Source: The Guardian By Kim Willsher The French minister for women’s rights has been accused of racism after comparing women who wear the burqa to “negroes” who supported slavery. Laurence Rossignol […]
Source: The Guardian By Ashifa Kassam Police in Canada have launched an investigation after a Catholic priest in southern Ontario claimed he had gambled away hundreds of thousands of dollars earmarked […]
Source: The Guardian By Mohammed Hanif, whose novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes was longlisted for the Booker prize, shortlisted for the Guardian first book award, Commonwealth literary prize and […]
Source: Dawn WISCONSIN: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday said that amongst all the presidential hopefuls only he can solve the problem of “radical Islamic terrorism”. During an interview with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, Trump termed Pakistan “a vital problem” for the United States (US) “because they have a […]
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom Standing on a high vantage point at Thingvellir Park, I overlook a vast rocky, snow-covered rift valley. Fissures and cracks scar the landscape, filled with […]
Source: BBC Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for “some form of punishment” for women who have abortions, if it becomes illegal. However, the front-runner did not disclose what […]
(CNN) Donald Trump said Wednesday that women who undergo abortions should face “some form of punishment” if the procedure were outlawed. Trump, who once supported abortion rights, now favors outlawing […]
Source: CNN By Sally Kohn, CNN Political Commentator Sally Kohn is an activist, columnist and television commentator. Follow her on Twitter: @sallykohn. The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. […]
Source: Hindustan Times Poland’s president on Thursday threw his support behind a government decision to renege on a deal to accept thousands of refugees, blaming security concerns raised by Tuesday’s […]
Source: Associated Press By JEFF AMY Mar. 29, 2016 4:20 PM EDT JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Asked to choose between a Christian spirit of peace and a God-given right of self-defense, Mississippi senators are overwhelmingly favoring the latter. The Senate voted 36-14 Tuesday to pass the bill, known as the […]
Source: The Washington Post By David A. Fahrenthold A Muslim Democrat running for a U.S. House seat in Nevada says that — in a private meeting last year — Senate […]
Source: Reuters Harsh rhetoric about Muslims by Republican candidates in the U.S. presidential election campaign is undermining national security efforts, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Tuesday. Asked […]
Source. The daily Beast LONDON — At least 72 people were killed and 300 injured by the suicide blast that shook the crowded Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park in Lahore, Pakistan, on the evening of Easter Sunday. Many of the victims were children. A Taliban splinter group called Jamaat-ul-Ahrar has claimed responsibility for […]
Source. The daily Beast Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s forces battling to recapture the ancient city of Palmyra had a lot of help from above. At least one Russian Mi-28 attack helicopter—Moscow’s answer to the U.S. Army’s fearsome Apache gunship—flew top cover as Syrian tanks and infantry stormed the modern city […]
Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN – On Thursday, Iran reacted angrily to the passage of a resolution which renewed the mandate of Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, for another five years. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said the renewal of Shaheed’s mandate is […]
By Suzanna Goussous – Mar 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a meeting with students on Sunday at the University of Jordan also attended by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and Jordan Strategy Forum Chairman Omar Razzaz (Photo courtesy of UJ) AMMAN […]
Reuters International MAR 30, 2016 – 17:03 By Jack Stubbs and Lisa Barrington MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad said it would not be difficult to agree a new Syrian government including opposition figures, but his opponents responded on Wednesday that no administration would be legitimate while he remained in […]
Source: Swissinfo.ch The interior ministry has announced its intention to elevate five complementary therapies including homeopathy to the same level as conventional medicine. Homeopathy, holistic medicine, herbal medicine, acupuncture and […]
Source: Swissinfo.ch Political and media debates on religion in Switzerland focus mainly on Muslims and Islam. But the country also has many people of Hindu, Jewish and Sikh faith. What […]
CHOCOLATE MONEY Where is Swiss chocolate most popular? By Jo Fahy, Filipa Cordeiro and Thomas Stephens MAR 29, 2016 – 16:41 Switzerland has a longstanding reputation for making exquisite chocolate, […]