2015-10-13

Real Economy

Jobs and skills: making the match

Europe’s population is ageing and fewer young people means a shrinking workforce in the future to support it. People will have to work longer, hard

13/10/2015

Business Series

Investors turn to precious metals as safe havens

Welcome to Business Middle East. This week we are taking a look at commodity prices. There is a ray of hope for the price of oil and precious metals

13/10/2015

Japan

Japanese tug-of-war over the fate of Okinawa US air base

The governor of Japan's southern Okinawa island has revoked a permit allowing the relocation of a US military base farther away from residents upset about its presence.

13/10/2015

USA

Playboy magazine to stop publishing naked pictures

Playboy magazine will stop publishing pictures of naked models after deciding that the approach was no longer working following an explosion of

13/10/2015

Kosovo

Kosovo opposition MP freed by police after violent street protests

Kosovo MP Albin Kurti has been released by police after being detained for questioning over last week’s incident in parliament when he set off a tear

13/10/2015

Syria

Syrian Kurds accused of 'war crimes' - Amnesty International

A Syrian Kurdish militia has driven out thousands of non-Kurdish civilians from areas they have captured from ISIL militants. That’s the accusation

13/10/2015

Syria

US airdrops military supplies to Syrian rebels

US forces have airdropped small arms ammunition and supplies to Syrian Arab rebels as part of a revamped American strategy. It’s barely two weeks

13/10/2015

Germany

Germany: PEGIDA slams Merkel over refugee influx

Not all Germans are welcoming refugees with open arms. And as thousands marched in Dresden in support of the ‘anti-Islamisation’ PEGIDA movement on

13/10/2015

Turkey

Election rallies are suspended in Turkey following bombing

A commemoration has been held outside the main railway station in Ankara in remembrance of the victims of Saturday’s suicide bombings. Officially the

13/10/2015

USA

In US 2016 election campaign, ‘climate change’ deeply divisive issue

13/10/2015

Sport

Slovakia and Russia book Euro 2016 spot as England complete perfect campaign

Slovakia pipped Ukraine to second place in Group C of the Euro 2016 qualifiers after they beat Luxemburg 4-2 on the final day of action whilst their

13/10/2015

Israel

Netanyahu vows 'knife terror' won't beat Israel as stabbings multiply

The pace of Palestinian stabbing attacks in Israel escalated on Monday, with Jerusalem the focus of violence. As night fell, an Israeli soldier was

13/10/2015