July 06, 2015 - Page 3

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday told Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras he supported Greeks in overcoming the “difficulties” they faced after their resounding ‘No’ to creditors’ bailout terms, the Kremlin said.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday called for talks on resolving Greece’s debt crisis to not focus only on austerity but also on strategies to boost growth. “We have been urging

Islamic State group fighters attacked a town near their de facto Syrian capital Monday in a bid to recapture it from Kurdish and Arab rebel forces, a Kurdish spokesman said. “IS launched

Greece Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, on Monday announced his resignation after Greeks voted ‘no’ to eurozone debt management plans referendum. He said Athens through social media that Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, judged

A Portuguese actor humming a prayer as he meditated to a sacred Tibetan text on board a plane awaiting takeoff from Paris, was mistaken for a terrorist by alarmed passengers and taken

Police in the Armenian capital on Monday routed anti-government protesters who had blocked the city’s main thoroughfare for several weeks over a hike in energy prices. Riot police detained dozens of protesters

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said they were going to push for community-based HIV testing in an effort to end the AIDS epidemic

Spain was on maximum alert for wildfires on Monday on the second day of a new heatwave that sparked a forest fire in the northern region of Aragon over the weekend. “Extreme

The Kaduna State Police Command, on Monday said it had arraigned 115 street gang members, locally known as “Yan Sara-Suka” for allegedly terrorising communities in the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Zubairu