According to study carried out by Washington DC based Center for Economic and Policy Research, under guidance of Mark Weisbrot, CEPR and Jeffrey Sachs, economics professor, Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University, New York, US and EU sanctions have cost some 40,000..…

“China will not stand idly by and be forced to take countermeasures should the US deploy intermediate-range ground-based missiles to this part of the world,” said director of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Arms Control, Fu Cong. . ..…

Not Just Weinstein The Year #MeToo Rocked and Shocked Jewish World was the title of Haaretz article that reviewed the number of Jews involved sex scandals that year.. ..…

Allison Jaslow, who served as the executive director of the DCCC, announced her resignation at an all-staff meeting, according to Politico. ..…

But Christian Fuscarino, the director of Garden State Equality, told News 12 that the law is being misunderstood — and in some cases, deliberately misrepresented... ..…

Transgender students are covered by Title IX and United States Constitution and are entitled to the same rights and protections as every other student, Legislative Director and Senior Counsel Cathryn Oakley said in statement.. ..…

Beirut - The cancellation of concert by Lebanese Mashrou 'Leila from the program of International Festival of Byblos continues to fuel mobilizations and controversies that also involve Churches and religious authorities in Country.. ..…

China is playing a more positive role in the multilateral trading system, taking globalization toward the direction of more inclusiveness and benefit for all, said World Trade Organization Director General Roberto Azevedo. . ..…

Trump's announcement on Twitter came after the director of intelligence, Sue Gordon, resigned. ... Under the law, Trump needed to name new acting director from the senior staff of the agency. ..…

Jewish Voice for Peace executive director Rebecca Vilkomerson earlier said “(w)e’re enormously proud to stand with over 30 Jewish organizations worldwide to say no to…harmful definition(s) of anti-Semitism and yes to human rights and the freedom to protest.” . ..…

Zafar Bangash, director of Toronto-based Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought, outthat UNHCHR decision to look into Kashmir resulted in part from UK-based petition with strong backing from Canadians resulting in some 50,000 signatures worldwide. ..…

And to prepare the people's mind for its implementation, Director-General, Plateau Peace Building Agency, had opted for ranching pilot scheme in keying into National Livestock Transformation Plan of Federal Government. ..…

But Bob Sallinger, director for Audubon Society, said the law would weaken the exact protections Brown had earlier vowed she would defend.. ..…

Majid Sadeghpour, who lives in Falls Church, Virginia, has been OIAC’s political director since 2012. ..…

The candidates include some controversial figures from the last four decades of in the country — former cadres of Soviet-backed of the 1980s, mujahedin from the war that erupted in the early 1990s, and members of Taliban regime that ruled from 1996 until 2001.. ..…

July 9, 2005 update Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed, director-general of Al-Arabiya television, accuses the British government of being complicit in the 'covenant of security.' ..…