Source: The Local The Muslim woman won an appeal before a Berlin-Brandenburg court on Thursday, and is set to receive nearly €9,000 after she was rejected from a teaching job due to her headscarf. The Berlin-Brandenburg court on Thursday ruled on the side of the woman, who was denied a […]
Source: The Local Prosecutors in Frankfurt are investigating two people for making up a crime, after they claimed in a national newspaper that dozens of Arab men rioted and sexually assaulted women at New Year. The claims first appeared in Bild newspaper on February 6th, which described the men as […]
Source: The Local When you receive the urn of a deceased loved one, you generally assume you’re only going home with that family member. But a Regensburg crematorium is suspected of slipping other people’s body parts into the mix. Employees of a crematorium in Regensburg, Bavaria, are currently under investigation […]
Source: The Local Police on Wednesday searched the homes of four Turkish Muslim preachers on suspicion they spied for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, officials said. The imams are accused of reporting on Turkish followers of US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, who Erdogan blames for last July’s failed coup attempt […]
British Humanist Association (BHA) President, physicist and broadcaster Professor Jim Al-Khalili gave the 2014 Voltaire Lecture at Conway Hall, London, on the theme of ‘Lessons from the past: science and […]
Source: The Local The election of Donald Trump to President of the US has awoken fears that the US will no longer be the guardian of European security. If Washington steps back, can Berlin fill the void? After less than a month of life with the Trump administration, it is […]
Source. BBC A 64-year-old woman has successfully given birth to healthy twins – a boy and a girl – in Burgos, northern Spain.The Recoletas Hospital delivered the twins by Caesarean section, the usual method in such rare cases.The unnamed woman had undergone fertility treatment in the US, Spanish media report. […]
Source: BBC Thai police have entered a Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok in a bid to arrest a monk wanted in connection with alleged money laundering.Officers began raiding the site on Thursday after previous attempts were thwarted when thousands of the monk’s devotees turned up in his defence.The […]
Source: CNN In the face of mounting revelations of contacts between his campaign advisers and Russian intelligence, Donald Trump’s best strategy is to come clean: release his tax returns, answer all questions, recuse Attorney General Jeff Sessions from any inquiries and fully cooperate with an independent investigation. That is the […]
Source: CNN President Donald Trump thrived on drama during his campaign — but signs of disarray in a White House beset by controversy and internal tensions are exposing the downside of his signature style. Trump’s fast start is now a memory as intractable controversies bear down on his administration from inside […]
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FEB. 15, 2017 (File) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A United States official said on Tuesday that the US was not necessarily committed to the two-state solution as the sole way out of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sparking criticism from Palestinian officials who upheld that the two-state solution remained the only alternative to […]
Reuters International FEB 15, 2017 – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani takes part in a news conference near the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo (reuters_tickers) BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country sought good […]
Reuters International FEB 16, 2017 By Lin Noueihed and Ahmed Mohammed Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) – Libyan factions have tentatively agreed on an Egyptian-brokered roadmap to heal divisions, Egypt said, though the failure to engineer a meeting between two key figures has cast a shadow on the diplomatic push. The […]
Source:BBC President Donald Trump has lashed out at the US intelligence community and media after new reports of contacts between members of his team and Russia. Mr Trump accused the National Security Agency (NSA) and FBI of giving out information illegally. Some US media say top Trump aides were in […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is considering requiring visitors to turn over their social-media passwords and browsing histories.Mike Blake / Reuters KAVEH WADDELL FEB 10, 2017 “What sites do you visit? And give us your passwords.” That’s what U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly wants foreign visitors to hear […]
Source: Market Watch WASHINGTON—The White House said Tuesday that finding a solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians doesn’t have to include an agreement to establish two separate states, marking […]
Source: Associated Press By SADIE GURMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast this month, he underscored his vow to defend the religious rights […]
Source: The New York Times By AMY HARMON An influential science advisory group formed by the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine on Tuesday lent its […]
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL MELIA NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — After exceeding a city height limit, builders of a mosque on New Haven’s outskirts are wrestling with how to […]