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Afeganistão, sangue e esquecimento

30 July 2016

O conflito, diante do avanço dos talibãs, gerou mais de 5.000 vítimas civis no primeiro semestre Os afegãos têm um encontro marcado diariamente com a morte. Sua presença é sentida nos cinemas e restaurantes, nas salas de cirurgia e nas mesquitas. Em um país com […]

Cristãos e muçulmanos prestam homenagem a padre francês morto

30 July 2016

Sacerdote foi assassinado na última terça-feira em Saint-Etienne. Na cidade, houve uma missa, que reuniu cerca de 300 pessoas. Quatro dias depois do assassinato de um padre em uma igreja na França, várias manifestações de solidariedade neste sábado (30) reuniram cristãos e muçulmanos, enquanto a […]

Presidente turco diz que militares passarão a responder ao governo

30 July 2016

Erdogan anunciou medidas para submeter militares ao controle civil. Ele diz ainda que vai substituir as escolas militares por uma universidade. O presidente da Turquia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, anunciou neste sábado (30) diversas mudanças na estrutura das forças armadas do país. Segundo informações da agência […]

Dramatic Footage Captures Harrowing Rescue Of Syrians Trapped In Aleppo

30 July 2016

Driving frantically through the empty, dilapidated streets of Aleppo’s Al-Salhin district, first responders race to reach victims of the community’s latest airstrike, in a heart-wrenching video that offers a rare glimpse into Syria’s raging civil war. Tires screech and the ambulance swerves wildly as a […]

WSJ Editorial Writer Sohrab Ahmari Is Converting to Catholicism

30 July 2016

Sohrab Ahmari, Editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal, announced on Twitter that he is converting to Catholicism. His tweet read: “#IAmJacquesHamel: In fact, this is the right moment to announce that I’m converting to Roman Catholicism.” The hashtag “IAmJacquesHamel” refers to the French priest […]

ISIL releases video of ‘French church attackers’

30 July 2016

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) has released a video that purportedly shows the two men who killed a priest in a French church pledging allegiance to the armed group. The footage, which was posted on Wednesday on […]

Pope says the world’s at war, urges Europe to greet refugees

30 July 2016

KRAKOW, Poland — Pope Francis, deeply saddened by the slaying of an elderly priest during Mass in a church in the French countryside, warned grimly Wednesday that the world is at war, but cautioned against labeling it a war among religions. At the start of […]

Saudi Arabia turns inside out to save its economy

30 July 2016

Saudi Arabia wants to be the world gas station no longer. Can the kingdom build a new economy? Will the Russian business be able to enter the Saudi market? Pravda.Ru talked about it in an interview with orientalist and expert on doing business in the […]

What’s the scoop with Russia and the U.S. election?

30 July 2016

There is ample circumstantial evidence that Russia is interfering in the U.S. presidential election in order to boost Donald Trump, who not only displays reverence for Russian President Vladimir Putin but also has advocated policies that would pay big dividends for Moscow (e.g. backing away […]

British SDF fighter: ISIS to blame for death of civilians in Manbij

30 July 2016

MANBIJ – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are facing difficulties in fighting militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria’s border city of Manbij “because ISIS is killing civilians”, the British volunteer Macer Gifford told ARA News. “The biggest challenge the SDF has found is […]

German Mood Is Shaken as Attacks Show Vulnerability to ISIS

30 July 2016

BERLIN — After a week bookended by terrorist attacks, Germans are now clear that they, too, are targets of the Islamic State, leaving them longing for the sense of order that is their pride and bedrock of success. The attacks started with an ax-wielding teenager […]

Defeat of ISIS Could Send ‘Terrorist Diaspora’ to West, F.B.I. Chief Says

30 July 2016

Eventual victory against the Islamic State could well lead to an uptick of terrorist attacks in the West, not a reduction in them, James B. Comey, the director of the F.B.I., said on Wednesday. “At some point there is going to be a terrorist diaspora […]