Egypt lawmaker says women should prove they are virgins to go to college

JERUSALEM – He’s at it again. Last month, Egyptian lawmaker Elhamy Agina declared that women should undergo female genital mutilation in order to “reduce their sexual desires” because Egyptian men are “sexually weak.” Now, he wants all Egyptian women to undergo compulsory “virginity tests” prior to being admitted into the country’s universities. “Any girl who […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/10/01/egypt-lawmaker-says-women-should-prove-they-are-virgins-to-go-to-college/

A fatal police shooting in California sparks outrage in Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda – It’s been 25 years since Alfred Olango fled militia violence in Uganda to seek refuge in the United States. But the 38-year-old’s death at the hands of police in Southern California this week has incited outrage in his home country and s prompted the U.S. Embassy to issue a warning about anti-American sentiment that […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/30/a-fatal-police-shooting-in-california-sparks-outrage-in-uganda/

Far-right party handed out ‘anti-migrant’ spray in Denmark, spurring backlash

Lørdag uddelte @DanskernesParti såkaldt asylspray i #Haderslev. Det var der stærke reaktioner på. #dkpol https://t.co/SBaOcf0a4V pic.twitter.com/Reymk4ecCQ — TV SYD (@TVSYD) September 24, 2016 A provocative stunt by a far-right Danish political party this week has stirred a growing international backlash. Members of the Party of the Danes in the port town of Haderslev distributed dozens of aerosol […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/30/far-right-party-handed-out-anti-migrant-spray-in-denmark-spurring-backlash/

As Syria’s death toll mounts, so does toll on hard-pressed volunteer rescue crews

Dropping his head, the rescue worker is inconsolable as he closes his eyes and appeals to God. Apparently filmed Thursday in Syria’s rebel-held city of Idlib, the man clutches a small baby, her wispy hair caked with the dust from her bombed-out home, as their vehicle judders towards a local hospital. "As I pulled her […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/30/as-syrias-death-toll-mounts-so-does-toll-on-hard-pressed-volunteer-rescue-crews/

Germany said it took in more than 1 million refugees last year. But it didn’t.

LONDON — 1.1 million. The number has been featured in countless headlines and discussed in German parliamentary sessions as the number of refugees and migrants the country said it had accepted last year. In reality, Germany never accepted that many. On Friday, the German Interior Ministry corrected one of 2015's most widely discussed numbers by 200,000. The current […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/30/germany-said-it-took-in-more-than-1-million-refugees-last-year-but-it-didnt/

A different Trump metaphor: America’s Ahmadinejad

The political ascendancy of Donald Trump -- and the widespread bemusement that's trailed the Republican presidential nominee's bluster and proposals -- have led to some interesting comparisons. Journalists and unimpressed political figures overseas have likened Trump to a host of demagogues, both past and present. He could be another Vladimir Putin or an even more bronzed Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Perhaps he's most like Silvio […]

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A refugee from war-torn Aleppo helped save a Canadian bride’s wedding day

Ibrahim Halil Dudu lost everything about three years ago when his home and his tailoring business in Aleppo were blown up by a bomb. Today, Dudu still does not have much. What he does have is a new home country — and unexpected recognition for doing something he didn’t think was a very big deal. It […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/30/a-refugee-from-war-torn-aleppo-helped-save-a-canadian-brides-wedding-day/

In a rare moment of pause, Abbas and Netanyahu shake hands

It was only a brief moment, but the handshake between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will become one of the defining moments of the Shimon Peres funeral on Friday. Peres died Wednesday at the age of 93. Direct encounters between the two leaders are so rare that their last meeting in 2015 was […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/30/in-a-rare-moment-of-pause-abbas-and-netanyahu-shake-hands/

Q&A with Shimon Peres

JERUSALEM — As world leaders gather in Israel for the funeral of Shimon Peres, we are sharing excerpts of an interview with him conducted while he was serving as Israel’s ninth president. The interview took place at the Presidential Residence in Jerusalem in June 2014, days before Peres headed to Washington to meet with President Obama and receive the Congressional […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/30/qa-with-shimon-peres/

Duterte: Hitler killed 3 million Jews, I will kill 3 million drug addicts

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday compared his campaign to kill criminals to the Holocaust, saying he would like to "slaughter" millions of addicts just like Adolf hitler "massacred" millions of Jewish people. "Hitler massacred three million Jews. Now, there are 3 million drug addicts. ... I'd be happy to slaughter them," he told reporters […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/29/duterte-hitler-killed-3-million-jews-i-will-kill-3-million-drug-dealers/

Two American sisters died at a luxury Indian Ocean resort. Now their family is searching for answers.

