Chad

Yesterday Paris hosted a mini-summit to discuss Europe's most important current problem, the migrant issue. Four continental powers - France, Germany, Italy and Spain - were the European participants. France, hosting the summit, also invited the leaders of Chad, Niger and Libya to discuss the matter.

Thousands of Italians have marched through Rome in support of the rights of refugees after clashes between migrants and police exposed rising hostility towards recent arrivals in the country, according to The Guardian. 

Getting Europe's migrant crisis under control will be the main focus of a summit of Europe's 'big four' continental powers hosted on Monday by French President Emmanuel Macron, who has invited three African nations to the talks in Paris, reported Reuters. 

Qatar's foreign ministry on Thursday announced the embassy for Chad was closed in retaliation for Chad's decision to cut diplomatic ties. Qatar gave personnel 72 hours to leave the country, Anadolu Agency reported.

After banking on neglect, hostility and mistreatment to discourage a steady trickle of migrants, the new French government was ordered by France’s highest administrative body to do better this week and at least provide water and toilets to the people.

New details on the causes that led to the brutal beating and death of American tourist Bakari Henderson, 22, at a bar in Laganas on the Greek island of Zakynthos are coming to light. Information suggests the attack was racially motivated following the testimony of the blonde Serbian woman involved in the incident.

Two Americans were killed last week while fighting with US-backed Kurdish YPG units near Raqqa, ISIS’ de facto capital in Syria.

Syria Army - Illustration

Serbian cameraman Miodrag Stojicic, who works for Italy's RAI, has told a Belgrade daily about his work in the war zones in Iraq and Syria.

Every year, the world’s economies lose billions of dollars to tax avoidance. Estimates of the sheer scale of the losses fluctuate wildly with the IMF reporting that around $600 billion is lost due to profit shifting every year.

Every year Mercer, one of the world’s top Human Resources (HR) consultancy companies its quality of life Index, providing details on the quality of life in cities around the globe. On the opposite side of the spectrum are those places that would be the worst places to lice in.