German far-right party AfD accused of fuelling hate after Hanau attack
Leading politicians say Alternative für Deutschland should face surveillance
Leading German politicians have called for the far-right party Alternative für Deutschland to be placed under surveillance, claiming it has helped to fuel the extremist rhetoric behind the deadly attack on Hanau.
Nine mostly young people all with an immigrant background were murdered on Thursday in the western German city by Tobias Rathjen, a 43-year-old who had posted a racist video and manifesto on the internet before carrying out the killings.
On Thursday night thousands of people took to the streets in 50 cities across Germany to mourn the victims of the attack, and take a stance against the far right in vigils at which candles were lit. Some chanted “Nazis out” and “Never again”.
Coronavirus: The mysterious doomsday cult at the centre of South Korea’s ‘super-spreading event’
City of Daegu facing 'unprecedented crisis' following outbreak linked to Christian church and its followers
As the coronavirus crisis continues to deepen throughout Asia, with more than 2,200 deaths reported in mainland China, a mysterious “cult” has emerged at the centre of a “grave” and “unprecedented” outbreak in South Korea.
The country recorded a worrying jump in confirmed cases on Friday, rising to 204 patients and one death, following what local authorities described as a “super-spreading event” in Daegu, South Korea’s fourth-largest city.
With Daegu placed on lockdown – streets and shops have been deserted, the 2.5 million population warned to stay inside and disinfectant sprayed throughout the city – health officials have traced the sudden spike in cases back to a church whose leader claims he is the returned Jesus Christ and a woman known simply as “Patient 31”.
Emboldened by 'heroes' and hate music, white extremists on the rise
They may lack centralised organisation or even a common goal, but white supremacists encouraged by the exploits of extremist "heroes" canonised on social media pose an ever-growing security threat, analysts say.
After nine people in Germany were killed by a gunman with "a very deeply racist attitude," the country's interior minister on Friday warned that the far right still posed a "very high" security threat.
The shootings on Wednesday at a shisha bar and a cafe in the city of Hanau were the latest in a growing list of attacks in the West attributed to self-appointed defenders of a "white race" perceived to be under threat from migration, globalisation and Islam.
With Trump there is always the fear that the US president is more focused on transactional wins.
US President Donald Trump tends to speak his mind. That mind may change frequently, but he is not one to hide his thoughts behind diplomatic language. So it is worth listening to Trump’s remarks on Tuesday about his upcoming trip to India including a joint appearance at a stadium with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Well, we can have a trade deal with India, but I’m really saving the big deal for later on,” Trump said. “We’re not treated very well by India, but I happen to like Prime Minister Modi a lot. And he told me we’ll have seven million people between the airport and the event [...] So it’s going to be very exciting.”
Iranians vote to elect new parliament amid uncertainty
Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei says it is a religious obligation to vote amid concerns of low participation.
by Arwa Ibrahim
Iranians are voting in their country's eleventh parliamentary election, seen as a test for the popularity of President Hassan Rouhani's reformist-moderate camp, as hardliners are expected to make gains.
Elections for Iran's 290-member Parliament are set amid escalating political tensions, economic struggles and concerns of low participation. The spectre of the coronavirus infection that has killed two people also adds another layer of uncertainty to the electoral process.
Russia meddling to help Trump win re-election, US lawmakers hear
US intelligence agencies have warned that Russia is attempting to help President Donald Trump get re-elected in November, US media report.
The comments came in a closed-door briefing to the House Intelligence Committee on 13 February, officials told US outlets.
President Trump was reportedly enraged, complaining that Democrats would use the information against him.
He replaced his acting intelligence chief, Joseph Maguire, on Thursday.
The New York Times reported that Mr Trump was particularly angry that Adam Schiff, the Democrat who led the impeachment proceedings against him, was at the briefing.
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