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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani holds a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican as part of a three-leg European tour. The meeting was held behind closed doors on Tuesday on the second day of Rouhani’s trip which has already taken him to the Italian capital Rome. During the 40-minute meeting, the two sides brought about common spiritual values and highlighted the good state of relations between the Holy See and Iran. They also discussed measures to be undertaken by the nuncio for promoting the dignity of human being and religious freedom in Iran. The pontiff called on Iran and other regional countries to find political solutions to ongoing problems in the Middle East and to combat the spread of terrorism and arms supply to terrorist groups operating in the region. Rouhani and the Pope highlighted the importance of interreligious dialogue and the responsibility of religious communities in promoting reconciliation, tolerance and peace. Rouhani also presented the ponti

China warns George Soros: Don’t go to ‘war’ against our currency China’s official newspaper warned billionaire investor George Soros not to bet against the Yuan in a front-page opinion piece, as China tries to boost confidence in its home currency, also known as the renminbi, which has dropped 5 percent since August. “Soros’s war on the renminbi and the Hong Kong dollar cannot possibly succeed – about this there can be no doubt,”  said the  article  titled  “ Declaring war on China’s currency? Ha ha,”  published by People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party.  The opinion piece is an attempt to convince investors that the renminbi is still a safe choice despite the currency’s 5.7 percent tumble since August. Meanwhile, China’s central bank has been dipping into its foreign exchange reserves and spending hundreds of billions of dollars trying to halt the currency’s slide. READ MORE: Prosecutors ban Soros Foundation as ‘threat to Russian national

Israeli defence minister accuses Turkey of buying IS oil Israel's defence minister has accused Turkey of buying oil from the so-called Islamic State group, thereby funding the militants' activities. Speaking in Athens, Moshe Yaalon said IS had "enjoyed Turkish money for oil for a very, very long period of time". Turkey denies permitting IS smuggling, and the US recently rejected Russian allegations that Turkish government officials were in league the militants. IS has captured swathes of Syria and Iraq, including operational oil fields. "It's up to Turkey, the Turkish government, the Turkish leadership, to decide whether they want to be part of any kind of cooperation to fight terrorism," Mr Yaalon told reporters after a meeting with his Greek counterpart. "This is not the case so far. As you know, Daesh [Islamic State] enjoyed Turkish money for oil for a very, very long period of time. I hope that it will be ended." Mr Yaalo

Early History The ports of Carthage, seen from the north Carthage was founded as a Phoenician colony near modern Tunis. After the fall of its mother-city  Tyre in 585, Carthage became the leader of the Phoenician colonies in the west and founded an informal but powerful empire, which is known for its almost perennial struggle against the Greeks of Sicily  and the Romans. In the  First Punic War  (264-241; the greatest war in Antiquity), the Carthaginians lost Sicily to the Romans, and although their general  Hannibal Barca  tried to reverse the situation in a Second Punic War, the decline had already started. The Romans sacked Carthage in 146 after a Third Punic War, but later, they refounded the city, which again became prosperous. According to the Greek historian Timaeus of Tauromenion, Carthage was founded in 814 or 813; another author, Justin, suggested 825. For some time, these dates seemed to be contradicted by the results of excavations, which all suggested that the oldes

Israeli defense minister says ISIS funded with ‘Turkish money’ Israel’s defense minister has alleged that the Islamic State terror group has long been funded with “Turkish money.” "As you know, Daesh (Islamic State, previously ISIS/ISIL) enjoyed Turkish money for oil for a very, very long period of time. I hope that it will be ended,"  Moshe Yaalon told reporters in Athens on Tuesday after meeting his Greek counterpart, Panos Kammenos, Reuters reports . "It's up to Turkey, the Turkish government, the Turkish leadership, to decide whether they want to be part of any kind of cooperation to fight terrorism. This is not the case so far ," he said. Yaalon’s counterpart, Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, made similar statements, saying that a large part of the Islamic State’s oil trade, as well as the financing of terror, is going through Turkey. Earlier, Russia had accused Turkey of shady dealings with ISIS. In December, the Russian Defense Minist