Millions of people and dozens of world leaders marched together through Paris Sunday to show their solidarity after three separate terrorist attacks in the French capital that had killed 17 people.
French President Francois Hollande is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Strasbourg on Jan. 11.
Egypt's foreign currency reserves might slide more as the North African country is set to pay back around two billion U.S dollars of its foreign debts this year, economic experts warned on Wednesday.
As the new Republican-led U.S. Congress is inaugurated on Tuesday, many U.S. experts predict that some political battles will be fought in 2015 between President Barack Obama and the Republican Party (GOP).
Whatever else 2014 will be known for, it was not an easy one for Uncle Sam who wrapped up the year with nationwide protests ignited by racial tensions.
Croatia's incumbent President Ivo Josipovic maintained a slim lead in the first round of presidential election by winning 38.48 percent of the votes, compared with his rival Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic's 37.18 percent.
The expected low economic growth combined with the dim world economy prospect are main concerns for Turkey in 2015, experts said on Saturday.
Natural disasters bring vulnerabilities of developing countries into sharper focus. In Asia 2014 has been a whirlwind of typhoons, droughts, floods and the inevitable human devastation they create, leaving behind wrecked economies and lives.
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For a century, the Middle East has been a deeply troubled region, and it has never been truer than it is this year when a group of extremely ferocious terrorists formally established their caliphate of Islamic State (IS) in parts of Iraq and Syria, showing the world how brutal and uncivilized it can be.
Turkey, an energy importing country, has been taking advantage of the falling oil prices to shrink its high current account deficit, experts agreed here on Thursday.
The United States and Cuba announced Wednesday that they have agreed to restore diplomatic relations, in a move to end more than half a century of estrangement between the two countries.
In the most sweeping change in U.S.-Cuban relations in five decades, U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday plans to normalize ties with Cuba in a move that has sparked much controversy in the United States.
The filing of a murder charge against a U.S. serviceman for allegedly killing a Filipino transgender will test Washington's sincerity to uphold Philippine laws and respect the country's sovereignty.
All eyes were on Australia Monday after a gunman took hostages at a Sydney cafe, begging the question of whether Islamist radicals, particularly the Islamic State, could strike the United States. But while the majority of Americans believe an Islamic State attack on the U.S. is possible, some experts said it's unlikely.
December and January are crucial months for the Italian government of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi which faces rush of promised institutional reforms amid pressing economic stagnancy.
The hegemony it has exercised, the inquisition by torture it has practised, and the profound racial inequalities all point to the sheer hypocrisy of the United States as a defender of human rights.
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