Jimmy Carter: Women’s rights the fight of my life
Atlanta (CNN) Jimmy Carter has seen a lot in his 90 years. As a son of the South, a governor and president, and as a man who spent decades tackling problems […]
Denmark attacks: Police kill gunman suspected in fatal shootings
Story highlights Copenhagen police kill a gunman during a shootout Sunday He’s suspected in Saturday’s deadly attacks at a free speech forum and near a synagogue By Holly Yan and […]
The reality of the current predicament in Kosovo
NOTE BY THE EDITOR: I wrote this article from Kosovo in the year 2000. It has a renewed interest as now-a-days more and more Kosovars are leaving the country (again). The reality of the current predicament in Kosovo by Rafiq A. Tschannen The impressions a traveller receives when visiting Kosovo […]
Watch incredible moment brave elderly woman ‘confronts Islamic State militants and brands them devils’
This is the moment a frail woman apparently confronted Islamic State militants in an extraordinary act of bravery. The remarkable footage appears to show the woman branding the men “devils” during the angry exchange, thought to have taken place in Syria. More…http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/watch-incredible-moment-brave-pensioner-confronts-islamic-state-militants-and-brands-them-devils-10046111.html
The War Next Door: Can Merkel’s Diplomacy Save Europe?
The problem has four syllables: Debaltseve. German Chancellor Angela Merkel can now pronounce it without difficulties, as can French President François Hollande. Debaltseve proved to be one of the thorniest […]
Qatar Foundation calls solidarity walk for students killed in US
Manama: A solidarity walk will be held in Doha on Sunday for the three Muslim students shot dead in the US last week. “In response to the terrorist act committed against three American Muslim students in Chapel Hill in North Carolina in the United States last week, Qatar Foundation calls […]
Switzerland: IMMIGRATION BURDEN : Proportionately fewer refugees on social welfare
The proportion of refugees with a B or F permit dependent on social welfare decreased in 2013 compared to the year before. However, the overall number receiving welfare payments increased […]
Chasing shadows and light in Iran
Marian Reid explores the country’s desert towns, where 3,000 years of generations have adapted to the harsh environment to create a beautiful and timeless world. By Marian Reid In the […]
Shooting at Copenhagen blasphemy seminar
Danish police have said three officers were shot and wounded at blasphemy debate in Copenhagen where the French ambassador was speaking. Two gunmen are said to be still at large. Reports say up to 40 shots were fired outside the venue in the Danish capital. Controversial Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, […]
Gunmen Attack Free Speech Meeting In Denmark
One person is confirmed to have been killed after shots were fired at a meeting held in a Copenhagen cafe to discuss free speech. Three police officers are understood to have been injured in the attack on Krudttoenden cafe in the north of the city on Saturday afternoon. The event had […]
Six Banned Middle Eastern Books You Should Read
Six Banned Middle Eastern Books You Should Read September 23, 2014, By Alexia Underwood, From the column ‘The VICE Reader’ Photo via Wikimedia Since the dawn of the written word, governments and leaders across the world have worked both openly and subversively to keep the views and opinions of writers […]
In Chapel Hill And Across The Country, Thousands Honor Slain Muslim Students
Source: Huffington Post CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Thousands of people gathered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Wednesday to pay tribute to the three young Muslims […]
Former US army sniper pleads guilty to murder plot
Source: BBC A former US soldier who allegedly formed an international band of snipers as mercenaries has confessed to a murder plot in New York. Joseph Hunter, nicknamed Rambo after the hero of the 1980s action films, pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill a federal agent and an informant. The […]
Racism: One in four Swiss residents has xenophobic attitudes
The first in-depth study of racist and xenophobic attitudes in Switzerland has revealed that one in four people has negative opinions of foreigners in general, one in five is hostile to Muslims and one in ten is anti-Semitic. In a series of face-to-face interviews conducted between 2010 and 2014, gfs.bern […]
Palestine schoolgirl freed after 6 weeks in Israel jail
TULKAREM: Israel freed on Friday a 14-year-old Palestinian schoolgirl, whose jailing six weeks ago for planning to attack Israelis became a focus for anger over the arrest of children in […]
Freed Al-Jazeera journalist: Why can’t Canada get me home?
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Mohamed Fahmy, Al-Jazeera’s Canadian-Egyptian television bureau chief freed on bail by an Egyptian judge on Thursday, last night angrily attacked Canada for mistakes which he said have left him trapped in Egypt and alleged “epic negligence” on the part of his television employer. Speaking emotionally […]
Robert Fisk: The curious tale of the Swedish Soviet spy and the sheltering Druze ‘We’ll never forget your support for the cause of the Soviet people and our common struggle against imperialism’
More than 20 years ago, Walid Jumblatt, the Lebanese Druze leader, admitted to a Swedish diplomat that he hid a Soviet spy – a Swedish intelligence officer – near his […]
A meeting of minds in Cairo: Billion-dollar arms deal on table as Putin and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seek closer trade links and alliance against ‘terror’
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Vladimir Putin arrived in Egypt last night for talks with his Egyptian opposite number on new roubles-only trade deals, the sale of billions of dollars’ […]
The merchandizing of Mecca
BULLDOZING MECCA FOR LUXURY CONDOS BY NICOLE PANOC Most of Mecca’s historic sites have been razed, replaced by new hotels, luxury malls, and high-rises. Here, a glance at the “merchandizing […]
Media freedom index: Pakistan ranks 159 out of 180 countries
ET: PARIS: In its annual evaluation, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders ranked Pakistan 159 out of 180 countries where media freedom suffered a “drastic decline” in 2014. World media freedom suffered due to the insurgence of extremist groups such as the Islamic State and Boko Haram, the evaluation found. “There […]