Annie and Robin Korkki were experienced travelers, their brother, Chris, told the Associated Press. "They were frequent travelers both domestically and internationally," Chris Korkki told the wire service. "They were kind and generous and compassionate, and were wonderful people that had a positive impact on a huge number of people." The Korkki sisters — 37-year-old […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/29/two-american-sisters-died-at-a-luxury-indian-ocean-resort-now-their-family-is-searching-for-answers/

Egyptian president’s solution for crumbling economy: Spare change

CAIRO – Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi has a solution for Egypt’s crumbling economy: Taking spare change from its citizens. In a speech this week to announce a new housing project, Sissi asked why the state couldn’t take the small change left over in bank transactions and place it in an account to fund development […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/29/egyptian-presidents-solution-for-crumbling-economy-spare-change/

To no one’s surprise, Erdogan extends Turkey’s state of emergency after failed coup

Nearly three months after Turkey's elected government thwarted a military coup attempt, a state of emergency remains in place and a purge of suspected coup sympathizers is still unfurling across state institutions and civil society. And last week, the nation's powerful president intimated that the end of this phase was not yet in sight. "It would be in […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/29/to-no-ones-surprise-erdogan-extends-turkeys-state-of-emergency-after-failed-coup/

China plans world’s deepest high-speed rail station, right under the Great Wall

Ancient China’s greatest feat of engineering, meet modern China’s. The Chinese government plans to build the world’s deepest and largest high-speed railway station under a popular section of the Great Wall, as part of plans to link the capital with the site of the 2022 Winter Olympics, state media reported Thursday. The station will be […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/29/china-plans-worlds-deepest-high-speed-rail-station-right-under-the-great-wall/

Can an atheist lead a Protestant church? A battle over religion in Canada.

OTTAWA — The Rev. Gretta Vosper is a dynamic, activist minister with a loyal following at her Protestant congregation in suburban Toronto. She is also an outspoken atheist. “We don’t talk about God,” Vosper said in an interview, describing services at her West Hill United Church, adding that it’s time the church gave up on […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/29/can-an-atheist-lead-a-protestant-church-a-battle-over-religion-in-canada/

A spy’s unhappy wife could have turned D-Day into a disaster for the Allies

  Discover the personal story of #WW2 double agent Garbo and his wife Araceli https://t.co/pbwk0rsVIZ pic.twitter.com/LQNa4ypy6O — National Archives UK (@UkNatArchives) September 28, 2016 Juan Pujol Garcia, code-named "Garbo," is considered one of the heroes of D-Day. But he didn't land on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 nor fight on the front lines of World […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/29/a-spys-unhappy-wife-could-have-turned-d-day-into-a-disaster-for-the-allies/

Uber tries out ‘panic buttons’ after rape cases in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG — Uber has not been having an easy ride lately in South Africa. After a string of alleged attacks on passengers triggered safety concerns, the popular app-based car service is rolling out an “SOS” button in some vehicles. Public concerns over the service’s safety have been gathering steam since July, after a woman ordered an […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/28/uber-tries-out-panic-buttons-after-rape-cases-in-south-africa/

‘A light has gone out': Obama, Netanyahu and others pay tribute to Shimon Peres

Former Israeli president Shimon Peres, one of the founders of the state of Israel and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, died early Wednesday in Tel Aviv of complications related to a stroke on Sept. 13. He was 93. Here is how world leaders reacted to the news of his demise: President Obama Obama released a statement saying Peres […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/28/a-light-has-gone-out-obama-netanyahu-and-others-pay-tribute-to-shimon-peres/

