Parliament ratified controversial draft law allowing to move ‘unwanted’ migrants to a remote island COPENHAGEN, Denmark Danish parliament approved on Thursday a controversial draft law allowing authorities to move “unwanted” migrants to a remote uninhabited island once used for contagious animals. Harshly criticized by human rights groups, the draft law was ratified with the support

The U.S. House of Representative vote declaring persecution of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar a “genocide” should encourage other nations to follow suit, a senior rights activist said. In an interview with Anadolu Agency on last week’s vote, Harn Yawnghwe, son of Myanmar’s first president Sao Shwe Thaike, said the move “affirms the action taken

Omar al-Bashir expresses hopes Syria will soon recover important regional role in talks with President Bashar al-Assad. Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has become the first Arab League leader to visit Damascus since the war in Syria began nearly eight years ago. Syria’s state-run news agency SANA said al-Bashir was greeted on Sunday at the capital’s

Forensic experts search for evidence after a bomb blast outside the Greece’s SKAI TV building in Athens, Greece December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Costas Baltas A powerful blast smashed windows and wrecked offices at Greece’s SKAI TV in Athens on Monday in what officials called an attack on democracy. No one was injured. SKAI is one of

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen spent Friday night at Ryerson University addressing what he says are a number of myths surrounding Canada’s recent signing of the UN Global Compact on Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration. Hussen had just returned from Marrakech, Morocco where 164 countries signed onto the symbolic agreement — the first of its kind

Four men have been denied bail in a case involving the alleged extortion of protection money from Somali shopkeepers based in Delft, Cape Town. The four appeared in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Friday after their arrest for the alleged extortion of protection money amounting to R2 000 per business. In denying them bail, Magistrate

Turkish academic Prof. Dr. Ramazan Gençay, a Simon Fraser University (SFU) economics professor, has vanished in the city of Medellín, Colombia and been missing for almost a week. Gencay, also a Canadian citizen, traveled to Colombia on Nov. 28 to attend several seminars at the Center for Research in Economics and Finance of the EAFIT

Washington -The Senate voted Thursday to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen in a rebuke to Saudi Arabia, a long-time U.S. ally. The resolution was passed in the chamber 56-41. The bill was co-sponsored by Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah, gaining renewed momentum following

The US Senate has passed a resolution saying Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was responsible for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. Senators unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday night declaring Mr bin Salman was responsible for the Washington Post journalist’s death.It is unclear at this stage whether or not the House will consider the measure. The

PARIS -A French prosecutor on Wednesday said that the armed attack in Strasbourg was an act of terrorism. Speaking at a news conference regarding the incident, Remy Heitz said: “Once again, terrorism has struck our territory, in Strasbourg,” adding that terror threat still remained. The prosecutor stated that the assailant was Cherif C. (29), who