By Hubert Gude and Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt spiegel.de Quelle: Instagram Islamist extremist Harry S. wasn’t in Syria for long. But during his stay there, he claims, Islamic State leaders repeatedly tried to recruit him to commit terror attacks in Germany. Security officials believe he could be telling the truth. […]
Tribune: UNITED NATIONS: A coalition of human rights groups on Wednesday criticised Britain for weapons transfers to Saudi Arabia, saying arms sales to Riyadh would violate a global treaty regulating trade in munitions. The British government rejected the criticism, saying it was in full compliance with its treaty obligations. Control Arms […]
theguardian: by Daniel Hurst — In rebuke to Tony Abbott, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells argues ‘megaphone politics’ could jeopardise Australia’s relations with neighbours such as Indonesia Concetta Fierravanti-Wells also chides MPs who indulged in a ‘public flogging’ of Australia’s grand mufti. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP A federal government frontbencher has warned against “simplistic” […]
Rosie Scammell | December 10, 2015 | 22 Comments VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican has said that Catholics should witness to their faith but not undertake organized efforts to convert […]
COP21: How one word nearly killed the climate deal ‘It took hard work, grit and guts’ Joby Warrick Paris A young woman is one of thousands of people demonstrating in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The final draft of the agreement at COP21 has received a largely positive […]
By swissinfo.ch and agencies DEC 8, 2015 – 16:26 European Court of Human Rights found that the Swiss authorities’ action had been justified (Keystone) The European Court of Human Rights has decided that the Swiss authorities did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights when it expelled an 18-year-old […]
DEC 13, 2015 – 15:54 A Syrian refugee hangs laundry in a camp in Turkey, home to an estimated two million Syrians who have fled their country (Keystone) Swiss migration authorities are negotiating an agreement wherein Turkey would take back refugees who had travelled to Switzerland via their country, according […]
Dec 10,2015 – Jordan Times – Emma Bonino Europe’s so-called refugee crisis should never have become an emergency. Accommodating 1 million asylum seekers should not be a huge challenge for the European Union — an area with 500 million citizens that welcomes more than 3 million immigrants every year. Unfortunately, […]
Voices ‘Criminals’ are our chaps, while ‘terrorists’ are dark-skinned Muslims Robert Fisk @indyvoice 73 comments How do we decide who’s a terrorist and who’s just a criminal? PA Cops and reporters have a lot in common. Both are students of human folly. They have an osmotic-parasitic relationship. And so I […]
RENEWABLE ENERGY How to get heat from the bottom of a lake By Luigi Jorio, Geneva OCT 7, 2015 – 11:00 Lake Geneva: a source of heat and cold for several large buildings (Reuters) Switzerland’s biggest lakes have a high potential for creating energy. Their waters can cool structures in […]
Source: Huffington Post By Lynne Peeples; Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post After two weeks of tense talks, word-wrangling and marathon overnight meetings, diplomats in Paris agreed to a global […]
AP/dpa For years, a sense of disillusionment has been growing on the right. Now, the refugee crisis has magnified that frustration. Increasingly, people from the very center of society are identifying with the movement — even as political debate coarsens and violence increases. By SPIEGEL Staff Martin Bahrmann, a local […]
Interview by Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Christoph Scheuermann Andrew Testa / DER SPIEGEL Turkish author Elif Shafak is concerned about polarization in her country: “Erdogan is, in my eyes, the most polarizing politician in recent Turkish political history.” Turkish author Elif Shafak sees her country as a “wobbly democracy,” increasingly […]
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Federal Court rejects school headscarf ban DEC 11, 2015 – 15:33 School authorities appealed a cantonal administrative court decision that gave the green light to wear the headscarves. […]
SOUTH AMERICA’S DEMOCRACIES ‘The perfect system does not exist’ By Claudinê Gonçalves DEC 11, 2015 – 15:00 In Appenzell, a rural region of eastern Switzerland, decisions are still taken by the annual open air assembly – a landmark of Swiss direct democracy (Keystone) The Swiss system of direct democracy is […]
Reuters International DEC 11, 2015 – 13:48 By Emmanuel Jarry and David Stanway PARIS (Reuters) – Efforts to craft a global accord to combat climate change stumbled on Friday with China and many other nations refusing to yield ground, forcing host France to extend the U.N. summit by a day […]
By Anand Chandrasekhar with input from Pradyot Debbaraman, The Northeast Today DEC 10, 2015 – The watch was purchased at an auction and is now in the Jaeger-LeCoultre museum (Jaeger-LeCoultre) […]
Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The continuing stream of recent terror attacks against targets in several countries across four continents continues to vex governments and other institutions that seek desperately to counter and eventually stop this dangerous trend. The evidence of policy actions and new research […]
By JT – Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah addresses the Mediterranean Dialogue conference in Rome on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday said the Arab world and Europe are so connected that they “rise or fall together”. […]
By Hasher Nisar; Senior Fellow – Humanity in Action; Student at Middlebury College Source: Huffington Post The humanity and compassion of mankind are tested in times of uncertainty and fear. […]