ET: BISHKEK: Parts of Kyrgyzstan were under curfew Saturday after clashes between security forces and protesters who want a Canadian-owned gold mine nationalised led the president to declare a state of emergency. President Almazbek Atambayev signed the declaration Friday for the Dzheti-Ogyzsky district of the northern Issyk Kul region, where the […]
ET: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan is being flown to London for a medical checkup due to ‘slow recovery’ from injuries he suffered after falling from a forklift during the election campaign in May. “His (Imran) recovery is slower than expected and he will be taken to London […]
Huff Post: Secretary of State John Kerry performed an important public service on May 20 by personally announcing the release of the U.S. State Department’s 2012 Report on Religious Freedom, which contains the disturbing findings that anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are on the rise in countries around the world. Bad news is […]
After 5-days intensive session MEST concludes Science and Technology Workshop By: SEM on May 30, 2013. It is no secret that there has been poor performance and less attention paid […]
qasimrashid.com: In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.” “Nonsense” said the first. “There […]
Guardian: Turkey has been engulfed by a series of protests across several cities after riot police turned Istanbul’s busiest city centre hub into a battleground, deploying tear gas and water cannon […]
By AllAfrica.com Makyinmabre is a farming village in the Nkoranza South District of the Brong Ahafo Region. This village lies within the stool land of the Atekoanohene, Nana Kofi Adu III, who is a sub-chief of Katakyie Agyeman Kodom IV, Omanhene of the Nkoranza Traditional Area. Makyinmabre is a cosmopolitan […]
Village after Shia village had hung photos of men who went to fight for Qusayr two weeks ago Loulou Awad’s blood still stained the concrete of her broken home, the latest Lebanese innocent to pay the price of Syria’s war. Her almost equally broken father Abdullah pressed the hands of […]
STORY SUMMARY The conflict in Syria and the uprisings in Bahrain and other countries represent one of the two important battles underway in the Arab world, whose outcomes will largely determine the future shape of Arab political systems. The second battle is not about who rules in a country, but […]
May 31, 2013 – SWISSINFO.CH The Swiss feel safe at home and are optimistic about the future of their country, but don’t seem likely to give up their militia army […]
ARAB NEWS Wednesday 5 December 2007 (from Saudi Arabia) Dress-Munching Rat Ruins Bride’s Big Day JIZAN, 5 December 2007 — A rat caused a wedding to be delayed after it nibbled holes into a bride’s wedding dress, the daily Al-Riyadh reported yesterday. As the wedding ceremony drew nearer, the bride […]
Source: Ahmadiyya.de. About Islam and Ahmadiyyat, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany has taken another step. A toll free telephone has been announced for the German Speaking truth seekers to ask any question about Islam and Ahmadiyyat. Number can be dialed in Germany from landlines as well from mobile phones. It is 0800 […]
Source: The Conservative Papers. ‘Outreach to Islam summits’ launched, 1st stop Chicago. Obama Invites Muslims to gather and pray on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington Sept./2009 A series of Muslim Outreach Summits are planned coast-to-coast by the Obama administration to get feedback from Muslims on how the […]
Source: Spiegel Why should the citizens of one of the richest countries in the world take to the streets? Fed up with the paternalizing, incompetent leadership of the ruling family, a citizen’s movement is waking in Kuwait, much to the fear of its neighbors in the Gulf. More:
Source: Spiegel Germany has been making false assumptions for decades — at least when it comes to the number of the country’s residents, foreigners and dwellings. More:
Source: Spiegel After barely surviving the darkest winter in decades, Germans are now suffering through one of the soggiest springs in memory. Flooding has led to major damage and one death, and only one corner of Germany can expect any relief soon. More:
Source: LUBP The future of the Taliban is bright in Pakistan. They will not take over Islamabad from where they can deal with the world. No. This will not suit them.The very abbreviation TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) and the concept behind it are bogus. The concept is that there are ‘good’ […]
Source: TOI CAIRO: Egypt could close the strategic Suez Canal to ships from countries like China that are helping Ethiopia build a controversial dam that threatens supply of Nile water to the country, a top opposition leader has said. “The state is capable of holding talks with the countries financing […]
Source: TOI The asteroid that is going to zip past the Earth at nearly 6 million kilometers away tonight is not travelling alone. Nasa scientists tracking the asteroid with the giant Deep Space Network antenna in California have discovered that the asteroid has a small satellite or moon. The asteroid […]