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By Rafiq A. Tschannen on December 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

LIVE: Police preparing ‘immediate action’ in west of Germany

The Local news@thelocal.de 21 December 2016 Photo: DPA German police are searching for a Tunisian man whose ID document they found in the truck which attacked a Berlin Christmas market on Monday, German media report. 12.15pm A report in Bild suggests that the Polish man found dead in the passenger […]

By Zubair Khan on December 21, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

China ‘striving for new world order’

Source: ET BEIJING:  In 2004, it overtook France. In 2005, it surpassed the United Kingdom. A year later it left Germany behind. In 2009, it dethroned Japan. And now it has set its sights on the No 1 spot. Never before in history has a country achieved such an unprecedented […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on December 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Flowers, press and police surround Berlin terrorist attack site

Police, journalists and onlookers were scattered around the damaged Christmas market the day after the terrorist attack. DW’s Ben Knight joined them. Police, many of them armed with automatic weapons, kept themselves warm on Tuesday by ordering people away from their red and white plastic cordoning tape. Keeping a tight […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on December 21, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Iran, Russia, Turkey agree to broker Syria peace talks

  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, […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on December 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Connecting the dots: Ankara, Berlin and Zurich

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 Rafiq A. Tschannen on December 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Where migrants can get free language lessons

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 […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on December 21, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

We have to accept that Assad will win in Syria – and the West should be ashamed of how we drew the conflict out

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 […]

By Zia H Shah on December 20, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Quanta Cura, Encyclical of Pope Pius IX: Reflecting Total Lack of Religious Freedom

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 […]

By rabyam on December 20, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Church of England appoints first black bishop in 20 years

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 […]

By rabyam on December 20, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Zurich mosque gunman was Swiss, no Islamist link: police

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 […]

By rabyam on December 20, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Christmas Markets Are Beloved Tradition, but a Challenge to Protect

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 […]

By rabyam on December 20, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Berlin on high alert as Christmas market attacker may still be at large

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 […]

By rabyam on December 20, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

What 5 Political Promises Say About the State of the World

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 […]

By rabyam on December 20, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Russian ambassador killing: Moscow to boost security at embassies

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 […]

By rabyam on December 20, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Police detain man for alleged blasphemy after Facebook post

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 […]

By rabyam on December 20, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

INDONESIA POLICE: EDICT AGAINST CHRISTMAS ATTIRE ISN’T LAW

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 […]

By rabyam on December 20, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Survey: Israelis increasingly losing faith in government

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 […]

By rabyam on December 20, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Malaysia: Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis a threat to regional stability

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 […]

By rabyam on December 20, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

The nation’s first deaf leader of a Hillel aims to make Judaism accessible to all

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 […]

By rabyam on December 20, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

New website plans to showcase leaked Mormon documents

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 […]

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