a politician allied to the syrian government the newly appointed minister saw the first act in office was to visit damascus it further politicized the issue there are some politicians who criticize. the government policy of being in the lead they believe in return for normalized direct contacts with damascus should not happen until an international political solution is reached. many in lebanon complain about the refugee populations impact on the country's economy and infrastructure those who hold power say they will push ahead with what they call voluntary and safe returns for many syrians that could mean more difficult conditions to discourage them from staying. beirut in the u.s. relatives of a black man shot dead by california police say they will fight for justice after prosecutors decided not to bring criminal charges against the officers involved stephen clark was unarmed when police gunned him down in sacramento in march last

president ellen trump is helping set up an academy for far right leaders in italy steve bannon has praised the italian government's nationalist agenda and hopes more countries will follow its example but his son you're going to go report some color pardo some residents there not so happy. for more than eight hundred years that resulted charterhouse monastery in college park dar has been a place of quiet contemplation these days the last of the remaining monks is retired and it is no longer solely dedicated to the theory of pursuits the new resident has moved in with more worldly plans in mind benjamin han well the founder of the d.d. tartus humana institute or d.h. i want to transform it into a right wing populist recruiting ground the first project is the cardinal martino academy for human dignity which will promote catholic social teaching with a special emphasis pro-life pro-family issues the second project is the academy for the christian west which will promote the christian...