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Former Iranian President Bani-Sadr: Saudi-Iran Clash Is About Power, Not Religion

The Shia-Sunni clash that was being conducted through proxy wars from Yemen to Syria to Iraq is now out in the open. Do you believe the Saudi execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was a deliberate provocation? To what end? Was it, perhaps, an effort to provoke Iran into actions that would undermine the nuclear accord with the U.S. and other world powers?

Turkey, Saudi Arabia boast unity during religious official’s visit

Mehmet Görmez, the head of Turkey's state-run Presidency of Religious Affairs (Left)

The head of the Presidency of Religious Affairs (DİB) and Turkey's top religious authority Mehmet Görmez met with Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh in Riyadh yesterday following a trip to Iran, Saudia Arabia's main rival. 

Görmez and al-Sheikh voiced calls for religious unity and Görmez praised Saudi Arabia for being "one of the greatest countries that preserves itself against sectarian strife and maintains national integrity."

Sexism is off to a flying start in 2016

Chris Gayle faces the media following his comments to sports journalist Mel McLaughlin. Photo: Josh Robenstone

Can you believe that it's already time to once again look back on the year that was and relive its most egregious acts of public sexism? Sure, it's only the first week of January but it's already been such a bumper year that I'm delirious with excitement as to what the remainder of 2016 holds. No doubt the following examples of mindless misogyny will soon be superseded by even greater acts of male entitlement, so let's take a few minutes to remember just how well this year began, shall we?

Analysts, political leaders welcome PM’s visit to Sri Lanka

ISLAMABAD: Analysts have said Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Sri Lanka would further strengthen bilateral relations and increase bilateral trade volume between the two countries.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The mystery of Sienna's faltering film company 

Private Sydney: Predictions for the coming year ... not really

Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer with Ayesha, who he married in a lavish ceremony in August. Photo: Facebook

OPINION: Will the granite road decision hurt council?

I KNOW very little about good road construction and granite road surfaces.

This is where I have to put my trust in the hands of elected representatives to make the right choice on behalf of the citizens they represent and then trust the professional people employed to carry out the tasks using their skills and training to complete such projects

North Korea test signals crisis of current world order - top Russian lawmaker 

 

OSCOW, January 6. /TASS/. Media reports on North Korea’s hydrogen bomb test carried out on Wednesday show that the current international relations system is in crisis, a senior Russian lawmaker, Alexei Pushkov told TASS on Wednesday