Value Added Tax (VAT) has been introduced in the United Arab Emirates for the first time. The 5% levy is being applied to the majority of goods and services. The Gulf state has long attracted foreign workers with the promise of tax-free…
British Prime Minister Theresa May has dismissed concerns about Donald Trump’s mental fitness, saying the U.S. president acts in what he sees as the best interests of his country. A new book by journalist Michael Wolff quotes prominent Trump advisers as questioning…
WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order late Wednesday disbanding his own election integrity commission after less than eight months, saying he didn’t want to waste taxpayer money fighting with state governments over their voter data. But the co-chairman of the panel,…
North Korea said it has reopened a cross-border communication system with the South after the North’s leader Kim Jong Un said on New Year’s Day that his nation is willing to send a delegation to next month’s Winter Olympics in South Korea The South’s Unification…
Three cars on an Amtrak passenger train derailed near the Savannah, Ga., station Wednesday night, according to a railroad spokesman. There were no reports of injuries. The Silver Meteor train traveling from Miami to New York was backing up at slow speed into…
Ellen Page, who became a LGBT hero when she came out in 2014, is now a married woman. The 30-year-old star of Juno, Inception and the recent remake of Flatliners wed Emma Portner, who teaches contemporary jazz at the Broadway Dance Center in New York. Page posted the news…
WASHINGTON – President Trump’s critics say his Twitter diplomacy is bad enough – but nuclear diplomacy by tweet could have explosive consequences. A Tuesday night post all but threatening to blow up North Korea – the highlight of a striking 16-tweet day in which…
President Trump had to battle the courts and vocal opposition, but by the end of the year, he was able to slash refugee admissions into the United States to historic lows. From Inauguration Day to Dec. 31, his administration accepted 29,022 refugees, the…
Iran has been rocked by its most significant anti-government protests since a disputed presidential election in 2009. Six days of unrest across the country have resulted in more than 20 deaths and hundreds of arrests. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused the country’s enemies…
In a serious driving accident this Friday on the road between Rostov and Sochi in Russia, a student of the Moscow Jewish University, Shalom Shapira was killed. Another student, Shimon Nisanov was injured and remains in serious condition. Both of them attended…