The life of Shimon Peres, in photos

Shimon Peres, who died early Wednesday at 93, held nearly every high office in his country in a political career that spanned 10 U.S. presidents. The last of Israel's founding generation, he leaves a complex legacy but was respected around the world. 1923 — Shimon Persky was born in Vishneva, in what was then Poland […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/28/the-life-of-shimon-peres-in-photos/

Amid the carnage, Syrian state TV claims Aleppo still ‘boasts a thriving nightlife’

The besieged Syrian city of Aleppo is a veritable mill of sickening videos and images: Children, torn in two by barrel bombs. Bloodied toes, poking out from underneath a collapsed building. Mothers, wailing, carrying the dead. Last weekend, however, Syria's state television network tweeted a video that, while devoid of carnage, was perhaps just as nauseating […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/28/amid-the-carnage-syrian-state-tv-claims-aleppo-still-boasts-a-thriving-nightlife/

Egyptian journalist cheers secular writer’s assassination on television

On Sunday, a prominent Jordanian writer was assassinated on the steps of an Amman courthouse, where he was to face charges for having shared a supposedly blasphemous cartoon on social media. Nahed Hattar's accused killer, it later emerged, was a 49-year-old former imam from an impoverished neighborhood in the Jordanian capital. The offending image, which had […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/28/egyptian-journalist-cheers-secular-writers-assassination-on-television/

Here’s what Trump said about the world — and what it means

In his first presidential debate with Democrat Hillary Clinton on Monday night, Republican candidate Donald Trump played loose with the facts on how China is devaluing its currency, made an apparent shift in position on continuing to fund NATO defense of European allies and seemed to call for China to invade North Korea. Washington Post correspondents […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/27/heres-how-the-world-reacted-to-trumps-first-presidential-debate/

U.S. owes black people reparations for a history of ‘racial terrorism,’ says U.N. panel

The history of slavery in the United States justifies reparations for African Americans, argues a recent report by a U.N.-affiliated group based in Geneva. This conclusion was part of a study by the United Nations' Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, a body that reports to the international organization's High Commissioner on Human […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/27/u-s-owes-black-people-reparations-for-a-history-of-racial-terrorism-says-u-n-panel/

The tangled escapades of ‘Germany’s James Bond,’ now on trial for tax evasion

The name is Mauss, Werner Mauss. Also, Dieter Koch, Klaus Mollner and Richard Nelson. In a tale ripe for Ian Fleming's pen, a renowned former German spy has been charged with tax evasion under four of his numerous aliases. The 76-year-old Mauss, who claims involvement in "the smashing of more than one hundred criminal groups and the […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/27/the-tangled-escapades-of-germanys-james-bond-now-on-trial-for-tax-evasion/

Trump and Clinton didn’t discuss Aleppo once as the city faced another day of carnage

The first presidential debate had many globetrotting moments: the battle against the Islamic State, support for the NATO alliance, North Korea's nuclear program and the deal to limit the one in Iran. One locale was conspicuously absent: the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, where rebel-held zones face a renewed onslaught by Syrian and Russian forces […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/27/trump-and-clinton-didnt-discuss-aleppo-once-as-the-city-faced-another-day-of-carnage/

Did Trump really just suggest that China should invade North Korea?

TOKYO – How do you solve a problem like North Korea? It’s a problem that has befuddled American presidents for decades. Well, Donald Trump, has a new idea. In the first debate Monday night, the Republican candidate appeared to suggest that China should invade North Korea. “You look at North Korea, we're doing nothing there,” […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/27/did-trump-really-just-suggest-that-china-should-invade-north-korea/

Trump’s DNC hacking defense sounds a lot like Putin’s DNC hacking defense

Russia. China. A 400-lb man sitting in bed. All suspects in the hack of the Democratic National Committee this summer, Donald Trump said during Monday evening's presidential debate. Who did it? We may never know, according to Trump. It's part of a one-two combination to turn the hacking attacks back against the Clinton campaign, and very similar to an argument made […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/27/trumps-dnc-hacking-defense-sounds-a-lot-like-putins-dnc-hacking-defense/

