Russia needs structural reforms, flexible fiscal policies and lifting of sanctions to get out of recession, economists say

The SWIFT system is used by banks to transfer trillions of dollars each day.

Security experts say ISIL had built their redoubts close to civilian homes, but the government said thousands of local families had already fled the area in recent months of fighting.

Trudeau says Assad must go for Syria to have peace

Pence travels to region as fears grow of possible North Korea missile, nuclear tests to commemorate founder

Main topics World Bulletin’s English Desk plans to cover Saturday, April 15, 2017

Moves follows controversial United Airlines episode

Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko announced Thursday that a Kiev court had “frozen” the shares of tycoon Rinat Akhmetov in the Ukrtelecom company and its subsidiary TriMob.

“President John Pombe Magufuli is surprised and very sorry to learn of the news of the death of eight police officers killed last night by armed people,” Tanzania’s presidency said in a statement.

The latest sanctions were Canada’s first against Syria and Assad since 2014 when a conservative government was in office.

TCG Bayraktar will be able to transport 20 tanks, has secondary humanitarian role

Satellite imagery analysis has noted activity at the North’s main nuclear test site ahead of Saturday’s 105th anniversary of the birth of the country’s founder leader Kim Il-Sung.