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Zeynep Cetin from the Network against Discrimination and Islamophobia in the Berlin court on Wednesday. Photo: DPA A Berlin labour court on Wednesday found the city was right to bar a teacher who wears a Muslim headscarf from teaching primary school classes, rejecting her discrimination complaint. Justice Arne Boyer ruled that the city state’s so-called […]

FILE PHOTO: An Israeli F16 fighter jet takes off during an exercise © Amir Cohen / Reuters Some of the missiles Israel launched into Syrian territory have broken through the defenses deployed by Damascus and hit radar and air defense positions, state media outlet SANA said, citing a military source. The missile barrage, reportedly launched […]

Former Malaysian prime minister and opposition candidate Mahathir Mohamad celebrates with other leaders of his coalition during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on early May 10, 2018. (AFP Photo) Official results from Malaysia’s national election show the opposition alliance led by the country’s former leader Mahathir Mohamad and jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has […]

© John MacDougall, AFP (File photo) | French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Angela Merkel tried unsuccessfully to convince Donald Trump to stick with the Iran deal. US President Donald Trump’s pullout from the Iran nuclear deal has put Europe under pressure to salvage the 2015 multilateral agreement. But does the EU have what it […]

President Donald Trump has complained often about the media and has on multiple occasions raised the possibility of taking retaliatory steps against the press. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo President Donald Trump complained Wednesday that his administration receives overwhelmingly negative coverage from network news outlets and floated the idea of pulling credentials from outlets whose reporting […]

A ballistic missile is seen after it was fired toward the Saudi capital of Riyadh from an undisclosed location in Yemen. (Reuters)  Saudi air forces intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen on Wednesday. Four consecutive loud booms were heard in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Wednesday, witnesses were reported as saying. Two explosions were […]

  © Copyright :Associated Press Iranian lawmakers outraged over US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the 2015 international nuclear deal set alight a paper US flag on the parliament floor. The MPs staged the demonstration on Wednesday morning, the day after Trump’s announcement, and chanted “Death to America”. Iran’s parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, said: […]

Obama says the deal is in the interest of the US and it has significantly rolled back Iran’s nuclear programme [AFP] Barack Obama said Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal is “a serious mistake”. Here is the full statement, as released by the former US president on Facebook on Tuesday: There […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose for photographers prior to their summit in Tokyo, Wednesday. / Reuters The leaders of South Korea, Japan and China have pledged to cooperate in pushing for the denuclearization of North Korea and creating permanent peace in Northeast Asia. […]

Russian foreign ministry building in Moscow. © Leonid Faerberg / Global Look Press Moscow is “deeply disappointed” by Washington’s decision to pull out from the Iranian nuclear deal, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The step taken by the US is a “flagrant violation” of the international law, it added. “The US once again acts contrary […]