In the debate, Trump shifts on NATO, to the relief of Europe

BRUSSELS — Republican nominee Donald Trump said during Monday's presidential debate that he was "all for NATO,” a shift that was likely to offer a mix of relief and confusion to U.S. military allies around the world. In doing so, Trump backed down from his suggestion over the summer that he would check whether U.S. allies "fulfilled their obligation to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/27/in-the-debate-trump-shifts-on-nato-to-the-relief-of-europe/

Trump says China is ‘the best ever’ at devaluing its currency: that’s no longer true

Donald Trump took less than ten seconds in Monday’s presidential debate to attack China. “You look at that China’s doing to our country in terms of making our product, they’re devaluing their currency and there’s nobody in our government to fight them. We have a very good fight, we have a winning fight. Because they […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/27/trump-says-china-is-the-best-ever-at-devaluing-its-currency-thats-no-longer-true/

The first Trump-Clinton debate: Beware these foreign policy myths

The U.S. presidential candidates finally face off Monday night in a debate that, as my colleagues put it, already seems skewed in Donald Trump's favor. "Many reporters have set the bar unfairly low for Donald Trump ahead of tonight’s presidential debate," writes The Washington Post's James Hohmann, "raising the specter that pundits will declare him […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/26/the-first-trump-clinton-debate-beware-these-foreign-policy-myths/

Germany’s state-funded broadcaster sues Turkey over confiscated interview

LONDON — German state-funded broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) has filed a lawsuit against the Turkish ministry of youth and sports in a development which could have wider implications for relations between the two countries. DW announced Monday that it had taken the decision after a videotaped interview it conducted with the Turkish Sports Minister Akif Cagatay Kilic […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/26/germanys-state-funded-broadcaster-sues-turkey-over-confiscated-interview/

The U.S. foreign aid budget, visualized

The word "billion" has a certain ring to it. It sounds like, and is, a lot — in any context. We don't normally think of numbers higher than a billion. So when the United States inked a memorandum of understanding with Israel this month, promising $38 billion in military aid over a 10-year period, it set off alarm […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/26/the-u-s-foreign-aid-budget-visualized/

Britain to Hollywood: How dare you put Nazi swastikas on Churchill’s birthplace

"Churchill will be turning in his grave."

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/24/britain-to-hollywood-how-dare-you-put-nazi-swastikas-on-churchills-birthplace/

The ancient tragedy John Kerry used to explain Syria

"This could be like Carthage with the Romans," he said.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/23/the-ancient-tragedy-john-kerry-used-to-explain-syria/

The leader of Germany’s anti-immigrant movement has become a migrant himself

Lutz Bachmann has frequently been criticized for not sticking to his own principles. He's a convicted criminal. But one of his main messages as leader of Germany's anti-immigration movement Pegida — the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West — is to deport criminal foreigners as part of a "zero-tolerance policy." Bachmann's criminal record […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/23/the-leader-of-germanys-anti-immigrant-movement-has-become-a-migrant-himself/

They’ve been linked to drug traffickers. They’ve run a ‘death squad.’ Can Peru’s police be reformed?

LIMA, Peru — When news broke that a “death squad” within the Peruvian police had been murdering suspected criminals, there was outrage over the violation of human rights. But arguably even more damaging for a force widely viewed by the public as inept and corrupt — including collusion in cocaine trafficking — was the realization that some […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/23/theyve-been-linked-to-drug-traffickers-theyve-run-a-death-squad-can-perus-police-be-reformed/

The latest idea to save the E.U.: Give 18-year-olds a free ride to travel the continent

LONDON — Younger people used to be the main supporters of the European Union. But as the continent continues to struggle with existential problems that include economic crises and growing nationalism, the continent's youth is becoming disillusioned, according to a recent Eurobarometer survey. Some E.U. politicians have now come up with a radically different idea to convince younger people that […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/23/the-latest-idea-to-save-the-e-u-give-18-year-olds-a-free-ride-to-travel-the-continent/

South Africa’s student protests are part of a much bigger struggle

JOHANNESBURG — Hundreds of students at universities across South Africa have blockaded roads and clashed with police this week, protesting for the right to free education and against deeper inequities in a year-long movement that has come to be known as #FeesMustFall. Last October, university students brought a number of campuses to a standstill, protesting […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/23/south-africas-student-protests-are-part-of-a-much-bigger-struggle/

