December 20, 2016 TEHRAN – Iran, Russia, and Turkey issued a joint statement on Tuesday agreeing to try to broker peace talks between Syrian militants and the Syrian government and to expand the ceasefire in Aleppo to other parts of the country. The statement came after foreign ministers of Iran, […]
FAISAL J. ABBAS | Published — Wednesday 21 December 2016 Faisal J. Abbas Monday’s atrocious attacks that targeted civilians at a Christmas market in Berlin and Muslims praying in a mosque in Zurich resemble two sides of the same coin of hatred. Both acts of terrorism should be condemned, […]
By Isobel Leybold-Johnson, Julie Hunt in Basel http://www.swissinfo.ch Foreigners moving to canton Basel City receive a voucher for free German lessons, paid for by the canton – in a scheme that is unique in Switzerland. The aim is to increase integration. But not everyone is making use of the voucher […]
Source: The Independent By Mary Dejevsky There will be claims, in the aftermath, that the anti-Assad opposition was betrayed by its Western backers, and accusations of ‘appeasement’ – but the […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pope Pius IX Quanta cura was a papal encyclical that was prompted by the September Convention of 1864 agreement between the then newly emerging Kingdom of Italy and the Second French Empire of Napoleon III. France had previously occupied Rome with French troops in […]
Source: The Guardian Woyin Karowei Dorgu trained as a medical doctor in Lagos before being ordained. Photograph: Diocese of Southwark By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The Church of England has appointed […]
Source: Reuters By Silke Koltrowitz | ZURICH A gunman who shot three worshippers in a Zurich mosque on Monday evening was a 24-year-old Swiss man with Ghanaian roots and no […]
Source: The New York Times By ALISSA J. RUBIN A Christmas tree is illuminated at the Strasbourg Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, last month.CreditPatrick Hertzof/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images PARIS […]
Source: The Washington Post By Anthony Faiola and Stephanie Kirchner December 20 at 12:15 PM BERLIN — The German capital was on high alert Tuesday as authorities feared one or […]
Source: Time BY Ian Bremmer presidential candidates, Donald Trump made a lot of campaign promises. Though enough voters appear to have liked what they heard to make Trump President, some of those pledges, like deporting millions of illegal immigrants and banning Muslims from entering the country, are unlikely ever to be […]
Source: BBC Russia’s intelligence services are to develop extra security measures for its embassies following the killing of its ambassador to Turkey. Andrei Karlov was shot dead as he gave a speech on Monday in Ankara. The gunman, Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, an Ankara policeman, was apparently protesting at Russia’s […]
Source: The Jakarta Post FadliThe Jakarta Post Batam | Sun, December 18, 2016 | 06:08 pm Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama (center) sits on the defendant’s chair at the […]
Source: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police said Monday that they will take action against groups that use violence to enforce an edict from the country’s leading […]
Source: Associated Press By JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading Israeli think tank on Monday said it has found that Israelis are increasingly losing faith in their government and […]
Source: CNN By Emiko Jozuka and Manny Maung, CNN Yangon, Myanmar (CNN)Myanmar’s treatment of its Muslim Rohingya minority threatens to undermine the region’s security and stability, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister said […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Jacob Salem speaks six languages. Yet if he walked into a typical synagogue service in either of the countries where he grew up […]
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By PEGGY FLETCHER STACK | The Salt Lake Tribune Ryan McKnight hopes to become a Mormon version of Julian Assange, the Australian whistleblowing hacker who […]
Source: Asia Times: The South China Sea — despite all of the controversy, so-called “historical claims” and the growing chances of blood being spilled over it — is the beating heart of Asia’s economy.The rationale for such a statement is straightforward. This vital part of the global commons, home to […]
Source: NY Times By ALEXANDER GÖRLACH Religion in Germany is not a private affair. Government at all levels recognizes religious communities as public institutions, and encourages participation in them — […]
Source: The Local Live updates from Berlin after a truck ploughed into a Christmas market on Monday night, killing 12 people and injuring 48. What we know so far: – A large truck drove into a crowded Christmas market in west Berlin at around 8.30pm on Monday evening. – So […]