Study warns about bisphenol A substitutes
Health & Fitness
January 16, 2015
Study warns about bisphenol A substitutes
Two substitutes for bisphenol A, a plastic ingredient banned in some countries over health fears, are also a source of…
Merkel ‘understands’ concerns of PEGIDA backers
World
January 15, 2015
Merkel ‘understands’ concerns of PEGIDA backers
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday she understood many of the concerns that drove people to join populist protests, even though…
Up to 700 Turkish nationals in IS ranks
Egypt
January 15, 2015
Up to 700 Turkish nationals in IS ranks
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said up to 700 Turkish nationals have joined the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, sounding…
Hollande says Muslims ‘main victims of fanaticism, intolerance’
Egypt
January 15, 2015
Hollande says Muslims ‘main victims of fanaticism, intolerance’
French President Francois Hollande said Thursday that Muslims suffered the most from fundamentalism and intolerance, as the country grapples with…
Merkel vows to fight Islamist militants, ‘hate preachers’
Egypt
January 15, 2015
Merkel vows to fight Islamist militants, ‘hate preachers’
Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Thursday to heighten security measures against Islamist militants following the Paris attacks, while vowing that Germany…
Turkish PM compares Netanyahu with ‘Paris terrorists’
Egypt
January 15, 2015
Turkish PM compares Netanyahu with ‘Paris terrorists’
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had committed crimes against humanity comparable to…
Korea’s outlaw tattoo artists
Life & Style
January 15, 2015
Korea’s outlaw tattoo artists
When Suh Hyun-Woong showed his mother his first tattoo, she burst into tears."She couldn't understand why I would want to…
Canadian FM in Egypt to press for journalist’s release
Egypt
January 15, 2015
Canadian FM in Egypt to press for journalist’s release
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird was to meet with Egyptian leaders on Thursday to press for the release of a…
Hezbollah says Charlie Hebdo move to spark more ‘terror’
Egypt
January 14, 2015
Hezbollah says Charlie Hebdo move to spark more ‘terror’
Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement on Wednesday blasted French weekly Charlie Hebdo's new cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed as "very offensive",…
Monitor: Syria militants execute woman for ‘adultery’
World
January 14, 2015
Monitor: Syria militants execute woman for ‘adultery’
Al-Qaeda-linked militants have publicly executed a woman accused of adultery in northwestern Syria, a monitoring group said Wednesday.The Syrian Observatory…