Thursday, 10 July 2014 01:00
Eric Holder of US warns Europe over Syrian fighters
The US attorney general has called on European governments to be stronger in preventing their own citizens from joining the fighting in Syria. Eric Holder said the Syrian conflict had turned into ‘a cradle of violent…
Thursday, 03 July 2014 01:00
Italian navy picks up thousands of migrants
More than 5,000 migrants have been picked up by the Italian navy in the past 48 hours in several rescue operations between Sicily and North Africa. On Monday, about 30 bodies were found in one of…
Thursday, 26 June 2014 01:00
Ukraine: Rebels agree to Poroshenko ceasefire
The separatist leaders of two regions in eastern Ukraine say they will now respect a Kiev ceasefire called last Friday by President Poroshenko until June 27th. They also indicated that they were willing to consider Poroshenko’s…
Thursday, 26 June 2014 01:00
Ukraine: Rebels agree to Poroshenko ceasefire
The separatist leaders of two regions in eastern Ukraine say they will now respect a Kiev ceasefire called last Friday by President Poroshenko until June 27th. They also indicated that they were willing to consider Poroshenko’s…
Thursday, 19 June 2014 01:00
Turkey: Official discrimination towards Christians
Aykan Erdemir, a member of Turkey’s parliament, will travel to Diyarbakir Church in mid-June. To prepare for his visit, he looked up the church’s website but his parliamentary office computer blocked the church website with a…
Thursday, 19 June 2014 01:00
EU takes aim at radical jihadist websites
Nine European countries endorsed plans on 5th June to step up intelligence-sharing and take down radical websites to try to stop European citizens going to fight in Syria and bringing violence back home with them.The initiative…