Boris Johnson, the former foreign secretary, UK said people in burkas looked like “letter boxes” or “bank robbers”. The criticisms that have greeted his remarks were obvious. The Equality and [Read more]
Turkish Airlines started flights to Freetown, as its 52nd destination to be served in Africa. Beginning today, new direct flights to Freetown (Sierra Leone) also bring the total countries and [Read more]
Terrorism has been one of the oldest favourite past times of some people from time immemorial. The UN used the following political description of terrorism, as “Criminal acts intended or [Read more]
The recent ban on what many will see as the aptly named BURKINI swimwear has become a tilting point in the history of France. There is no doubt that France [Read more]
The Austrian authorities say at least 20 migrants have been found dead in a lorry near the eastern border with Hungary. The number of dead could be as high [Read more]
A British doctor performed female genital mutilation on a young mother after she gave birth in hospital, a court has heard. Dhanuson Dharmasena, 32, is accused of carrying out the [Read more]
The German government has ordered the expulsion of a CIA official in Berlin in response to two cases of alleged spying by the US. The official is said to have [Read more]
When Karamba Diaby finished third in his party’s state primaries last February, the result catapulted him into the national spotlight. Now, after Sunday’s federal elections here, Mr. Diaby’s place in [Read more]
As a loving couple about to embark on married life, it helps if the bride-to-be knows her fiance’s name. Unfortunately when Nigerian Chinedu Amadi turned up at a register [Read more]
Adopted twins Teyolla and Keyolla Loux do everything together. Teyolla and Keyolla even married together. The Loux twins married the Crow twins, Eric and Shawn. Teyolla married Shawn, and Keyolla [Read more]
ROME – Some of Italy's top politicians on Saturday rallied behind the country's first black minister after a spectator threw bananas at her while she was making a speech. Integration [Read more]
Francois Hollande defeated French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a presidential runoff Sunday, signaling a shift to the left as the country and Europe fight to dig out of a weak [Read more]
German President Christian Wulff resigned in disgrace today, finally bowing to pressure and a lack of trust on the back of months of revelations about blurred lines between personal, business [Read more]
Culled from UNHCR, Geneva This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Sybella Wilkes – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, [Read more]
It is a premiere for Germany. Never before have artefacts from Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba in Mecca, been on display in the country. A new exhibit in Berlin’s famous Pergamum Museum traces history on the Arabian peninsula from the birth of civilization to the 20th century. [Read more]
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