Ireland Reconsiders Its Constitutional Ban on Abortion
Source: The New York Times By SINEAD O’SHEA DUBLIN — An assembly of Irish citizens convened by Parliament is considering changes to one of the most divisive policies in the […]
Austrian minister calls for headscarf ban for public servants
Source: Reuters Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Integration Sebastian Kurz said on Friday he wanted to ban public servants, including school teachers, from wearing the Islamic headscarf. Kurz, of […]
EU break-up no longer unthinkable, German Vice Chancellor says
REUTERS BERLIN EPA Photo Germany’s insistence on austerity in the euro zone has left Europe more divided than ever and a break-up of the European Union is no longer inconceivable, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel told Der Spiegel magazine. Gabriel, whose Social Democrats (SPD) are junior partner to Chancellor Angela […]
Police suspect Norway asylum centre fire was arson
NTB/The Local news@thelocal.no 6 January 2017 Police did not reveal what led them to suspect arson. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix Police suspect that a fire at an asylum centre in Gibostad in Troms county in the early morning hours of Thursday was arson. The fire broke out in […]
Macedonia’s ethnic Albanians demand country declared bilingual
ASSOCIATED PRESS SKOPJE, Macedonia Three ethnic Albanian political parties in Macedonia adopted a joint platform Saturday that demands a larger say in the country’s affairs in return for their support in forming a coalition government. Elections held last month gave the ruling conservative VMRO-DPMNE party 51 seats in the 120-member […]
Europe’s new ‘indispensable nations’
Jan 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Joschka Fischer After the shock of the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum and Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States in 2016, this will be a decisive year for Europe. Upcoming parliamentary elections in France, Germany, the Netherlands and possibly Italy will decide whether […]
‘Germany must remain Germany’: Bavarian leader drafts tough migrant policy proposals – report
Published time: 8 Jan, 2017 © Leonhard Foeger / Reuters 12 A charter reiterating strict German migration limits and calling for new Turkey-like refugee agreements with third countries is reportedly being drafted by the leader of Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU). Horst Seehofer, the leader of the CSU and close […]
Holy Big Mac: Vatican’s first McDonald’s opens
Source: The Guardian Fast-food franchise opens on Borgo Pio, just steps away from St Peter’s Basilica, despite outrage from some quarters A sign for the Vatican’s first McDonald’s restaurant, seen […]
Search for next bishop of London raises prospect of female appointment
Source: The Guardian C of E decision over who to recommend for post will revive controversy in diocese divided over ordination of women St Paul’s Cathedral is the seat of […]
Real Housewives of Isis: ‘They want Muslims to be offended, but we aren’t’
Source: The Guardian BBC2 sketch has been criticised as ‘morally bankrupt’ but many say satire is British tradition and can help fight terrorism Real Housewives of Isis – a sketch […]
‘I’m an American and I was racially profiled in Berlin 23 times’
Source: The Local American journalist Sandhya Kambhampati was stopped by police 23 times within her first nine months of living in Berlin. Now she’s investigating racial profiling in Germany – and is looking for others to share experiences.The first time 24-year-old Sandhya Kambhampati was stopped by an officer in Berlin, […]
The swedes ditching desks to work from strangers homes
Source: BBC By Maddy Savage 6 January 2017 It’s 13:30 and 28-year-old Mårten Pella’s smartphone starts pinging, a signal that it’s time for us to stop working around his living […]
Ahmadiyya Women organised a Christmas party for the residents of St. Marks Court Care Home at in Gateshead
Source:ChronicleLive. Co.UK. On 24th December women of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (Tyne & Wear) organised a Christmas party for the residents of ST. Marks Court Care Home at Gateshead. Food, including sweet mince pies, samosas, onion bhajis, cakes, halwa, were all available at the event, with the Ahmadi ladies setting the […]
Merry Christmas to the 300 million Orthodox Christian brothers and sisters; celebrating on Jan 7
This video is from 2013 Epigraph: Muhammad, thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is […]
U.S., European weapons used to commit war crimes in Iraq – Amnesty
Reuters International JAN 5, 2017 Shi’ite fighters gather to fight against Islamic State militants in al-Fatha, northeast of Baiji, October 18, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (reuters_tickers) ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Militias fighting alongside Iraqi troops against Islamic State are committing war crimes using weapons provided to the Iraqi military by […]
Turkey nightclub attack: Police ‘detain several Uighurs’ in raids
Source: BBC Turkey has arrested a number of people of Uighur ethnicity over a deadly nightclub attack that killed 39, the state-run news agency reports. Those detained are believed to […]
North Sea islanders gifted late Christmas surprise by storm Axel
Source: The Local A cargo ship on its way from China to Bremen lost some of its freight in heavy storms on Wednesday – to the delight of children on the island of Langeoog. Thousands of plastic eggs containing toys washed up on the beaches of the island off Germany’s […]
This is the reason why we don’t dwell on Turkish deaths in the West
If a democratically-elected dictator wants to act as a conduit in a neighbour’s civil war, what does he expect but massacres in his own major cities? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Monday 2 January 2017 Turkey is alone. First, we’ll take a look at the racist reasons for this. If 39 men and […]
Breakup of EU and NATO could avoid World War III
By Paul Craig Roberts The Brexit Vote? What does it mean? Hopefully, a breakup of the EU and NATO and, thereby, the avoidance of World War III. The EU and NATO are evil institutions. These two institutions are mechanisms created by Washington in order to destroy the sovereignty of European peoples. […]
François Fillon, Embracing His Catholicism, Challenges France’s Secular Tradition
Source: The Wall Street Journal When French presidential contender François Fillon marked the Feast of the Assumption last summer, he attended Mass at Solesmes Abbey, a Benedictine monastery known for […]