CLEVELAND. More than a hundred women stripped and posed naked with mirrors in Cleveland, answering a photographer's call to blend art with politics and portray Donald Trump as unfit for the White House... "He is a loser," photographer Spencer Tunick told AFP after the sunrise shoot in which 130 women took part. One hundred of them will be featured in the picture to be unveiled shortly before the November 8 election ... RELATED....
MPs, by an overwhelming 472 to 117 vote, backed the renewal of the UK’sTrident nuclear weapons system in Parliament, BBCNews reported Monday.The vote approves the construction of four replacement submarines at an estimated cost of £31bn ... "Nuclear weapons are here, they are not going to disappear," he said. "It is the role of government to make sure we can defend ourselves against them."....
U.S. Ambassador to TurkeyJohn Bass admonished Turkish PresidentRecep Erdogan for suggesting the United States is harboring a terrorist he claims is responsible for last Friday’s failed military coup, ABC News reported Monday. "Some news reports – and, unfortunately, some public figures – have speculated that the United States in some way supported the coup attempt....
Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan says he's ready to reinstate the death penalty if the Turkish people demand it and parliament approves the necessary legislation. Erdogan spoke early Tuesday to hundreds of supporters outside his Istanbul residence who were chanting for Turkey to restore capital punishment following the failed coup ...Parliament is expected to meet on Wednesday to discuss the issue ... Turkey ... Source ... ....
Despite dissent from anti-Donald Trump forces, Republican Party leaders approved rules for the convention and rejected a demand for a state-by-state roll call vote Monday, all but sealing Trump’s fate as the party standard-bearer this fall, The Associated Press reported.With hundreds of socially conservative delegates opposed to nominating the New York real estate mogul, presiding officer, ArkansasGOPRep....
The city is also home to disenfranchised immigrant neighborhoods, in a region that is a stronghold for a far-right party gaining ground by rejecting them, and in a department, or administrative region, with one of France's highest rates for radicalization of young men claiming to be acting in the name of Islam... “De-radicalization absolutely does not work," says Collado, the journalist. "In France today, we can’t de-radicalize someone....
Bouhlel's rapid radicalization has puzzled investigators ... "This is someone who was already deeply disturbed and had already been on a journey, and at the end of it, maybe there was what looks like a rapid process of radicalization ... He called for electronic bracelets for anyone suspected of potential radicalization, and for expelling anyone suspected of possible terrorism links, direct or indirect....
On the first night of the Republican convention, several speakers repeated one criticism of Obama and Hillary Clinton — their reluctance to use the term "radicalIslam." ... Sean Duffy said that while "radical jihadists are killing Americans," Clinton and Obama "are fretting over whether to call it workplace violence or hate crime." ... How the controversy over Obama not saying "radical Islam" began....
A Muslim mob in southern Egypt stabbed a CopticChristian to death over a personal feud, officials said Monday, stoking anger among Christians amid a spike in assaults on their community ...Christians make up 10 percent of Egypt’s mostly Muslim population ... Extremists have also targeted Christians....
“First of all, I don’t believe that the guy is a Christian,” Sabàto said ... “If you follow his story, if you read his book, if you understand about Obama — I mean, that’s not a Christian name, is it?” he continued ... “I’ve met a lot of Christians. I know Christians,” he said ... The actor said it’s “in my heart” that the president isn’t a Christian, emphasizing that he sees it for what it is....
Speaker after speaker lambasted Clinton for Benghazi, or failing to say the words “radicalIslam” (as if that would solve anything) ... Over and over again, speakers kept talking about Obama and Clinton failing to talk about “radical Islam.” My colleague AndrewProkop compiled a partial list. ... Real experts — like former CIA officerEmile Nakhleh — believe that the phrase “radical Islam” is meaningless as a label for jihadist groups....
Shortly after soap opera actor AntonioSábato Jr ... that President Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim who was born in the Middle East ... “First of all, I don’t believe the guy is a Christian,” he said. “If you understand Obama, that’s not a Christian name, is it?” ... I’ve met a lot of Christians, I know Christians ... ....
Thousands of Christians converged on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for "Together 2016," an event that organizers marketed as a "historic" gathering of Bible-believers from across America. The 12-hour revival — organized by evangelist Nick Hall and his PULSE ministry — included music performances and sermons from some of the most well-known names in the Christian world....
The trap was laid after the student complained that a demand of Rs 6 lakh was made by the professor to clear his thesis and confer the degree,” ACBPolice InspectorM JChristian, Gandhinagar said ... paid Rs 2.1 lakh to Patel, who kept of demanding the remaining amount of Rs 90,000 from the student,” M J Christian said....
Lady Gaga paid a visit to Casa Hogar in Cabo San Lucas last weekend to give backpacks and books to the boys' foster care center. The artist even broke out into a special song for one boy in the center ... While sharing a “healthy dinner” with the center, one boy named Christian asked if Gaga could sing him a song ... In the video, Christian watches shyly as Gaga sings the inspirational song to the center ... ....
Graham's comments came after Christian movie house Pure Flix Entertainment charged that the proposed billboard advertising the Aug ... The faith leader went on to charge that, though another company approved a different billboard for the Freedom From Religion Foundation, an atheist activist group, the Christiansign did not get the same treatment ... "Their ad very clearly suggests people should convert to Christianity....