Day: July 16, 2016

    World leaders are calling for calm as Turkey has become engulfed in a coup attempt by the military against President Erdogan. The situation remains unclear but there have been numerous reports of violence. Officials have been calling for calm and restraint in the Nato-member state but were united in their confusion over the situation. President Barack Obama has expressed his support for the 'democratically elected' government in Turkey, according to AFP news agency. The country is a key Nato ally and is of huge strategic significance. Moscow expressed grave concern about events in the country, and it had instructed officials to help Russian nationals in Turkey return home at the earliest opportunity. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters President Vladimir Putin w...

    The leaders of ASEM, a grouping of Asian and European nations, wrapped up their summit on Saturday with taking a vow to fight terrorism and violent extremism unitedly as well as ensure cyber security for the benefits of the people of two continents, reports bss. "To ensure the continuity of initiatives that evolve from informal dialogue to tangible outcomes, ASEM will focus on areas of common interest like countering terrorism and violent extremism, maritime safety and security, fighting piracy and armed robbery at sea, as well as human and drug trafficking, cyber security and cyber-crime," the leaders said in the declaration that was adopted on the concluding day of the summit. The declaration was adopted by the leaders of the ASEM partner countries as well as heads of Eu...

    A Canadian priest was charged this week for stealing more than half a million dollars (US$400,000) intended for the resettlement of Syrian refugees, and then gambling it away. Amer Saka, 51, a clergyman of the Chaldean Catholic Church -- based in Baghdad -- had allegedly collected the funds from more than 20 donors to support refugees arriving from the war-torn nation, according to local police. "This investigation spanned throughout the province of Ontario, the United States and other countries where refugees were attempting to come to Canada," police in London, Ontario said in a statement on Thursday. Bishop Emanuel Shaleta, head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Canada, told The London Free Press that Saka had called him to say he had gambled and lost all of the money....