The justice ministry has already placed its headquarters near St Petersburg on a list of extremist groups. (+BBC video) » | Thursday, April 6, 2017
Thursday, April 06, 2017
Is Russia Clamping Down On Jehovah's Witnesses?
The justice ministry has already placed its headquarters near St Petersburg on a list of extremist groups. (+BBC video) » | Thursday, April 6, 2017
Boycotting Bill O'Reilly: Over 50 Advertisers Pull Ads on Fox Show over Sexual Harassment Scandal
Meet the Lawyer Who Is Going After Bill O'Reilly & Donald Trump for Sexual Harassment
ISIS Calls Trump 'Idiot' In Message
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Donald Trump,
ISIS
Dutch Men Hold Hands in Solidarity With Attacked Gay Couple
The outpouring of support came after the married couple, Jasper Vernes-Sewratan and Ronnie Sewratan-Vernes, said they were attacked by a gang of youths while holding hands on their way home from a party early Sunday.
According to a statement the Arnhem police posted on Facebook, the two said they had been attacked by men wielding bolt cutters; one had some of his teeth smashed out. » | Dan Bilefsky | Thursday, April 6, 2017
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Dutch men,
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holding hands,
homosexuality
Brexit Is a 'Lose Lose Proposition' for Everyone
Steve Bannon's Removal From National Security Council Could Signal Departure | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Ivanka: 'Where I Disagree with My Father, He Knows It'
The US "first daughter" hasn't publicly disagreed with her father, but says that in private she expresses herself "with total candour". (+ BBC video) » | Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Trump Removes Stephen Bannon From National Security Council Post
But behind the scenes, White House officials said, the ideologist who enjoyed the president’s confidence became increasingly embattled as other advisers, including Mr. Trump’s daughter and son-in-law, complained about setbacks on health care and immigration. Lately, Mr. Bannon has been conspicuously absent from some meetings. And now he has lost his seat at the national security table. Read on and comment » | Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush | Wednesday, April 5, 2017
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Wednesday, April 05, 2017
Fox Losing More Advertisers After Sexual Harassment Claims Against O’Reilly
Following an investigation by The New York Times over the weekend that revealed multiple settlements over allegations of sexual harassment or other inappropriate behavior by Mr. O’Reilly, the network faced a major advertising revolt as more than a dozen marketers said that they were withdrawing their ads from “The O’Reilly Factor.” Escalating the tension, the National Organization for Women called for Mr. O’Reilly to be fired and said an independent investigation should be conducted into the culture at Fox News.
“Fox News is too big and too influential to simply let this go,” Terry O’Neill, the president of NOW, said in a statement. » | Emily Steel and Michael S. Schmidt | Tuesday, April 4, 2017
A New Kind of American! Oh Allah Assist Me! - Abdur Raheem McCarthy
EU Lawmakers Adopt Brexit Resolution - Interview with David McAllister | DW English
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Brexit,
David McAllister,
EU
Editorial: Enabling Egypt’s President Sisi, an Enemy of Human Rights
Yet that’s what President Trump did on Monday in not just welcoming but celebrating one of the most authoritarian leaders in the Middle East, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, a man responsible for killing hundreds of Egyptians, jailing thousands of others and, in the process, running his country and its reputation into the ground. » | The Editorial Board | Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Steve Bannon Removed From White House National Security Council | MSNBC
ISIS Message Calls Trump 'Foolish Idiot'
ISIS spokesman Abu Hasan al-Muhajir narrates the roughly 37-minute message, which was released Tuesday.
"You (America) are bankrupt and the signs of your demise are evident to every eye," Muhajir says. "There is no clearer sign of you being ruled by a foolish idiot who does not know what Levant or Iraq or Islam is, who continue(s) his hallucination to express his animosity and war against it (Islam)."
The message was distributed via social media by ISIS supporters. » | Jason Hanna and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN | Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Sorry Justin Trudeau, But Radical Islam Is a Problem
What if I also mention that Khalid Masood, the man who mowed down scores of pedestrians, killing three, and stabbed a police officer to death outside the British Parliament last week, was a convert to Islam? Am I guilty of a crime against Canada’s new politically correct speech codes? » | Lorne Gunter | Edmonton Sun | Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Brexit: EU Parliament Backs 'Red Lines' Resolution
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Brexit,
EU Parliament
"UK Effectively Created Saudi Arabia, No-one Is Reprimanding Them"
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Saudi Arabia,
Shabbir Razvi,
UK,
Yemen
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