Source: BBC Related Stories Q&A: Erdogan and the illicit recordings Turkish PM fury at ‘fabricated call’ Clashes at Istanbul internet protest Turkey’s PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government could […]
Crimean parliament wants to secede from Ukraine, join Russia From the BBC: The Crimean parliament votes to hold a referendum on 16 March in which voters will be asked on […]
Source: Spiegel In mid-November, the Leipzig fire department was called to the property of the Muslim Ahmadiyya congregation, where a garbage can was on fire. Next to it, emergency responders found five bloody pig heads impaled on wooden stakes. The floor had been covered with a blood-red liquid. The police […]
LONDON (CNNMoney) The European Union announced Wednesday it will offer Ukraine an aid package worth at least $15 billion (€11 billion) as the country struggles with dwindling cash and […]
Global Post: PARIS — When 34 percent of surveyed voters admit they agree with the ideas of a political movement that is protectionist, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-Euro, France has a […]
Source: BBC By Bethany Bell, BBC News, Vienna The study found that a majority of women did not report the most serious incidents of domestic violence Continue reading the main story Related Stories Mental abuse ‘should be made crime’ Alarm over scale of abuse of women Russia’s domestic violence nightmare […]
Source: onislam VICTORIA – Making a fusion between Islamic heritage and Australian culture, Australia’s first Islamic Museum has opened its doors to the public to showcase the Islamic culture and […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Lots of stern-faced Western politicians and so-called experts have been asking: what is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s endgame in Ukraine?The presence of Russian troops in Crimea has sent alarm bells ringing in Western capitals, with some people predicting that it is basically a prelude to a full-blown […]
It is President Putin’s first statement on the crisis since Russian troops poured into Crimea Continue reading the main story in BBC Ukraine crisis Day Two as it happenedLive Russia’s […]
Source: CNN Money Oil prices spiked nearly $2 a barrel Monday on escalating tensions in Ukraine, but experts say the world’s need for Russian oil and natural gas — and Russia’s need […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — If a full-fledged war erupts, Ukraine’s military would be dwarfed by its neighbor to the north. In 2012, Russian active armed forces numbered 845,000 versus 130,000 for Ukraine, according to Europa World, an online reference source. And Russia’s defense budget — $78 billion in 2012 — […]
Source: Russia Today The Italian capital may go bankrupt within a few days, says the Mayor, as the government cannot agree on how to fill the city’s $1.17 billion budget […]
Source: BBC The newly appointed head of Ukraine’s navy has sworn allegiance to the Crimea region, in the presence of its unrecognised pro-Russian leader. Rear Admiral Denis Berezovsky was only made head of the navy on Saturday, as the government in Kiev reacted to the threat of Russian invasion. Russia’s […]
Dawn: OTTAWA: The spiritual leader of the world’s 15 million Ismaili Muslims Thursday compared a conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims to Ireland, urging the West to engage both branches […]
Venice looks set to welcome a new Museum of Islamic Art in the heart of the tourist getaway. By Lucia Guarano | Special to Al Arabiya News Venice looks […]
Global Post: Now that Russia has carried out a de facto invasion of Crimea, it’s worth looking at recent history to help understand Moscow’s motivations and what it wants. Not […]
(Reuters) – When Louis Bandak fled the violence in Syria, he sought refuge in the country his grandfather was forced to abandon exactly 90 years ago this week. Bandak, his […]
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian. Laura Smith-Spark and Ingrid Formanek, CNN updated 8:26 AM EST, Thu February 27, 2014 Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) — Dozens of armed men seized the regional government administration […]
Russia Today: Local ethnic Russian ‘self-defense squads’ have taken control of and raised Russian flags over the buildings of the Crimean parliament and government in the region’s capital, Simferopol. Ukraine’s […]
Source: CNN But with tensions in the region high, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered surprise military exercises Wednesday, state media reported. The exercises are “to check combat readiness of armed forces in western and central military districts as well as several branches of the armed forces,” Russian Defense Minister Sergey […]