EU Lawmakers Are About to Try Making Google Pay for Google News
It failed in Germany and Spain, so why not take the idea EU-wide?
The European Commission is about to propose a law that would let news publishers across the EU try to charge companies like Google GOOG 0.24% for reproducing parts of their...
Merkel says EU cannot ‘fully’ rely on the US or UK
'We Europeans must really take our destiny into our own hands' says the German chancellor, the day after a G7 summit.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday urged European Union nations to stick together in the face of emerging policy divisions with the US, Britain's...
Swedish minister condemns attack on mosque in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM Minister for Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kuhnke on Sunday condemned Saturday’s attack on a mosque in Stockholm.
In remarks made to Anadolu Agency, Kuhnke said the Swedish government had launched an investigation into the incident.
“I myself called Orhan Karan, the head of Setra Turkish...
UK police arrest 16th person in connection with Manchester attack
British police said on Monday they had arrested a 16th person in connection with the Manchester suicide bombing last week.
The 23-year-old man was arrested in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, "on suspicion on offences contrary to the terrorism act", Greater Manchester Police said on Twitter.
A total of...
Turkey identifies Istanbul gunman, makes new arrests
ANKARA-Turkey said Wednesday it had identified the gunman behind the New Year's massacre on an elite Istanbul nightclub that killed 39, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the attack aimed to polarise Turkish society.
The assailant stormed the glamorous Reina nightclub on the Bosphorus early...
OIC slams Swedish extremist’s burning of Quran copy
By:ANADOLU AGENCY
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday strongly condemned the burning of a copy of the holy Quran by a Swedish extremist.
The OIC said in a statement that...
Letter to my daughter: my hopes for 2017
By:Leyla Hussein
A year ago anti-FGM campaigner Leyla Hussein wrote to her teenage daughter about her hopes for her generation in 2016. She had no idea what was to follow.
My dearest Feyrus,
Where do I start? I wrote to you a year ago to express my...
Why Muhammad may be the most common baby boys’ name in England and Wales
Experts say different spellings are variations on the same name transliterated from Arabic
An official list of the most popular baby names in England and Wales has sparked fresh debate over whether Mohamed – with all its spelling variations - is the most common boys’...
Journalist killings ease from record highs as murders down, combat deaths up
By Elana Beiser and Elisabeth Witchel
Deadly violence against the media eased in 2016 from recent record levels as the number of journalists singled out for murder declined.
The number of journalists killed in the line of duty is on track to decline in 2016 from...
World’s most powerful passports revealed, with UK dropping down the list
By:Matt Broomfield @hashtagbroom
United Kingdom comes joint-fourth, behind Germany in top position, while countries on Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban' list rank among worst for ability to travel freely
A German passport remains the most powerful across the globe, while its British equivalent is growing weaker, according to the 2017...
