News archive of May 2017

At least 40 people were killed or wounded in a powerful blast in Kabul's diplomatic quarter early Wednesday, an interior ministry spokesman said, AFP reported.

Concerned that Greece is making international headlines again for all the wrong reasons, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is contacting European leaders in a bid to reverse the negative outlook, which is threatening to derail the government's efforts to regain the confidence of a wary electorate and international markets.

Two Czech nationals who were caught taking photographs of military installations on the northern Aegean island of Lemnos in September 2012 have been sentenced to two-and-a-half years each in prison, according to a court ruling that was made public Tuesday.

A study of 2,000 adults about their ‘holiday sexpectations’ found that 52 per cent of respondents expected better sex whilst on holiday way, but 60 per cent admitted they didn’t. Durex condom company conducted a survey and 40 per cent of people said they are less likely to instigate sex if their partner is on their phone in bed.

South African beauty Candice Swanepoel has returned modelling lingerie just 8 months after giving birth to her first child in early October. The Victoria Secret model, 28, is seen in a raunchy video posted on Instagram for the high profile brand with the caption reading “She’s back”. The sexy blonde is wearing a white lace thing bodysuit in a black and white video.

SOCCER: The Super League disciplinary committee has given PAOK all three points from the abandoned game at Panathinaikos and deduct three points from the Greens' tally in the play-off mini-league and two points from next season's league table. Panathinaikos will also play two home games behind closed doors next season and pay a 41,000-euro fine.

China Cosco Shipping Corporation Limited chairman Xu Lirong is about to arrive in Athens to sign two memorandums of cooperation, both of which are of high symbolic importance to Beijing. Xu will be joined by the head of the Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), the country's biggest port authority.

The fuel market finds itself at the mercy of smugglers and all kinds of illegal activity, as the government - which before the election had pledged 1 billion euros of extra revenues from containing tax evasion in the sector - admitted on Tuesday through Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis that just a few checks are in fact implemented.

Russia had fired 4 Kalibre cruise missiles against positions of they Islamic State near their stronghold in Raqqa. The missiles destroyed heavy equipment and killed fighters that Islamic State had transferred from its stronghold, Raqqa, to Palmyra, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.

Only two weeks before the crucial June 15 EuroGroup, and the rift between the IMF and Germany on how to address the Greek matter appears to be widening.