Fresh violence erupted Friday in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, a day after armed forces loyal to President Bashar Assad barraged residential buildings with mortars and machine-gun fire, killing at least 30 people including a family of women and children, activists said Fr …
As Germany commemorates the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz, The Local wrtier Miriam Widman explores just how widespread anti-Semitism continues to be in Germany nearly 70 years after the WW2 Jewish Holocaust (5-6 million killed, 1 in 6 dying from deprivation).
The Egyptian authorities have blocked the son of a United States cabinet member and at least five other American employees of two Washington-backed nongovernmental organizations from leaving Egypt in an apparent escalation of a politically charged criminal investigation into …
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A Salafi sheikh in Egypt has reportedly issued a fatwa that buying [or driving] a Chevrolet vehicle is haram because the American brand’s logo looks like the Christian cross.
(Text link to video) Arabs and Jews...working together! :-)
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Israel Hayom: "The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, who sparked outrage with a column he wrote earlier this month suggesting that Israel consider assassinating U.S. President Barack Obama, has resigned, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported Monday.
Michael Short (a senior Age editor): "We have a duty to lead and inspire our young people, in particular.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in January that Russia has no intention to justify its arms sales to Syria.
Arab World has not initiated any private discussions.