Germany: Two policemen suspended over Nazi salute
Police in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria are investigating two officers suspected of performing the illegal Hitler salute. The German constitution makes it a crime […]
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China: Newspaper blames West for encouraging Xinjiang extremists
Turbulence in China’s restive far western region of Xinjiang has been caused by “external factors”, a state-run newspaper said Saturday in an editorial responding to […]
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U.K.: Briton jailed for life over plot to kill Prime Minister
A British man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday over a plot to kill Prime Minister Theresa May by first detonating an explosive […]
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Pakistan: Critics fear Islamism rise as new minister bans ‘vulgar’ billboards
Punjab’s new information minister, Islamist politician Fayaz-ul-Hasan Chohan, has announced a ban on “vulgar” movie billboards in the Pakistani province, angering those who fear the […]
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China: CCTV cameras and eviction for a ‘house church’ in Beijing
The Zion Church in Beijing, one of the city’s largest unofficial Protestant “house” churches, has operated with relative freedom for years, hosting hundreds of worshippers […]
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UK: Foreign minister attacks Google over ‘child abuse content’
British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt accused Google on Thursday of abandoning its moral values by failing to remove child abuse content while launching a version […]
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Jordan: Country to lead fundraising for U.N. Palestinian agency after cuts
Jordan said on Thursday it would lead a campaign to raise funds for the U.N. agency that supports Palestinian refugees, to help it survive after […]
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Pakistan: Islamists call for Dutch envoy’s expulsion over cartoons
An Islamist party in Pakistan called for the expulsion of the Dutch ambassador on Wednesday as it launched a protest against a far-right Dutch politician’s […]
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U.N.: Social media must clamp down on hate speech
Social media, including Facebook, must proactively block content inciting hatred and prevent online campaigns which target minorities, such as those undertaken in Myanmar, the United […]
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Germany: Skulls from colonial-era massacre returned to Namibia
Skulls and other remains of massacred tribespeople used in the colonial era for experiments to push claims of European racial superiority were handed over by […]
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