In Ghana, calls to tear down a statue of ‘racist’ Gandhi

  #PresidentMukherjee unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the campus of University of Ghana yesterday pic.twitter.com/Y6X0kZcgF2 — President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) June 14, 2016 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has long been admired around the globe for the role he played in India's independence movement. But this month in Ghana — a West African nation that also was […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/20/in-ghana-calls-to-tear-down-a-statue-of-racist-gandhi/

Botswana deports American anti-gay pastor after radio hate speech

Our Pastor Steven L. Anderson being himself greeting new visitors and fellowshipping with everyone. @sanderson1611 #busybutfriendly #buildingpeople A photo posted by Faithful Word Baptist Church (@faithfulwordbaptist) on Sep 4, 2016 at 3:47pm PDT A pastor from Tempe, Ariz., has been trying to spread his fervently anti-gay message in Africa. Steven Anderson's message is conveyed in his […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/20/botswana-deports-american-anti-gay-pastor-after-radio-hate-speech/

Catalonia sees itself as the nation-state of the future

In the northeastern corner of Spain, Sept. 11 has a different meaning than elsewhere in the world. It marks the "Diada," the national day of Catalonia, dating back to 1714 when Catalan forces in Barcelona surrendered to conquering Spanish and French armies. Last week, as has been the case in recent years, hundreds of thousands […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/20/catalonia-dreams-of-a-european-future-as-other-nations-try-to-turn-back-the-clock/

Mexican police found a ‘homemade bazooka’ that may have launched contraband over the border

Federal authorities in Mexico discovered a van outfitted with a makeshift bazooka, apparently intended to launch packages over the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a statement from the Mexican national security commission. In the past, drug smugglers have shown many creative methods to transport drugs — utilizing air space, intricate underground tunnels and oceans to transport illegal goods. It was unclear if […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/19/mexican-police-found-a-homemade-bazooka-that-may-have-launched-contraband-over-the-border/

What French Muslims think about France’s secular laws

The relationship between the French state and France's Muslim minority became major international news last month after a number of towns there moved to ban the burkini, a swimsuit worn by some Muslim women that covers the entire body except the face, hands and feet. Although the measures were soon overturned, to many it seemed as if the burkini debate was representative of […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/19/what-french-muslims-think-about-frances-secular-laws/

Putin ally celebrates winning 98 percent of vote in a full suit of medieval armor

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya, marked his landslide reelection this weekend in a manner that somehow seemed befitting. To no one's surprise, he was ahead with about 98 percent of the vote after a partial count of ballots from the Sunday election was announced. Rights groups accuse Kadyrov, in power since 2007, of ruling the Muslim-majority republic […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/19/putin-ally-celebrates-winning-98-percent-of-vote-in-a-full-suit-of-medieval-armor/

London’s haunting ‘graveyard of life jackets’ installation raises awareness of refugees on day of U.N. summit

LONDON — Some 2,500 life jackets have been strewn across London’s Parliament Square — a “graveyard of life jackets," as some are calling it — to highlight the dangers faced by refugees fleeing to Europe, often in unsafe dinghies or rickety boats. The haunting installation comes on the day that world leaders are gathering in New York for […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/19/londons-haunting-graveyard-of-life-jackets-installation-raises-awareness-of-refugees-on-day-of-u-n-summit/

Astonishing time-lapse satellite imagery shows rapid growth of refugee camps

On Monday, member countries will convene at the United Nations headquarters in New York City for a summit on the global refugee crisis. They will try to agree on a more humane, coordinated response. The crisis has reached unprecedented proportions. There are upward of 65.3 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. A third of them are in […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/19/astonishing-time-lapse-satellite-imagery-shows-rapid-growth-of-refugee-camps/

France bans plastic plates and cutlery

PARIS — France has apparently become the first country in the world to ban plastic plates, cups and utensils, passing a law that will go into effect in 2020. Exceptions will only be allowed for items made of compostable, biosourced materials. The new law is a part of the country’s Energy Transition for Green Growth […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/19/france-bans-plastic-plates-and-cutlery/

Mugabe’s tyrannical regime may get a lifeline from global financial institutions

There are two things that most outsiders know about Zimbabwe: One man, Robert Mugabe, has run the country for what seems like forever (36 years to be exact), and his regime has left the country broke -- and broken. Elections in Zimbabwe are as farcical as the inflation rate of its spiraling currency, which at one point, in […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/19/mugabes-tyrannical-regime-may-get-a-lifeline-from-global-financial-institutions/

Will a European de-radicalization approach work in at-risk U.S. cities?

