英紙ロンドン・タイムズは「文化の衝突」と呼んだ。英紙デイリー・メールは、「すっぽり隠す派」と「隠さない派」の間の「大きな文化的分断」と書いた。そして英紙サンにとって、文化の隔たりは「大きい」だけに留まらない「巨大」なものだった。 リオ五輪で7日、女子ビーチバレーでエジプトとドイツが対戦した際、エジプト選手は肌を覆い、ドイツ選手はビキニ姿だった。その対照的な姿の写真に、インターネットは大きく反応。一部の人は違いに注目したが、共通点に注目した人たちもいた。
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米大統領選の候補指名争いが1日、アイオワ州の両党党員集会で本格的に始まった。共和党では、保守派のテッド・クルーズ上院議員(テキサス州選出)が勝利し、事前の世論調査でリードしていた実業家ドナルド・トランプ氏を下した。一方の民主党は、ヒラリー・クリントン前国務長官がバーニー・サンダース上院議員(バーモント州選出)と大接戦になり、ほぼ引き分けとなった。 今後も各州で予備選・党員集会が実施され、夏に予定される党大会で両党の候補が正式指名された後、ようやく11月の本選に臨む。残る道のりはまだ長いが、各候補がどんな政権を目指しているのか考えるのに早すぎることはないだろう。各候補の主要政策、有力ブレーンなどをまとめた。
Teimuraz Batirashvili: "Now he says he left because of his faith, but I know he did it because we were poor" Omar al-Shishani may now be one of the most feared jihadists in the Middle East, as a commander in the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis), but his early life was very different. He was born Tarkhan Batirashvili and grew up in Georgia's picturesque Pankisi Gorge.
An inquiry is to begin at Westminster on Wednesday into the issue of compensation for victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA violence. Semtex from Libya became the IRA's most devastating and infamous weapon during the Troubles. The NI Affairs Committee, external will look at how effective government efforts have been in seeking redress for victims. It will also examine potential options for compensation,
As soon as migrants arrive in Greece, they head for the border with Macedonia For many thousands of migrants heading to Europe from the Middle East, the long route to a new life now lies through Greece and the Western Balkans with the ultimate destination in Germany and other northern EU countries. It is a journey fraught with risk, braving the Aegean Sea, Balkan people smugglers and the long path
Homs, Syria's third largest city, has been the scene of heavy fighting. It was dubbed the 'capital of the revolution' after residents embraced the call to overthrow the president in early 2011 and much of the city fell under the control of the opposition. However, government forces gradually took back areas held by rebels and in May 2014, the city was fully regained by regime troops. Fighting cont
A UK court has rejected a bid to extradite Rwanda's spy chief to Spain to stand trial for his alleged role in massacres after the 1994 genocide. Karenzi Karake was on bail in the UK following his arrest in June on a warrant issued by Spain. His arrest strained diplomatic relations between the UK and Rwanda. A Spanish judge indicted Gen Karake in 2008 for alleged war crimes. The UK ruling has been
A court in Libya has sentenced Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of deposed leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, and eight others to death over war crimes linked to the 2011 revolution. More than 30 close associates of Col Gaddafi were tried for suppressing peaceful protests during the uprising. Saif al-Islam was not in court, but has previously appeared via video link. He is being held by a former rebel group fr
The gift has been condemned as "arrogant" by some in the Catholic community A crucifix sculpted in the shape of a hammer and sickle presented to Pope Francis in Bolivia has caused a stir among Catholic commentators. The Pope was given the item, combining Catholic and communist symbols, by left-wing Bolivian President Evo Morales. One Catholic bishop suggested that Mr Morales had sought to "manipul
The army has made gains against the militants in recent months The Nigerian military says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from an area where the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is active. However, it said the girls abducted from a school in Chibok in April 2014 were not among them. The military said the girls and women were freed during major operations ending in the seizure of four Boko
Guenter Grass: "I have always considered myself a writer and a citizen" Guenter Grass, German Nobel literature prize winner and author of The Tin Drum, has died aged 87. His publisher said he passed away at a clinic in Luebeck on Monday morning. Born in what was then Danzig, Grass served in the German military in World War Two and published his breakthrough anti-Nazi novel, The Tin Drum, in 1959.
The US military said the supplies were designed to "enable continued resistance" against IS (FILE PHOTO) US military aircraft have dropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State (IS) militants in the key Syrian town of Kobane. US Central Command said C-130 transport aircraft made "multiple" drops of supplies provided by Kurdish authorities in Iraq. US a
The waste fibres from hemp crops can be transformed into high-performance energy storage devices, scientists say. They "cooked" cannabis bark into carbon nanosheets and built supercapacitors "on a par with or better than graphene" - the industry gold standard. Electric cars and power tools could harness this hemp technology, the US researchers say. They presented their work at the American Chemica
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