Italians worried about the stability of their banks have found a new place to put their money: the state-controlled post office. "Nobody knows where your money is safe today," says Leonardo Galli, a 58-year-old accountant who has resolved to move all his savings out of his bank to a current...

(The Guardian)- A landmark case due to be heard by the high court in Istanbul over alleged crimes committed by Israel during the 2010 aid flotilla to Gaza could be dropped as a result of a bilateral agreement signed in June. The Turkish court is expected to hold a hearing on Wednesday aimed...

(The Washington Post)- Russia’s completion this month of an integrated air defense system in Syria has made an Obama administration decision to strike Syrian government installations from the air even less likely than it has been for years, and has created a substantial obstacle to the Syrian...

(Zaman al-Wasl) Bashar al-Assad appointed Major General Jaiz Swadet al-Hamoud al-Musa as governor of al-Hasakah province on Sunday. Al-Musa succeeds Mohamad Za’aal al-Ali as province governor raising many questions about why this extremely loyal and only recently retired officer was appointed...