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Reuters File Photo Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday criticized a ruling by the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) that says employers can prevent their workers from wearing religious symbols, including Islamic headscarves. The ruling “gives greater leeway to employers to discriminate against women — and men — on the grounds of religious belief,” according […]

Turkey wants to purchase the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems on credit. It was reported by head of the Russian Rostec state corporation Sergey Chemezov. However, the issue has not been decided yet. Negotiations are being carried out by the Ministry of Finance. As soon as decision on the loan is taken, a contract on […]

Mogadishu (HOL) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday on a surprise visit. Mr. Johnson met with Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to discuss the worsening drought amid warnings from aid groups that Somalia is at risk of slipping into a famine. Roughly 6 million people in the […]

Vkontakte photo Ukrainian radicals keep blocking offices of the Russian Sberbank in Kiev. Security measures have been reinforced until 17 of March. 1,400 security officers have been dispatched to the city centre. The National Corpse and Right Sector concreted entrances to the Russian banks over, while law-enforcement bodies tolerate this. Nataliya Vitrenko, leader of the […]

A ‘merciless’ war awaits U.S. and South Korea, as North Korea warns it will launch attacks against joint drills • North Korea warned of attacks if U.S. aircraft carrier strike group infringes on its sovereignty • The aircraft carrier strike group is being led by the USS Carl Vinson, recently deployed in the South China […]

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is becoming ‘more hysterical’ in tone, prime minister Mark Rutte said on Tuesday, after Erdogan appeared to accuse the Dutch of carrying out the Srebrenica massacre.   Erdogan reportedly said during a press conference on Tuesday: ‘We know the Dutch from the Srebrenica blood bath. We know how their perverse […]

AA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday slammed the Netherlands’ undemocratic treatment of the Turkish ministerial convoy in the Dutch city of Rotterdam by reminding the country of its role in the Srebrenica genocide of Bosniaks, Muslim Bosnians, in 1995. Speaking at an event in Ankara commemorating March 14 Medicine Day, Erdoğan said that the […]

Deputy prime minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday that all contacts ‘at government level and higher’ will be frozen ‘until the Netherlands meets Turkey’s demands’. Turkey will also block all Dutch diplomatic flights and the Dutch ambassador, who is not currently in Turkey, will also not be allowed to return. ‘There is a crisis and […]

File photo of a flight taking off from Stockholm Arlanda. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg While the east coast of the US braces itself for the worst of Storm Stella, the impact of the bad weather is already being felt on the other side of the Atlantic, as a string of flights from Scandinavia to New York […]

Female friends chatting to each other in Stockholm. Photo: Maja Suslin/TT Sweden was ranked the best place in the world for women in a survey published on International Women’s Day. We asked foreigners how they feel their lives have changed since moving to Sweden. Based on 9,000 respondents’ opinions and ranked among 80 countries, the […]