A whole ‘Turkey’ to join world population by end of 2019
ISTANBUL Published 22.12.2019 There will be some 7.75 billion people living on Earth on New Year’s Eve, about 83 million more people than the year before, Germany’s Foundation […]
Turkish protesters march in support of Uighurs after Ozil comments
Dec 20, 2019 – 21:50 ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters marched in support of China’s Uighurs in Istanbul on Friday and voiced solidarity with Arsenal midfielder Mesut […]
Pope and U.N. chief appeal for environment, religious tolerance
Dec 20, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appealed for nuclear disarmament, environmental protection and religious tolerance. The pope […]
Trump Imposes Sanctions to Stop North Stream 2 – but it is too late
by Dave Keating, Contributor Donald Trump last night signed into law sanctions from the U.S. Congress against companies involved in constructing a new gas pipeline between Russia and Germany. But […]
No nation, including Malaysia, safe from sanctions, Dr M says after Iran, Qatar hit
Saturday, 21 Dec 2019 BY SYED JAYMAL ZAHIID KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 ― Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad cautioned a gathering of Muslim world leaders here today of the threat […]
Merkel’s Response to US Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Tantamount to ‘Declaration of War’ on Trump – Bild
11:50 20.12.20!( by Svetlana Ekimenko The US Senate passed a $738 billion defence bill for the 2020 fiscal year on 17 December that includes punitive sanctions against Nord Stream 2 […]
Europe must avoid self-fulfilling pessimism
Dec 19,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – ANA PALACIO MADRID — Over the last decade, the requisite year-end reflections and predictions have become increasingly bleak. This pessimism is understandable: Inequality has been […]
How do dictators retain power, even when reviled and mocked by those they govern?
Modern-day despots wish to be blessed for their extravagant genius. But, Robert Fisk asks, what are we to make of this lunacy? And do they really believe their own hype? […]
Turkey’s Erdogan meets Libyan leader as regional tensions rise
By AFP – Dec 15,2019 – JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al Sarraj in Istanbul on Sunday, just days after […]
Landmark forum seeks ‘better answers’ to refugee response
International Geneva Global Refugee Forum Landmark forum seeks ‘better answers’ to refugee response By Simon Bradley Dec 16, 2019 – 06:00 The first-ever “Global Refugee Forum” opens in Geneva on […]
ISRAEL HAYOM NEWS: ‘ Roots of Islamic terrorism run deep ‘
Editor’s Note: Yes, we should know and read what the Israelis are taught by their ‘scholars’. Here an article from Israelhayom.com Yoram Ettinger Yoram Ettinger is a former […]
Why are we letting the defence industry hijack the EU?
Source: The Guardian By Apostolis Fotiadis Away from public scrutiny, France is pushing Europe into prioritising increased arms spending over political alliances Wed 11 Dec 2019 For three years now, […]
Switzerland: Outright burka ban faces opposition in parliament
Dec 12, 2019 – 16:45 A campaign for a n outright burka ban in public collected enough signatures for a nationwide vote in 2017. Parliament is opting for a […]
Conservatives win Wakefield for first time in nearly 90 years
Friday 13 December 2019 Wakefield has its first Conservative MP since 1931, after a shock general election result saw Mary Creagh kicked out of the traditional Labour safe seat. […]
First Ahmadi Muslim Elected as MP in UK
Source: Social Meida as shared by Dr Basharat of Germany History was made tonight as the first Ahmadi Muslim was elected MP and will take his seat in the House of Commons on Monday. He will join Lord Tariq Ahmad, the other Ahmadi Muslim who sits in the House of […]
Election results 2019: Boris Johnson returns to power with big majority
Source: BBC Boris Johnson will return to Downing Street with a big majority after the Conservatives swept aside Labour in its traditional heartlands. With just a handful of seats left to declare in the general election, the BBC forecasts a Tory majority of 78. The prime minister said it would […]
Turkey urges Islamic cooperation to help needy Muslims
December 08 2019 ISTANBUL-Anadolu Agency Turkey’s president on Dec. 8 urged Muslim countries to work harder together to help millions of Muslims facing economic hardship. “21 percent of the population […]
Migrant hailed after rescuing man in wheelchair from fire
Spain could give residency to undocumented hero Gorgui Lamine Sow from Senegal Reuters in Madrid Wed 11 Dec 2019 Spanish authorities are considering giving residency to an undocumented migrant […]
BOOK OF THE DAY: The Far Right Today by Cas Mudde review – an alarming new mainstream
India, the US, Brazil … a study of the journey of far-right populists from the fringes to the heart of the world’s democracies Paul Lewis @PaulLewis Email Thu 12 Dec […]
Gunman goes on rampage at Czech hospital, kills six, himself
Source: Dawn PRAGUE: A gunman killed himself on Tuesday after shooting dead six patients at a hospital in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava, in what the premier has called “an immense tragedy”. The attacker gunned down people at close range at the trauma ward of the Faculty Hospital in […]