The number of Islamic State supporters in Minnesota has worried investigators for months, prompting suspicions that a stabbing on Saturday in which eight people were injured might be related to terrorism. Although the details about the stabbing incident in St. Cloud are hazy, fears of a terrorism connection mounted Sunday when the militant-linked news agency Amaq claimed that […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/18/will-a-european-de-radicalization-approach-work-in-at-risk-u-s-cities/

Where are the happiest Europeans? Not in big cities, survey says.

Reading about European news in the United States can sometimes create the perception of a failing continent: a growing terrorism problem, an ongoing economic crisis in parts of the European Union, high unemployment and the looming Brexit have not helped to improve Europe's image abroad. But the continent's troubles are more prevalent in the south, according […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/17/where-are-the-happiest-europeans-not-in-big-cities-survey-says/

Turkey plans to build dozens of new jails after post-coup crackdown

Authorities in Turkey plan to construct 174 prisons over the next five years to "meet the unanticipated increase in the number of convicts," according to a Justice Ministry statement. Though not explicitly stated, the move is most probably linked to the strain placed on Turkey's penal system amid a nationwide purge launched in response to a coup attempt on July […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/15/turkey-plans-to-build-dozens-of-new-jails-after-post-coup-crackdown/

75% of Germans want refugees to attend compulsory state-funded German language classes, poll finds

A new poll has found that 75 percent of Germans want refugees in their country to be required to attend publicly-funded language classes. The poll, conducted by the Munich-based Ifo Institute for Economic Research and released  Wednesday, also found that clear majorities favored additional taxpayer funding that would make it obligatory for refugee children to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/15/75-of-germans-want-refugees-to-attend-compulsory-state-funded-german-language-classes-poll-finds/

Tensions escalate after violent clashes between Germans and refugees

The city of Bautzen in eastern Germany has been at the center of tensions between refugees and anti-immigration protesters in recent months. In February, Germans applauded as a refugee accommodation burned down, allegedly after an arson attack. But on Wednesday evening, those tensions reached a new peak when 20 refugees were involved in violent clashes with […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/15/tensions-escalate-after-violent-clashes-between-germans-and-refugees/

Jade from Burma’s rapacious mines was long banned by Washington. Until now.

In the months leading up to last year’s historic election in Burma, jade mining companies in the country’s remote north worked round the clock, furiously trying to bring in as much of the gem as possible before a new, democratically elected government took over from the military led-regime. The secretive mining companies — led by […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/15/jade-from-burmas-rapacious-mines-was-long-banned-by-washington-until-now/

Amelia Earhart didn’t die in a plane crash, investigator says. This is his theory.

As America endured the drab years of the Great Depression, Amelia Earhart's exploits were a bright spot. She broke gender barriers by completing solo flights most male pilots hadn't accomplished and traveled the country speaking of women's empowerment and the glorious promise of air travel. Then, she vanished. Her mysterious disappearance over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 has […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/15/amelia-earhart-didnt-die-in-a-plane-crash-this-search-group-says-here-is-its-theory/

How much is Saudi Arabia to blame for Islamist terrorism? Iran says entirely.

In what's becoming almost a recurring theme, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote an op-ed in the New York Times attacking Saudi Arabia, a long-standing geopolitical foe of the Islamic Republic. The opinion piece, titled "Let Us Rid the World of Wahhabism" — a reference to the puritanical strain of Islam incubated in the kingdom […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/15/how-much-is-saudi-arabia-to-blame-for-islamist-terrorism-iran-says-entirely/