Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff attends the ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary since the start of the federal support program for athletes, at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on August 27, 2015. AFP
Brazil has plunged into recession. Official data indicate that the country's economy contracted nearly two percent between April and June compared to the previous quarter. Brazil has the world’s seventh largest economy. But it has been adversely affected by corruption scandals and falling commodity prices.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Europe to formulate a collective response to the refugee crisis. Ban Ki-moon called on European nations to avoid forcing people to return to their crisis-stricken countries. He further announced plans to convene a special meeting to discuss global concerns about migration.
The UN Security Council has threatened South Sudan's warring sides with sanctions if they fail to abide by the truce deal struck on Wednesday. The council also called for the immediate implementation of the ceasefire accord. South Sudan’s violence has killed thousands and displaced over two million people since 2013.
Bahrain’s largest Shia opposition bloc has condemned a bomb blast that has killed a policeman in the capital Manama. Al-Wefaq called on opposition parties to remain peaceful and avoid violence. The explosion in a predominantly Shia district also left at least seven people, including a child, injured.
A US appeals court has overturned a 2013 ruling that declared the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records as illegal. Judges said the plaintiffs had failed to prove they had been targeted for the NSA surveillance. The agency's spying was revealed in 2013 by its former contractor Edward Snowden.
The latest Saudi airstrikes have killed at least 12 people and wounded 28 others in Yemen's Ibb province. Saudi warplanes also targeted the provinces of Sana'a and Shabwah. More than five-thousand people mostly civilians have been killed in Riyadh’s onslaught against Yemen since March 26.
Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani has reiterated that the conflicts in Syria and Yemen can only be resolved through diplomatic means. Larijani rejected as unacceptable resolving the crises in the two countries through secret deals. His remarks came prior to leaving Tehran for attending a conference in New York.
Turkish President Receb Tayyib Erdogan has approved an interim cabinet list proposed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ahead of November the first elections. Davutoglu pledged that the interim government would have all powers of a permanent government until it leads the country to snap elections.
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