Source: Spiegel Why should the citizens of one of the richest countries in the world take to the streets? Fed up with the paternalizing, incompetent leadership of the ruling family, a citizen’s movement is waking in Kuwait, much to the fear of its neighbors in the Gulf. More:
Source: Spiegel Germany has been making false assumptions for decades — at least when it comes to the number of the country’s residents, foreigners and dwellings. More:
Source: Spiegel After barely surviving the darkest winter in decades, Germans are now suffering through one of the soggiest springs in memory. Flooding has led to major damage and one death, and only one corner of Germany can expect any relief soon. More:
Source: LUBP The future of the Taliban is bright in Pakistan. They will not take over Islamabad from where they can deal with the world. No. This will not suit them.The very abbreviation TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) and the concept behind it are bogus. The concept is that there are ‘good’ […]
Source: TOI CAIRO: Egypt could close the strategic Suez Canal to ships from countries like China that are helping Ethiopia build a controversial dam that threatens supply of Nile water to the country, a top opposition leader has said. “The state is capable of holding talks with the countries financing […]
Source: TOI The asteroid that is going to zip past the Earth at nearly 6 million kilometers away tonight is not travelling alone. Nasa scientists tracking the asteroid with the giant Deep Space Network antenna in California have discovered that the asteroid has a small satellite or moon. The asteroid […]
Source: Asia Times: Khomeini’s rebel grandchildren rock the vote Outspoken demands by Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini that former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s candidacy in next month’s presidential vote be restored highlight how, on issues ranging from democracy to women’s rights, several grandchildren of the late revolutionary leader are challenging the […]
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar This is a version of a paper presented this week at the annual conference of the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore. SINGAPORE – Ask Western elites – oh, those were the days, in the 17th century, when the rise of […]
Source: The Local More than 1,000 people took part in multiple anti-capitalist demonstrations in Frankfurt on Friday, targeting among others the European Central Bank and banking giant Deutsche Bank, organisers and police said. More:
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BBC Urdu: و پاکستان کا شہری ثابت کرنے کے لیے شناختی کارڈ کا فارم بھرتے ہیں تو آپ سے ایک سوال پوچھا جاتا ہے جو دنیا کے کسی اور مسلمان ملک میں کسی اور مسلمان شہری سے نہیں پوچھا جاتا۔ آپ سے یہ تو نہیں پوچھا جاتا کہ آپ کی […]
theartofmisinformation.com: By Damir Rafi: the whole of Britain held its breath in the hope that reports of a terror attack were misreported, it soon became clear that two murderers savagely […]
The minister’s statement could have a huge impact on the public. This statement could easily cause them to attack and even murder Ahmadis. The Jakarta Post: As President Susilo Bambang […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Kamran Yousaf Published: May 31, 2013 ISLAMABAD:Prime minister in-waiting Nawaz Sharif has said that a solution to the controversial drone campaign […]
The Jakarta Post: Indonesia’s president has accepted a statesmanship award from a U.S. interfaith foundation that says it hopes to encourage him to promote freedom of worship and tolerance in […]
By Nick Thompson, CNN (CNN) — Remember when woolly mammoths roamed the planet? No? Well don’t worry if you missed the last ice age — scientists have moved one step […]
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has warned that Europe is in danger of being torn apart should it fail to defeat the growing unemployment among youth. “We need to be more successful in our fight against youth unemployment, otherwise we will lose the battle for Europe’s unity,” Schaeuble told a […]
STORY SUMMARY An international “peace” conference to tackle the crisis in Syria is taking shape for next month, but as the preparations for the event are ramping up, so is the level of pessimism. The conference has been preceded by the setting of a number of conditions, by both sides. […]
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch May 28, 2013 US anti-tax evasion legislation known as FATCA – the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – has caused upheaval among the American expat community and dual Swiss-US nationals living in Switzerland where it was agreed in February. “People are very angry and upset but […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Friday 31 May 2013 DUBAI: Bahrain has urged its citizens not to travel to Syria to fight alongside fighters ranged against government forces after a Bahraini youth was killed there in battle, local press reported yesterday. “Supporting the right of the Syrian people to self defense […]