Heavy monsoon rains paralyze India's financial center, Mumbai (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Published time: 29 Aug, 2017 23:24 Torrential downpours have been lashing Mumbai since Saturday morning, but inflicted a heavy toll on the city’s beleaguered population and transport infrastructure Tuesday, when the city endured its heaviest rains since 2005. The scheduled high tide frustrated emergency services and rescue operations, creating floodwater depths of up to 5 […]

‘We are going to paralyze this country’: Venezuela’s opposition is starting a 2-day anti-Maduro shutdown

Reuters CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s adversaries are to stage a two-day national strike from Wednesday in a final push to pressure him into abandoning a weekend election for a super-congress they say will institutionalize autocracy in Venezuela. Millions participated in a 24-hour shutdown last week, leaving businesses closed, families behind doors, and streets […]

NATO forced to change rules after Turkey’s spat with Austria threatens to paralyze alliance

The 28 NATO member states have reportedly agreed that military cooperation with non-members can be approved on a country-by-country basis after alliance member Turkey put a veto on Austria’s participation and froze out 40 other partner states in the process. Ankara has had a stormy relationship with Vienna which has repeatedly criticized Turkey’s human rights […]