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Syria 'expands state control' with strict new laws governing religious affairs

10/14/2018, 11:42:46 AM
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has signed into law a new bill expanding the powers of a government ministry overseeing religious affairs and limiting the term of the country’s top Muslim cleric. ✔ Syria’s pre-war population was overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim, with smaller numbers of Shiite Muslims and Alawites, the sect from which Assad’s family hails ✔ The waqf minister could now intervene in activities unrelated to the ministry’s administration, including in religious literature, said the lawyer, speaking on condition of anonymity


Shells fired from Syria buffer zone, soldiers killed: SOHR

10/14/2018, 10:10:20 AM
SOHR says rebels and government forces exchanged fire, violating deal to remove heavy arms. ✔ Our heavy weapons - including tanks and cannons - have been moved to the back lines of the de-militarised zone so that they are no longer a target for the Russian warplanes, NLF spokesperson Naji al-Mustafa, told Al Jazeera ✔ Inside Story Who is shaping Syria's future


Poppy ban on police cars sparks fury days after students say they 'glorify war'

10/14/2018, 8:07:06 AM
The British Transport Police's move - which 'went down like a cup of cold sick' - is the latest controversy after Cambridge University students rejected the symbol of remembrance ✔ Poppy stickers have been banned from British Transport Police cars (Image: Getty Images) Read More Students' union bans freshers from dressing up in stetsons or sombreros - in case they offend COWBOYS However, we were concerned that stickers placed on some of our cars were not official Poppy Appeal merchandise


Tale of two brothers reflects Syrian rebel unity and divisions

10/14/2018, 11:21:06 AM
Brothers Abu Eliyas and Abu Yousef have fought at opposite ends of the insurgenc... ✔ The feeling was very strange for us – that we are in Syria and going out in protest against the regime and the Assad family, he said ✔ Abu Eliyas took up arms with a Free Syrian Army group early in the conflict ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


In Syria's Yarmouk, a pigeon keeper and his dog held out through...

10/14/2018, 10:39:14 AM
The Yarmouk district in Damascus has switched hands many times in Syria's w... ✔ He was my friend through the siege, and I relied on him to guard the house when I went out ✔ The violence has turned his neighborhood into a ghost town, with twisted metal and collapsed walls still blocking some streets ✔ Others are closed off with signs warning of landmines ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


The unexpected delicacy of North Korean art

10/14/2018, 9:05:52 AM
Art can be a tool of diplomacy, but also a victim of it ✔ Mr Moon’s eye was drawn to a series of paintings of Pungsan hunting dogs; afterwards Mr Kim sent his counterpart a pair of the animals as a gift ✔ The confidence and virtuosity required mean thatto a surprising extent for a production line in a totalitarian stateindividual artists are able, even encouraged, to develop personal styles ✔ Art can be a tool of diplomacy, but it can be a victim, too


Saudi stock market plunges after Donald Trump threat over Jamal Khashoggi disappearance

10/14/2018, 10:53:10 AM
The Saudi stock market plunged Sunday after President Donald Trump threatened “severe punishment” over the disappearance of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. ✔ U.S. markets have been rattled by rising interest rates, signs of a slowdown in the global economy and the U.S.-China trade dispute ✔ Those policies are all seen as initiatives of the crown prince, who has also presided over a roundup of activists and businessmen


MH370 sleuth claims soldiers now drafted in to search jungle for wreck

10/14/2018, 10:52:50 AM
AN MH370 sleuth says he is teaming up with an elite squad of jungle troops in a bid to track down the wreckage of the doomed flight. Brit Ian Wilson will reportedly join forces with Cambodian soldi… ✔ The first images of the jet, which vanished on March 8, 2014, were found after video producer Wilson spent hours searching online ✔ Other than the Cambodian jungle theory, these include the suicidal pilot deliberately crashing into the sea, the aircraft being shot down by North Korea and a conspiracy to bring down the Malaysian government


Saudis warn against threats as stock market plunges

10/14/2018, 11:54:29 AM
The Saudi stock market has dropped more than 6.8 percent after President Donald Trump threatened "severe punishment" over the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. ✔ Image 1 of 2 ▼ FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2008, file photo, a Saudi trader reacts as looks at the stock market monitor in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ✔ We're going to get to the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment ✔ However, Trump in the same interview said: As of this moment, they deny it and they deny it vehemently ✔ ___ Associated Press writer Malak Harb contributed to this report


Jamal Khashoggi: Turkey looks to UK to persuade Saudi Arabia to cooperate

10/14/2018, 11:21:22 AM
Saudis not allowing Turkish investigators to enter consulate in Istanbul, says Turkey ✔ Turkey is pressing the UK to use its influence to ensure Saudi Arabia abides by its commitment to launch a joint investigation into the disappearance and likely murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist missing since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October ✔ Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, accused Hunt of offering only pusillanimous mutterings in response to the alleged murder, and said she assumed on the evidence that Khashoggi had been murdered by the Saudis


Fury as Anjem Choudary still costing taxpayer cash as he’s set to be released from prison

10/14/2018, 10:22:19 AM
HATE preacher Anjem Choudary is still costing the taxpayer thousands of pounds in legal bills days before his expected release from prison. The rabble rouser's court case cost more than £140,000 and an appeal against his conviction has cost £4,200 - a figure that is expected to rise. ✔ HATE PREACHER: Anjem Choudary's trial alone cost taxpayers more than £140,000 (Image: NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty Images) No one should underestimate the pernicious impact of leaders of this group who were often charismatic Richard Walton A senior member of the Muslim community in east London said on Friday: He knows he has an audience among young Muslims and they will want to hear about his years behind bars


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