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Greece intends to keep repaying its debt, a government spokesman said, days after Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis warned it had run out of funds. Gabriel Sakellaridis said Greece would maintain repayments to its EU-IMF creditors for as long as possible. He also rejected the idea of possible capital controls that would restrict money transfers and access to savings. Greece and ...

Russia’s military forces have begun a large exercise involving around 250 aircraft and 12,000 service personnel, according to its defence ministry. The ministry described the four-day drill as a “massive surprise inspection”, to check combat readiness. The tests began on the same day as Nato and some of its partners started an Arctic training exercise. Russia’s actions in Ukraine and ...

Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey is to ask state and territory governments to remove the consumption tax on tampons and other sanitary products. Earlier this month, an online petition asking the government to stop taxing a “bodily function” attracted about 90,000 signatures. Unlike products such as condoms and sunscreen, pads and tampons attract the 10% Goods and Services tax (GST). Mr ...

The Abraj Kudai, will be located in the holy city of Makkah , a city visited each year by more than 15 million Muslims With twelve 44-story towers containing 10,000 rooms, the hotel, will have a total area of 1.4 million square metres £2.25billion project will feature 70 restaurants, whole floors devoted to royalty and one of world’s largest domes The Venetian and The ...

A suicide bomber killed 21 worshippers on Friday in a packed Shia mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, residents and the health minister said, the first attack in the kingdom to be claimed by Islamic State militants. It was one of the deadliest assaults in recent years in the largest Gulf Arab country, where  sectarian tensions have been frayed by nearly two months ...

Oil slipped on Monday as a rallying dollar and concerns of growing oversupply weighed on the market after Saudi Arabia reported its highest crude exports in nearly a decade. Crude oil futures erased early gains of more than $1 a barrel on worries of turmoil in the Middle East after a major advance by Islamic State militants in Iraq and ...

President Barack Obama plans to bar US police from getting tracked armored vehicles, bayonets, grenade launchers, and large-caliber firearms, in response to accusations that law enforcement has become too militarized. After controversy over the policing of high-profile protests in Baltimore, Maryland and Ferguson, Missouri, the White House said Monday that Obama will move to choke police access to military equipment. ...

Saudi-led coalition air strikes resumed against rebel positions in Yemen’s south after a five-day ceasefire expired late Sunday, despite a UN envoy’s calls for an extension of the truce. The humanitarian ceasefire that began late on Tuesday expired at 2000 GMT Sunday with no word from the coalition, which had repeatedly accused the rebels of “violations”, on where the truce ...

A general election in Thailand is to be delayed following a decision by the military government to hold a referendum on a new constitution. The military has been in charge since a coup last year and an election was expected in the middle of 2016. But a constitution re-drafted after the takeover is now to be put to the public. ...

Saudi-led coalition warplanes resumed strikes on rebel positions in southern Yemen on Monday after a five-day ceasefire expired, jeopardising efforts to deliver desperately needed aid. The humanitarian truce ended at 2000 GMT Sunday despite calls from a UN envoy and relief agencies for an extension. An hour later, air raids hit the rebel-held presidential palace in the main southern city ...