The Merkez mosque in the Kreuzberg neighbourhood of Berlin is run by Turkey’s Dinayet agency, like 900 other mosques in Germany.
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Beyond her own personal humiliation, the ramifications of Park’s fall are already reverberating from domestic South Korean politics into the fraught geopolitics of Northeast Asia.
A 2013 election poster of current Armenian president, Serzh Sargsyan. Will the country’s transition into a parliamentary system reinforce his power or lead to a totally new government?
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Mikayel Zolyan, Yerevan State University of Languages and Social Sciences
Armenia's upcoming election should advance the country's transition from presidential to parliamentary system. But President Serzh Sargsyan may have a hidden agenda to retain power beyond his term's end.
Activists form a red ribbon, the symbol of the worldwide campaign against AIDS in Russia, 2010.
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Peter Meylakhs, Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg; Yadviga Sinyavskaya, Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg, and Yuri Rykov, Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg
In Russia, social networks have given a new life to the conspiracy theory that HIV-AIDS is a global hoax.
All papacies are political, and Pope Francis’s is no exception.
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The Pope hasn't actually opened the door for married priests. But in rethinking celibacy, he has shown his mastery of the art of containing people without actually making big changes to the Church.
After decades of sustainability initiatives, key environmental indicators keep getting worse.
The Capital Wind Farm, REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo
Why, after decades of international agreements, are we still damaging the environment? New research, looking at dozens of unsuccessful policies, has uncovered the basic elements of failure.
Thengar Char, a flood-prone island that rose from the sea just 11 years ago. The Bangladeshi government wants to relocate thousands of Rohingya refugees here.
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Massive new coal plants planned for Pakistan will further harm the environment in a country already suffering the effects of climate change. Solar energy is a clear alternative.
A male Hypsiboas punctatus frog in daylight.
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Scientists in Argentina have discovered a frog that glows in moonlight and at twilight.
Bhokul has faced the loss of her family’s land, and the loss of their income. Now climate change threatens her livelihood even more.
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Urban consumers in Africa are rapidly growing and they are demanding high quality, pesticide free food.
With widening income differences and growing social divisions, citizens are less willing to support each other and taxpayers less willing to pay taxes.
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A strengthening movement of Indigenous designers and developers is working to show Indigenous cultures, teachings, languages and ways of knowing through video games.