline Islamist militia in Benghazi Friday, forcing the group to flee and then setting fire to the military compound. Libyan demonstrators wreck militia compound in Benghazi Hundreds of Libyan protesters forced members of the main Salafist militia out of their base...
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97 Year Old Nazi Arrested in Hungary Hungarian police arrest world’s most wanted living Nazi after being tracked by a Nazi-hunter and captured on camera by a journalist. 97 Year Old Nazi Fugitive Captured Hungarian authorities have detained a 97-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect accused of sending nearly 16,000 Jews to their deaths during...
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Violent clashes have shaken the city of Agrinio in the west. Supporters of the far-right Golden Dawn party fought with anarchists, leaving cars and shop windows smashed, and one person injured. Golden Dawn’s influence is rising. It gained around 7 per cent of the vote in the recent general election. RT’s Jacob Greaves takes...
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