The casualties were reported just one day after Damascus said five soldiers were wounded in another attack Two civilians were killed in an Israeli air raid targeting Syria’s capital, state media reported, noting that missiles also struck the country’s southern region. The assault came amid a flurry of similar strikes in recent days, which left…

There was no other way to make debt and foreign trade settlements, according to the regulator The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) explained on Friday why half of the country’s foreign currency reserves were being held abroad, which enabled their seizure by Western governments.

Various experts have been barred from government-sponsored events for criticizing the cabinet or the prime minister, the paper says At least 15 British government departments have been engaged in a deliberate social media and internet profiling campaign against public experts in various fields, to prevent critics from speaking at cabinet-sponsored events, the Observer reported on…