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French politicians will no longer be able to hand out jobs to family members, after a parliamentary vote. Employing ‘immediate family members’ will be punishable by fines of €45,000 and up to three years in prison under the new law. That means no hiring of spouses, children, or parents. And politicians who wish to employ […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has endorsed a bill ratifying a protocol to the 2015 agreement between Moscow and Damascus regulating the deployment of the Russian Air Force in Syria for 49 years. The protocol signed by Russia and Syria in January 2017 regulates issues related to the deployment of the Russian Air Force on Syrian […]

Are bosses going too far when they use spy software to track employees’ every keystroke? Apparently yes, according to a ruling by Germany’s highest labour court on Thursday. The Federal Labour Court ruled on Thursday that evidence collected by a company through keystroke-tracking software could not be used to fire an employee, explaining that such surveillance violates […]

The airline, the latest to suspend service to the South American country, had originally said the suspension was to be starting Aug. 16 Avianca will suspend its Venezuela flights from today (Thursday, July 27), ending service abruptly to the crisis-ridden country instead of withdrawing on August 16 as announced yesterday (Wednesday). Avianca was operating to Caracas […]

Former culture minister Cho Yoon-sun gets suspended jail term A Seoul court sentenced Kim Ki-choon, the former chief of staff to former President Park Geun-hye, to three years in prison Thursday for his role in drafting a “blacklist” of artists critical of the government. The Seoul Central District Court handed him the jail sentence after […]

Iran’s launch on Thursday of a rocket it says can deliver a satellite into space was a provocative action that violates a U.N. Security Council resolution as well as the spirit of the Iran nuclear deal, the U.S. State Department said. “We consider that to be continued ballistic missile development,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert […]

More than 100 injured as Israeli forces fire tear gas on worshippers re-entering holy after two weeks of protests. More than 100 Palestinians have been injured as Israeli forces fired tear gas, stun grenades and sound bombs at worshippers who returned to Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first time in nearly two weeks. As […]

The new round of US sanctions against Russia is “extremely cynical,” President Vladimir Putin said, accusing Washington of using its political advantage for business purposes. If the US implements new sanctions against Russia, “it will be particularly regrettable because this would be an act of aggravation and exceptional cynicism,” Putin said. “It’s an obvious attempt [by the […]

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) A police officer was arrested on Thursday on charges of smuggling the families of Islamic State (IS) elements from Nineveh governorate to Salahuddin governorate, the Ministry of Interior said. “The arrest was based on intelligence information as security forces ambushed the police officer on a road lining between Baiji and Tikrit cities while […]

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Wednesday that the group was close to defeating Nusra Front militants in the battle along the Syrian-Lebanese border. “We are in the face of a very big military victory,” Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech. The militants have “effectively lost” most of the land they held […]