Marine Le Pen under investigation for misuse of European Union funds

 Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right National Front party, has been charged in connection to the party's alleged misuse of funds from the European Parliament.

Militants from “Euphrates Shield Operations” turn themselves over to Syrian Army units in Aleppo countryside

Members of an armed group affiliated with the so-called “Euphrates Shield Operations” turned themselves over to units of the Syrian Arab Army along with their weapons and vehicles upon reaching areas controlled by the army in Aleppo province’s northern countryside to have their legal status resolved and benefit from the amnesty decree.

Saudi denies threatening UN over blacklist

Saudi Arabia on Thursday denied threatening to cut-off humanitarian funding to pressurize the United Nations into removing the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a blacklist of child rights violators.

UNESCO establishes fund to restore Palmyra

 Permanent Delegate of the Russian Federation to UNESCO Eleonora Mitrofanova announced on Tuesday that the organization established exceptional fund to return the situation in Palmyra city to normal.

Obama administration: ‘Cuban Twitter’ discreet, not covert

WASHINGTON D.C.: -The Obama administration denied on Thursday that a secretive program allegedly used to foment unrest and unseat the communist government in Cuba was covert.

The Associated Press revealed the existence of the U.S.-backed social media network, known as ZunZuneo – Cuban slang for a hummingbird’s chirp – in a report on Thursday. The program was run through shell companies and financed using a Cayman Islands bank account, according to the Associated Press’ (AP) investigation.