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News Source: The Examiner
| about 9 hours ago
In this Oct. 26, 2009 file photo pedestrians walk in Zurich, Switzerland, on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 below posters of a conservative initiative promoting a "Yes" to ban the erection of minarets in Switzerland. A voting on the initiative is held in
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News Source: Times Online
| about 12 hours ago
Early results showed that some 57 percent of voters had backed the proposal, ensuring international embarrassment for Switzerland and a possible backlash in the Muslim world. A majority of the 27 cantons supported the move, according to partial
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News Source: Weekly Arham
| 1 day ago
But there is no doubting the Turkish government's eagerness to store the uranium. Privately, Turkish officials admit that not only are they keen to contribute to averting what could still escalate into a major confrontation between Tehran and the
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News Source: Palestine Chronicle
| 3 days ago
A new bright star seems to have risen above the Arab world, heralding new relationships that could benefit the region as a whole. The Arab change of heart towards Turkey, the successor of the dreaded Ottoman Empire, a colonial regime that ruled the
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News Source: Jerusalem Post
| 3 days ago
With the US-led efforts to relaunch Palestinian-Israel peace negotiations stalled, there's talk of Washington and Jerusalem turning their attention to the Syrian track, but how promising is that? Here's the good news: Syrian President Bashar Assad
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News Source: Times Online
| 3 days ago
The group rode the nationalist tide under Christoph Blocher, its charismatic former leader, to become the biggest party in parliament in 2003. “The simple fact of holding this vote is disastrous for Switzerland’s image,” said Hugues Hiltpold, a
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News Source: Epoch Times
| 3 days ago
Tens of thousands of civil servants in Turkey took to the streets in an illegal strike on Wednesday, demanding higher pay and the right to strike legally. Train services, schools, hospitals, and the financial sector were affected by the large scale
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News Source: Press TV
| 3 days ago
The widely-regarded terrorist organization said in a statement on Thursday that a political solution to the long Turkish-Kurdish conflict is inevitable. The statement also called for the release of its jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan. Ocalan was