John Simpson World affairs editor 24 December 2015 From the sectionWorld Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionMany migrants have headed for Germany Migrant crisis EU migration: Crisis in graphics Merkel’s demise greatly exaggerated Will Germans embrace or shun refugees? In depth report As winter has approached, the apparently ceaseless flow of migrants heading […]
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Source: AFP and Yahoo News January 2, 2016 The Vatican signed the accord in June, just over two years after the Roman Catholic Church recognised the Palestinian territories as a sovereign state […]
Source: Religion News Service CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Attacks on Jews and Muslims in London, including assault and harassment, have soared by more than 60 percent over the past year, police statistics […]
Source: BBC It may not be the kind of place you would expect to stumble upon a mosque, but Muslims have lived among the forests and lakes of Lithuania for […]
An inquiry into allegations of murder, abuse and torture by British forces between 2003 and 2009 could result in prosecutions. 05:02, UK,Saturday 02 January 2016 skynews.com British soldiers may face prosecution for war crimes, an inquiry head says Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share by […]
FOR A BETTER FUTURE: Migrants gather in Victoria Square, where migrants and refugees found temporary refuge, in central Athens on Friday. (AFP) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published — Saturday 2 January 2016 ATHENS: Bitter cold, biting winds and rough winter seas have done little to stem the seemingly endless flow of […]
Harry, who gave up job in the City to join Kurdish forces, says fears of prosecution won’t keep him off the frontline Harry, who uses the pseudonym Macer Gifford, returned to Syria in early December to fight against Isis. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian Ben Quinn Friday 1 January […]
Source: BBC By Tharik Hussain Keturiasdesimt Totoriu, Lithuania It may not be the kind of place you would expect to stumble upon a mosque, but Muslims have lived among the […]
31 December 2015 From the sectionEurope SPIEGEL.DE Image copyrightEPAImage captionMrs Merkel’s pre-recorded speech is to be broadcast on Thursday evening German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to use her New Year’s speech to urge Germans to see the influx of refugees as an opportunity for the future. Warning against support […]
Françoise Frenkel’s book ‘Rien où poser sa tête’ has been rescued from obscurity. Robert Fisk celebrates an extraordinary writer, and her story which has a mystery at its heart. Robert Fisk @indyvoices Tuesday 29 December 2015 German-occupied Paris, 1942. The Jewish population were forced to wear the yellow […]
Source: China Daily For the first time, Merkel’s New Year’s speech, which centers around the current refugee crisis this year, has been translated into Arabic. The version with Arabic […]
Source: Pulitzer Center BY NICK SHINDO STREET A light rain was falling as young men and women — some in hip European street clothes, others in hijabs or ankle-length robes […]
Source: Buzz Feed News ISTANBUL — Çamlıca Hill rises over Istanbul, reaching nearly 1,000 feet above the sea. Pronounced chamli-ja, it is the city’s highest point, overlooking the Bosphorus strait […]
Dec 31,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB Offering greetings, whether when meeting someone in the morning or on the occasion of a holiday, is a voluntary affair. Just like one cannot legislate morality, one cannot force people to say “Hello”, “Good morning”, “Merry Christmas” or even “Happy holidays”. But […]
As many as nine planes belonging to Qatar’s ruling family had landed in Switzerland over the weekend because of suspected health emergency Image Credit: AP FILE – In this Oct. 23, 2012, file photo, Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani waves to the crowd as he and and […]
Norway’s Minister of Immigration and Integration Sylvie Listhaug. (AP) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published — Wednesday 30 December 2015 STOCKHOLM: Norway’s center-right government on Tuesday proposed tightening the country’s asylum rules to avoid what the immigration minister described as “violent consequences” for the country’s welfare system. ADVERTISING 2 The measures, which […]
At the Grande-Synthe camp, children are forced to play in the mud as a sanitation crisis looms Adam Lusher Wednesday 23 December 2015 286 comments Mohammad Faiq, four, plays outside his family’s tent at the Grande-Synthe camp, near Dunkirk, yesterday Justin Sutcliffe In front of a tent pitched beside a […]
Voices Syria’s war is complicated – but the refugee crisis is not How is it that Lebanon and Jordan – smaller, less-wealthy nations – are able to take in more refugees than the whole of Europe put together? Rachel Shabi @rachshabi The child of Kurdish migrants stands outside a tent […]
theguardian: by Kevin McKenna — Across government, business and financial institutions, incompetent men continue to thwart the progress of talented women How will we know when true gender equality is achieved in the British workplace? Perhaps there is an index running, even now, which measures gender equality with a range […]