Op-ed: the healing power within the EU
For Long, the EU has been known as the glue that holds the Schengen countries and the east side together. Before the Pandemic started...
France says stance on radicalism distorted, not anti-Islam
France's foreign minister said during a visit to Doha on Thursday that his country's policies against extremism had been misrepresented and were not Islamophobic...
61% Nations put democracy or human rights under threat during pandemic
More than six in 10 countries around the world have adopted measures during the Covid-19 pandemic that threaten democracy or human rights, a report...
France pushes law against ‘pernicious ideology’ Islamist radicalism
The French government defended draft legislation clamping down on Islamist radicalism on Wednesday as a "law of freedom" after a torrent of criticism from...
US envoy airs concerns as France targets radical Islam
The US envoy on international religious freedom on Tuesday voiced concern about ally France, warning against "heavy-handed" measures as President Emmanuel Macron targets radical...
‘No plausible way’ Christchurch mosque shooter could have been detected
New Zealand police and intelligence services made a string of errors ahead of last year's Christchurch mosques attack, but may not have been able...
UK vaccine set to begin with queen in line for jab
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within weeks, reports on Sunday said, as the biggest immunisation programme in UK history...
Erdogan hopes France will get rid of Macron ‘trouble’ soon
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said France should get rid of the “burden” caused by President Emmanuel Macron, as the EU prepares to...
France targets mosques in crackdown on radical Islam
French authorities will inspect dozens of mosques and prayer halls suspected of radical teachings starting Thursday as part of a crackdown on Islamist extremists...
What’s behind China’s bullying of Australia? It sees a soft target — and an essential one
As the diplomatic fallout continues over the digitally altered war crimes tweet sent by China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, earlier this week, it’s...
North Yorkshire Police includes hijab, headscarves in police uniforms
North Yorkshire Police in the UK have included headscarf and hijab in its uniform to facilitate female Muslim police officers. The development came in...
UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for rollout from ‘next week’
Britain on Wednesday became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use as it announced a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech's drug...