Washington Post: Come nightfall, a bucolic farming village begins to buzz with unusual activity. Shadowy figures emerge from olive groves, clutching small suitcases. Cars crowd the winding rural road collecting […]
By Muzaffar K. Awan, M.D., Grand Rapids Michigan, USA In the contemporary world, the relations between people of the world are becoming more cordial as territorial borders are becoming less important in a globalizing world. Also, the people around the world increasingly share some common universal values such as the […]
Franc24: REUTERS – The number of jobseekers in France rose for the 14th month in a row in June to hit its highest level in nearly 13 years, adding pressure on the new Socialist government, which has made fighting unemployment a top priority. Labour ministry data released on Wednesday showed the […]
By RFI France on Wednesday accused Korean carmakers of unfair competition as it announced a programme of subsidies to revive the troubled French car industry. The boss of PSA Peugeot-Citroën welcomed the government’s announcement of aid to clean car producers. Read More.
By MUDDASSAR AHMED AL ARABIYA NEWS Wednesday, 25 July 2012 Earlier this month, British journalists and editors submitted the report, Race and Reform: Islam and Muslims in the British Media, to the Leveson Inquiry. Led by Lord Justice Leveson, appointed last year by Prime Minister David Cameron, the Leveson Inquiry […]
Source: BBC Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou has been expelled from her country’s Olympic team over comments she posted on Twitter which were deemed racist. Papachristou was due to compete in the London 2012 Games, which officially start this Friday. But the Hellenic Olympic Committee said her posts mocking African […]
Source BBC The surface of Greenland’s massive ice sheet has melted this month over an unusually large area, Nasa has said. Scientists said the “unprecedented” melting took place over a larger area than has been detected in three decades of satellite observation. Melting even occurred at Greenland’s coldest and highest […]
Daily Telegraph: Philip Tartaglia, the current Bishop of Paisley who has voiced his opposition to legalise same-sex marriage, appeared to suggest David Cairns’s death was connected to his sexual orientation. […]
By DAVID MAC DOUGALL Source: Associated Press MercuryNews.com Finland. How do you observe dawn-to-dusk fasting when there is neither dawn nor dusk? It’s a question facing a small but growing […]
by Ariane Gigon, swissinfo.ch More Swiss cemeteries are setting aside special Muslim plots, but controversially these remain largely empty, with older Muslims preferring to be buried in the land of […]
Reuters: Perhaps the text messages foreshadowed what was about to happen in Pakistan. One in June telling him his services as a London taxi driver would not be needed. A […]
Source: CNN Watch more about Olympic Security on “Connect the World” on Friday at 8p.m. GMT, and watch the inspiring “Caging Terror” documentary Saturday at 9.30a.m., 7p.m. and 10.30p.m. GMT and Sunday at 2.30p.m. GMT. London (CNN) — In the shadow of London’s Olympic stadium, home of the Summer Games, […]
Russian TV: Wealthy tax evaders, aided by private banks have exploited loopholes in tax legislation and stashed over $21 tn in offshore funds, says a report. The capital drained from […]
The church should not dictate to the state. And the state has no business — none — dictating to the church. If you disagree with that, or if you still […]
Two Swiss travellers that were held hostage by the Taliban in Pakistan for eight months will not be asked to pick up the tab for their repatriation back home – […]
Bradley Wiggins became the first British rider to win the Tour de France as Mark Cavendish claimed his fourth consecutive final-stage victory. Wiggins, 32, finished in the chasing peloton in […]
French president says Vel d’Hiv round-up of Jews to Nazi camps was a ‘crime committed in France by France’. The French president, François Hollande, admitted that the round-up and deportation […]
The next five years are going to raise fundamental questions about Britain’s relationship with the EU. Those in power usually look after their own interests better than anyone else’s. The […]
. By Zubair Khan Contents and Photos by Naeem Nayyar. Head of Majlis Ansarullah Germany Ch Iftikhar hoisting the flag of Ansarullha and national head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany, Mr Abdullah Wagishauser hoisting the German Flag. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany is comprised of 3 sub organizations. Majlis Ansarullah, being […]
by Gaby Ochsenbein in Neuchâtel, swissinfo.ch Of the roughly eight million people living in Switzerland, 1.8 million are foreigners, largely excluded from the political process. Immigration expert Gianni d’Amato tells […]