By Katrin Kuntz, Onur Burçak Belli and Emin Oezmen (photos) Emin Ozmen/ DER SPIEGEL The civil war is escalating in southeastern Turkey, with the government pledging to stamp out militant Kurds. Young Kurds, who used to hurl stones and Molotov cocktails, are now fighting on the front lines in several […]
By Horand Knaup, Peter Müller, René Pfister and Christoph Schult AP Angela Merkel has held six meetings with the Turkish government in the hopes of forging a solution to the refugee crisis. But with most of the leverage in Ankara, progress has been slow. Worse yet, Berlin’s plan has split […]
National News Related Articles Two 15-year-old Palestinians killed by IOF near Jenin, West Bank PNN/ Bethlehem/ Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Sunday afternoon have shot a third Palestinian east of Bethlehem, following two children who were killed near Jenin, northern West Bank. Na’im Safi (17) from Al-Obeidiya town north of […]
German chancellor Angela Merkel will struggle to pull the deal she wants from her European partners. Photo. Roland Weihrauch/dpa Published: 14 Feb 2016 08:43 GMT+01:00 Abandoned by France, defied by eastern Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel cuts a lonely figure in her struggle for EU “solidarity” on the refugee crisis […]
FEB 14, 2016 – 18:38 Burkhalter (left) previously attended bilaterial meetings with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January. (Keystone) The foreign ministry announced Sunday that Switzerland will represent the interests of Saudi Arabia in Iran, and those of Iran in Saudi […]
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman receives Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter and his delegation at the Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Sunday. (SPA) ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 14 February 2016 RIYADH: Switzerland has agreed to handle Saudi Arabia’s consular affairs in Iran, Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir […]
By Reuters – Feb 13,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A man walks past the debris of a passenger minibus after it hit a mine near Marinka on Wednesday (AFP photo) MUNICH — Violence in eastern Ukraine is intensifying and Russian-backed rebels have moved heavy weaponry back to the front line, […]
Feb 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Aleppo today is frightening almost beyond description and comprehension. One of the world’s ancient centres of civilisation is bombed and sieged, its inhabitants tortured and starved to death, and hundreds of thousands of fleeing refugees do not know if they will […]
The British attitude towards language is one of the reasons we’d be hopeless at terrorism Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Thursday 21 January 2016 167 comments When the Spanish come over here, they speak English with a slight Spanish accent. Is it any wonder we get annoyed with Europe? Getty At last […]
Voices I have long nursed the suspicion that Taliban units, Isis and government militias are not fighting about religion or government at all, more about mafia power Robert Fisk @indyvoices 5 comments An Afghan militia man stands guard in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015. AP […]
Source: Tribune A Muslim man, while browsing the online NikeiD store, found out on Thursday that the retail athletics giant does not allow the words ‘Islam’ and ‘Muslims’ to be […]
Source: Science Alert A new record for the fastest ever data transmission rate between a single transmitter and receiver has been set by researchers in the UK, who achieved a […]
Source: World Religion News Newly appointed bishops are being instructed by the Catholic Church that they are not obligated to report any accusation related to clerical child abuse. The latest notification […]
FULL VIDEO: @POTUS on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. https://t.co/MgqEeftDp3 — The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 14, 2016 Source: BBC One of the most conservative members […]
On 13th Feb 2016 Saturday a Peace Symposium on the topic “The Devastating consequences of a nuclear war and the critical need for absolute justice” was organized by The Ahmadiyya […]
By Saeed Qureshi With a backlog of the double-digit defeat in the New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton bounced back with a renewed vigor and robust confidence during the sixth debate […]
Watch a video in CBS Source: CNN By Jamie Gangel, Bill Mears, Evan Perez and Kevin Bohn U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died at the age of 79, […]
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India: Karnataka Muslim Girl Tops Ramayana Exam With 93% Kevin Mendonsa | TNN | Feb 12, 2016 MANGALURU: Here’s a good example of religious tolerance in a district often troubled by the lack of it -Fathimath Rahila of Puttur has secured the first place in the Ramayana Exam. The class […]
Source: The National Interest A meme is gaining traction within American government and media, and it goes like this: The conflicts of the Middle East aren’t about religion. Jihadist violence? […]