Source: Stratfor: By George Friedman Founder and Chief Executive Officer Last week was spent obsessed with Gaza. In the end, nothing changed. A war was fought without an Israeli ground assault but with massive air and rocket attacks on both sides. Israel did not have the appetite and perhaps the […]
VIENNA: SULTAN AL-TAMIMI ARABNEWS Tuesday 27 November 2012 OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu yesterday emphasized the importance of cultural and religious tolerance to promote global peace. “It should be given a […]
The Local At least 14 people were killed on Monday when a fire spread through a workshop for people with disabilities in southern Germany. Seven more are said to have been injured. More:
The Local: A dog owner got a nasty shock when their four-legged friend discovered a 20cm-long African giant Emperor scorpion while out for a stroll. More:
By Matt Hill of The Telegraph Only political stubbornness, not popular support or irreconcilable differences, prevents the two-state solution from working, argues Matt Hill. The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas […]
Speaking ahead of an address to Indian students in Delhi, the London Mayor said new rules introduced last year by ministers to slash the number of bogus colleges sent out […]
businessinsider.com: Angela Merkel sought to ease the concerns of Germany’s Jews Sunday over a disputed ruling against circumcision as she became the first chancellor to address the Jewish community’s annual council meeting. […]
Source: The Local “Yolo,” short for “you only live once” has been voted the most popular new German youth expression of the year, the second time in four years that a word derived from English has won. More:
Source: The Local Angela Merkel has tried to ease the concerns of Germany’s Jews over a disputed court ruling against circumcision, becoming the first chancellor to address the Jewish community’s annual council meeting. Read More:
By Zubair Khan In his address during the 23rd Majlise Shoora, conducted on 24th and 25th of November-2012, of Majlis Ansarullah Germany ( sub organisation of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community consisting of Male members having age of 40 and onwards) Mr Chaudhry Iftikhar, the national President of Organization declared that Ansarullah […]
Source: The News.com.pk via YASMEEN AFTAB LONDON: Britain’s House of Lords member Lord Gilbert on Friday stunned peers by suggesting that a neutron bomb could be used to create a “cordon sanitaire” in troubled border regions such as the one between Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to media reports, the member […]
Daily Times: * Critics say The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue could be used by Riyadh to spread Wahhabism and divert attention from human […]
LONDON (CNNMoney) — European finance ministers concluded a marathon meeting Wednesday without finalizing the details of a debt-reduction package for Greece. The absence of an agreement endangers the release of the next round of Greece’s international bailout package, funding the country needs to remove the threat of bankruptcy and […]
Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Austrian Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Michal Spindelegger and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo will launch the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) in Vienna on Monday. “The opening ceremony of the KAICIID […]
Taliban shooting victim Malala, 15, is set to make Britain her permanent home after having a bullet removed from her spine Teenager’s father offered job by consulate in Birmingham Everyone in the Yousufzai family is currently on a tourist visa She has been treated at UK hospital after a bullet […]
Express Tribune: LONDON: A 16-year-old girl is thought to have become the first person to speak from the House of Commons despatch box in the British parliament while wearing a hijab, The […]
Reviews of Swiss asylum centres and procedures have found more space and centralised coordination is needed. While most accommodation was seen as adequate, one transit location at Geneva airport was […]
Mayors and local councillors in the Netherlands are facing rising levels of violence. According to a new report, 61% of Dutch mayors have been the victims of violence or aggression. More than half of the Netherlands’ local councillors have had similar experiences. The threats, intimidation and violence perpetrated by disgruntled […]
The National Post: The entire Christian calendar is based on a miscalculation, according to Pope Benedict, who claims in a book published Wednesday that Jesus was born several years earlier […]
by Clare O’Dea, swissinfo.ch No other European country sends as few convicted violent criminals to prison as Switzerland. With the penal code due to be reformed, questions are being raised about whether the criminal justice system is serving the country well. Take a sample case of aggravated bodily assault. On […]