Isis has made many enemies, but it may be saved by their inability to unite
The US has being trying to stop such private donors in the Gulf oil states sending to Islamic State (Isis) funds that help pay the salaries of fighters who may number well over 100,000.
Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff of the Kurdish President, Massoud Barzani, told The Independent on Sunday: “There is sympathy for Da’esh [the Arabic acronym for IS, also known as Isis] in many Arab countries and this has translated into MONEY
– and that is a disaster.” He pointed out that until recently financial aid was being given more or less openly by Gulf states to the opposition in Syria – but by now most of these rebel groups have been absorbed into IS and Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda affiliate, so it is they “who now have the money and the weapons”.
– and that is a disaster.” He pointed out that until recently financial aid was being given more or less openly by Gulf states to the opposition in Syria – but by now most of these rebel groups have been absorbed into IS and Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda affiliate, so it is they “who now have the money and the weapons”.Inside the Islamic State ‘capital’: no end in sight to its grim rule
US air strikes have damaged morale in Raqqa, Syria, but a local anti-Isis activist says no one is expecting the group to be driven outAbu Ibrahim al-Raqqawi
When Isis took over Raqqa, a wave of black swept over the city. The group’s dark flags were raised where its members lived or worked, women were required to shroud themselves in black, and black paint was daubed on buildings and in public spaces.
When US air strikes started, though, activists warned families not to dry dark clothes outside or on their roofs, in case they were mistaken for Isis flags. Perhaps Isis was worried, too, as it has started repainting everything. One central square, where crucifixion and other gruesome punishments are carried out in public, has been decked out in candy colours – pink, green and white. Another is golden.
Apparently, the pressures of publicity and the mundane and expensive business of ruling a city have pushed even Isis to make some compromises.
German film tells Anne Frank's story through her father's eyes
It's been nearly 70 years since Anne Frank was killed in a Nazi concentration camp. The director of a new German-made docudrama on her life, broadcast this week, tells DW what makes his film so unique.
Filmmaker Raymond Ley, 56, casts Anne Frank's family in a new light in his docudrama "Meine Tochter Anne Frank" (My Daughter Anne Frank). He not only focuses on the adolescent's final years hiding in an Amsterdam apartment, her hopes and fears, and her capture by the Nazis - but also on the fate of her father.
Otto Frank was the only family member to survive the Holocaust. After the war, he had Anne's diary published. The first edition was printed over 30 million times. Over the years, it has been translated into 70 languages and been the subject of numerous films. In Ley's docudrama, historical footage is mixed with eyewitness interviews.
Bali Nine: Global pressure on Indonesia intensifies
February 22, 2015 - 7:27PMDaniel Flitton
Global pressure on Indonesia to halt the execution of prisoners by firing squad is building as France and Nigeria join Australia in calling for clemency for nationals on death row.
The family of a Nigerian man set to be executed at the same time as Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has protested at the Indonesian embassy in Lagos.
Raheem Agbaje Salami is one of an estimated 21 Nigerians on death row in Indonesia for drug-related offences, Nigerian media reports.
The French government also summoned Indonesia's ambassador in Paris last week to express concern over the fate of Serge Atlaoui, a French national convicted of operating an ecstasy factory in Jakarta.
China cries foul over Modi visit to disputed region
Chinese government summons India's ambassador after India PM visits Arunachal Pradesh in disputed Himalaya region.
China has summoned India's ambassador over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh in the disputed border region in the Himalayas.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin had called in Indian Ambassador Ashok Kantha to express "strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition" to the visit, saying it undermined China's territorial sovereignty.
Liu said China places importance on developing relations with India.
It called for New Delhi not to take any action that may complicate the issue and stick to resolving it through bilateral negotiations.
It called for New Delhi not to take any action that may complicate the issue and stick to resolving it through bilateral negotiations.
Modi on Friday visited the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, an immense territory of nearly 84,000 square km that China claims as part of its Tibet region.
The Japanese-Peruvians interned in the US during WW2
Blanca Katsura will never forget the night of 6 January 1943.
She was 12 at the time and living with her parents and two siblings in northern Peru.
On that night, two officials came to their home and took away her father.
Mr Katsura, who owned a small general store, was arrested because he was part of Peru's prosperous Japanese community.
"My father told them he hadn't done anything wrong, but they didn't listen to him," she recalls.
Latin American draw
Japanese people began migrating to Peru in considerable numbers at the end of the 19th Century, drawn by opportunities to work in the mines and on sugar
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