International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde says that all austerity-hit Greeks should help to improve their country’s financial situation by paying their taxes. "I think they [Greeks] should also help themselves collectively…by all paying their tax," IMF chief Christine Lagarde said during an interview with The Guardian. Lagarde also said that the IMF does not plan on altering its stance towar ...

The governor of the US State of Kansas, Sam Brownback, has signed a bill aimed at blocking Islamic law in the state’s courts and government agencies. The bill, which will take effect July 1, will keep courts, administrative agencies or tribunals in Kansas from using Sharia or Islamic law when making decisions. The bill was approved earlier this month by the state Senate and the House of Representatives, and ...

NUJ has only "three weeks [of] running costs". Britain’s National Union of Journalists is now just three weeks away from bankruptcy and could shed one fifth of its staff to tackle the problem, a leaked report says. The document seen by Journalism.co.uk shows the NUJ is "facing a severe financial crisis" as it has only around £300,000 in cash which “amounts to three weeks running costs,” The report from NUJ’ ...

The vigilance of the Lebanese leaders and officials, particularly those of Lebanon's political parties, will foil the conspiracies of the enemies." Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has called on the Lebanese nation and different factions in the country to exercise vigilance against enemy plots. “The vigilance of the Lebanese leaders and officials, particularl ...

A top Chinese official has cancelled his visit to Britain in reaction to a earlier meeting between British Prime Minister David Cameron and Tibet’s spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Head of China’s parliament, Wu Bangguo was to have travelled to Britain this month, but he cancelled the visit after the British premier hosted Dalai Lama, a source told AFP on condition of anonymity. Following Dalai Lama’s meeting w ...

Afghanistan’s parliament has approved a recently signed security pact between Kabul and Washington, which extends the US presence in the war-torn country to another decade beyond 2014. The deal allows the US military to stay in Afghanistan for at least another decade after 2014, when most foreign forces are planning to pull out of the country. Around 180 Afghan lawmakers voted for the pact on Saturday and o ...

Imported urea is more expensive than furnace oil, and easily available in. LAHORE: Pakistani fertiliser manufacturers have urged the government to save precious foreign exchange resources by buying locally manufactured urea instead of purchasing it from international markets. The government should immediately stop importing urea in the country, as domestic stocks are available to cover the current season’s ...

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sits in court on May 5 at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay. WASHINGTON: A photograph of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed architect of the 9/11 attacks, that has recently circulated on the Internet has been digitally manipulated, Pentagon officials said on Friday. The picture, which shows Mohammed with a long bushy gray beard holding an open book and smiling, had raised co ...

Col. Kayanja Muhanga, the commander of the Ugandan Battle Group eight of AMISOM (left), directs his forces during a gun battle as his group crosses a bushland in Mogadishu Security agencies have warned of a terror threat in the East and Central African region as the month of May ends. According to reliable security analysts in the Central African region, there is heightened threat of a terror attack in the ...

The (Syrian) Government asserts that such groups are active in the country, as do some opposition groups. The al-Nusra Front has claimed responsibility for at least six of the recent bombings." UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that the footprints of "established terrorist groups" can be seen in the recent bomb attacks in Syria. In a letter to the Security Counci ...