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A federal worker stands with a placard reading "Will Work For Pay" as other federal employees stage a rally to call for a vote on the shutdown. (AFP/ File)

January 25th, 2019 - 07:38 GMT

U.S. Congress May be Near to Ending Govt Shutdown

The Senate will vote on two opposing bills Thursday seeking to reopen the government, but it's uncertain whether either will garner the necessary votes.

On Dec. 19, 2016, Tunisian citizen Anis Amri hijacked a semi truck and killed Polish driver Lukasz Robert Urban before driving into a Christmas market at Berlin's Breitscheidplatz (AFP)

December 19th, 2017 - 03:59 GMT

German Officials Admit Not Being Sufficiently Prepared for Last Year's Christmas Attack

The French government has already been criticized for using state of emergency powers to quell protests by several organizations, including Amnesty International (AFP/File)

November 1st, 2017 - 08:37 GMT

France to End State of Emergency, Keep Controversial Anti-Terror Law

What is a debt ceiling, and why does it matter? The answer in this article. (Shutterstock)

October 31st, 2017 - 12:51 GMT

What Is a Debt Ceiling, and Why Does It Matter?

Relatives gather to look at the dead bodies of ten people including children after a raid on their farms in Bariire, some 50 km west of Mogadishu, on August 25, 2017 (AFP)

August 28th, 2017 - 12:30 GMT

Ten Somali Civilians, Including Children, Reportedly Killed in US Raid

The implementation of VAT in 2018 is expected to increase accounting complexity for businesses in the UAE. (Pexels)

June 10th, 2017 - 02:25 GMT

VAT in UAE: How Will the New Tax Affect Your Accounting?

Abu Dhabi's effective policy response to low oil prices and economic growth were key drivers of Moody's outlook change. (AFP/ Marwan Naamani)

May 28th, 2017 - 12:26 GMT

Moody's Upgrades Abu Dhabi's Outlook to Stable, From Negative

Somali security forces and civilians gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Mogadishu on May, 15, 2017 (Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP)

May 17th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

3 Somali Soldiers Killed While Defusing Al-Shabaab Bomb

The cost of living certainly is going to go up with the introduction of VAT in the GCC, so you have to get ready. (Pixabay)

April 26th, 2017 - 10:56 GMT

Why you need to ask for a pay raise before VAT launch in GCC

The Central Bank of UAE. (File photo)

March 27th, 2017 - 09:03 GMT

UAE federal budget surplus up 130 percent in 2016

Refugees from Syria arrive at the Friedland shelter near Goettingen, central Germany, on April 4, 2016, after arriving from Turkey at the airport in Hanover. (AFP/Swen Pfoertner)

February 28th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Germany to take action after ‘alarming’ number of anti-refugee attacks

Mihael Petrelis glances at the appellate court's decision outside a federal appeals court after it ruled against lifting the stay on U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order imposing a temporary immigration ban on seven Muslim-majority nations in San Francisco, California. (AFP/Elijah Nouvelage)

February 17th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

Trump to defy courts with new travel ban order next week

The Trump administration has said the seven nations – Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen – have raised extremism concerns. (AFP/File)

February 12th, 2017 - 10:25 GMT

Can Trump tweak his Muslim ban to have it reinstated?