Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Thursday unveil what is being billed as Britain's biggest programme of investment in the armed forces since the end of the Cold War. In a speech to lawmakers in parliament, Johnson will announce an extra £16.5 billion ($22 billion, 18.5 billion euros)...

In the first three quarters of 2020, global debt increased by $15 trillion to reach $272 trillion as the pandemic forced businesses to shut and pushed people out of jobs. After a large surge in the global debt-to-GDP ratio (from 320% to 362% year-on-year in the first half), the increase in...

The central city of Homs has paid a very high tax from the victims since the revolution erupted in March 2011. The city that the Syrians considered as the capital of their revolution also meant a lot to Bashar al- Assad’s regime. The sectarian mix inside the city, in...

France on Wednesday launched the fifth generation, or 5G, of mobile networks, with the first activation of frequencies going live for users who had signed up for its use. The service is limited to areas where companies have set up 500 antennae used in test phases and only in nine of...