Yemenis inspect a destroyed building in Aden following a Saudi airstrike.
Saudi warplanes have conducted fresh airstrikes on Yemen despite the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the war-torn country. In the most recent attack, Saudi jets targeted an oil truck near the city of Sa’ada. Earlier, four civilians lost their lives as warplanes pounded a school in Hidan district of Sa’ada province.
Human Rights Watch has accused the United States of complicity in the Saudi war on Yemen. The rights group said Washington must be held legally responsible for the unlawful Saudi air raids. Human Rights Watch said the US refuels Saudi warplanes and provide information for Riyadh to hit targets in Yemen.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has condemned the United States for its support of terrorist groups fighting the Arab country. During an interview with Russian media, Muallem also criticized the so-called US-led anti-ISIL coalition. He said Damascus considers many of the coalition's members as supporters of terrorism.
The UNICEF says rights violations against Iraqi children have increased by 75 percent over the past year. The rights abuses include killing and maiming, abducting, recruiting as soldiers and attacking schools. The U-N body said in the 2014-2015 school year, over 650,000 children did not attend schools.
Greece formally defaults on its debts to the International Monetary Fund. The I-M-F has confirmed that Athens has not paid back its one-point-six billion euro debt to the fund. This has raised fears of Greece’s exit from the eurozone. Greece was supposed to pay its I-M-F debts by Tuesday midnight.
Two major rating agencies have lowered the credit ratings of the Greek economy and banking sector. Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit ratings of four Greek banks to Quote "selective default". Fitch cut Greece's credit grade from Triple-C to Double-C.
Russia’s deputy defense minister has accused Western countries and their regional allies of creating the ISIL terrorist group with the aim of toppling the Syrian government. Anatoly Antonov said the Takfiri terrorists have got out of control and are now defying their masters.
A court in the United States has ruled that the country’s National Security Agency can resume collecting domestic phone records in bulk. It also rejected an appeals court verdict against the NSA surveillance program. Earlier, Congress authorized N-S-A to continue spying on US citizens.
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