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WZB study shows significantly high numbers amongst Europe’s Muslims Religious fundamentalism is not a marginal phenomenon in Western Europe. This conclusion is drawn in a study published by Ruud Koopmans from the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. The author analyzed data from a representative...

EU takes tougher stance on Israeli settlements 'Earthquake' directive will prohibit EU states from signing deals with Israel unless settlement exclusion clause is included. Future agreements between the European Union and Israel must include the explicit exclusion of Jewish settlements...

Couldn't find it already reported here, so here it is: General Dynamics to beat out Germany for Saudi tank deal-report U.S. defence firm General Dynamics is in talks to deliver battle tanks to Saudi Arabia, beating out German rival Krauss-Maffei Wegmann for the lucrative deal, a...

A major study of attitudes towards religion says Germans approve of openness towards other religions. But many are still suspicious of Islam. Former German President Christian Wulff earned much praise but also much criticism when said in a speech during his tenure, "Islam is also a part of...

Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai's recent meeting didn't reveal much of anything, but afterward Karzai followed it up by telling reporters the U.S. plans to hand Afghanistan its own fleet of drones. Karzai said the drones will be unarmed and for surveillance purposes, though he did not specify...

This, together with the grow of Islam like discussed in Thread "Moscow rapidly becomes Islamized", means trouble in the future. Thousands of nationalists marched through the Russian capital Sunday, chanting slogans including "Moscow is a Russian city" to express their resentment of...

An interesting article. I see Sino-Japanese relations worsering more & more in the future despite strong economical relations. Former Japanese general Toshio Tamogami has a dream: fed up with bowing to China and the United States, patriotic politicians form a new party that puts national...

Qatar is considering buying up to 200 German tanks at a cost of around two billion euros ($2.46 billion), according to a report published on Sunday. News weekly Spiegel reported that the Qataris were interested in acquiring the Leopard-2 tanks and that a delegation from defense firm...

U.S. lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday breaking contracts between the Pentagon and Russian state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport, which they claim is "arming the oppressive Syrian regime,” the House of Representatives said on its website. The bill, introduced by Democrat Congressman Jim...

Japan is no longer what it used to be – namely the world’s second largest economy – thanks to China, which overtook it in 2010. Elsewhere too, China finds itself triumphant. Where else? On campus. In love. Roughly 87,000 Chinese exchange students are enrolled in Japanese universities – nearly...