Source: The Spiegel: Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly said she knew nothing about American surveillance activities in Germany. But documents seen by SPIEGEL show that German intelligence cooperates closely with the NSA and even uses spy software provided by the US. By SPIEGEL. More:
By. Zubair Khan Almost 60 kilometer (km) away in South West of Frankfurt, members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany celebrated the opening ceremony of first ever custom built and […]
Source: LUBP It is not merely the faith or oil that flows out of Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich Arab state and its neighbours are busy financing Wahabi and Salafi militants across the globe. [In Pakistan and Afghanistan, Wahhabi-Salafi ideology has been able to recruit Deobandi (semi-Wahhabi) militants to implement its […]
Immigrants fleeing violence pay people smugglers thousands of dollars to enter Europe through Greece. The exodus includes children, alone and at risk. Their dreams are big, but the reality far different. Story, Irene Chapple. Film, Wojciech Treszczynski. Photo, Giorgos Moutafis Sisters’ tears for broken family Arazu has dressed carefully for […]
Research shows public opinion often deviates from facts on key social issues including crime, benefit fraud and immigration JONATHAN PAIGE TUESDAY 09 JULY 2013 THE INDEPENDENT A new survey for the Royal Statistical Society and King’s College London shows public opinion is repeatedly off the mark on issues including crime, […]
The Netherlands is the eighth happiest country in the world. For the third year in a row, Australia has taken the top prize for being the happiest place to live in the advanced world, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD)Better Life […]
Source: The Local Fugitive Edward Snowden has applied for asylum in a number of European countries including Germany, whistle-blowing platform WikiLeaks said in a statement on their website Tuesday morning. More:
America’s NSA intelligence service allegedly targeted the European Union with its spying activities. According to SPIEGEL information, the US placed bugs in the EU representation in Washington and infiltrated its […]
Source: The Local Pressure is mounting on Germany to ban racial profiling for police checks. A report by the German Institute for Human Rights concluded a change in policy was “urgently required.” More:
Source: LUBP In raids conducted earlier today, Spanish authorities arrested eight suspected members of an al Qaeda network who are allegedly involved in training, funding, and facilitating travel for jihadist fighters to Syria. The network is based in the Spanish territory of Ceuta and in the city of Fnideq in […]
Source: The Economist THE headline stories on one of the Polish papers on June 13th made typical reading. Four people killed when their car ploughed into a shop near Poznan; five dead after their car rolled off the tarmac and into a ditch along a rural road in the northwest. Nine […]
Source: Devex.com The European Union, the world’s largest aid donor, will use this week’s G-8 Summit in the United Kingdom to deliver a strong message on the bloc’s goals: Fairness in trade, inclusive growth, job creation and a push for development.Despite budget constraints that have forced most member states to […]
Source: The Conservative Papers. The incredibly offensive cartoon published last week by Norway’s third largest newspaper, Dagbladet, generated a huge volume of emails to the editor. While we cannot vouch for the language used by all of the complainants, it is a major step to compare this form of protest to the […]
Source: The Local Germany’s interior minister called on Friday for a tougher approach towards immigrants who appear to be in Germany just for the social support system. It was time, he said, to throw people out. More:
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has warned that Europe is in danger of being torn apart should it fail to defeat the growing unemployment among youth. “We need to be more successful in our fight against youth unemployment, otherwise we will lose the battle for Europe’s unity,” Schaeuble told a […]
Source: The Daily Star By SUSHMITA S PREETHA Workers of Outwear Fashions Ltd take to the streets in Sheorapara in the capital demanding better pay and longer maternity leave. They blocked Rokeya Sarani and called on garment workers of other factories to join them. The workers of other factories, however, refused. […]
Source: The daily Beast. A blood-splattered jihadist with a meat cleaver in one hand declaring to a bystander’s smartphone camera “Allahu Akbar” and “we will always beat you” in a pronounced south London accent? While waiting twenty minutes for the police to arrive after he’s taken part in what seemed […]
WARSAW: ARAB NEWS Saturday 18 May 2013 A Saudi preacher is among 14 Muslim scholars from across the globe who will visit the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland next week as part of a Holocaust awareness and anti-genocide program, organizers said yesterday. “This is an opportunity for […]
Source: Spiegel.de Although Burma is shrugging off the burden of five decades of military dictatorship, its transition to democracy is still far from complete. Reform remains precarious, and ethnic violence […]
Source: NY Times: PARIS — After months of difficult negotiations, Serbia and Kosovo reached an agreement on Friday aimed at overcoming ethnic enmities in Kosovo, a former Serbian province. It is a milestone that officials hope will enhance stability in the region and clear a path for both countries to […]