Muslim family’s home vandalized; Quran torn, green cards stolen
By Shachar Peled, CNN (CNN) A Muslim family returned from a weekend getaway to find their home vandalized. Shoaib and Mahrukh — who asked to be identified only by their […]
Unitarian Universalist president resigns amid diversity controversy
By Adelle M. Banks | March 31, 2017 (RNS) The president of the Unitarian Universalist Association has resigned three months short of the end of his second term, declaring that someone else needed to address the religious movement’s diversity problems. The Rev. Peter Morales, the first Latino president of the liberal and […]
Credit Suisse’s Khan Says He’s `Surprised’ by Timing of Raids
Bloomberg APR 1, 2017 – (Bloomberg) — Iqbal Khan, Credit Suisse Group AG’s head of international wealth management, said he’s surprised by the timing of a tax evasion investigation […]
New Egypt court ruling backs islands’ transfer to Saudi Arabia
Reuters | Published — Sunday 2 April 2017 (AFP) RELATED ARTICLES CAIRO: Egypt’s Court of Urgent Matters ruled that a judicial decision to block the transfer of two Red Sea […]
Britain apologizes for attack on Saudi Gen. Al-Assiri
AFP | Published — Monday 3 April 2017 Britain’s Foreign Minister Boris. (AP) RELATED ARTICLES RIYADH: Britain has apologized after an egg was thrown at a Saudi military official during […]
REVOLUTIONARIES AND SPIES: When Swiss neutrality hurt the Indian freedom struggle
By Anand Chandrasekhar APR 2, 2017 – The Café de la Couronne along with Hotel Bristol in Geneva were favoured hangouts for anti-colonial activists and foreign agents(by courtesy) A forgotten […]
As ideologies shift in Europe
Apr 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The world is facing several crises today. In the Middle East, so far, there is a security crisis; other countries around the world are facing a serious ideological threat. Europe’s problems are, in part, related to external factors such as refugees, but […]
Ghosts of Mosul stalk Iraq’s fleeing children
By AFP – Apr 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced Iraqi people who fled their homes stand in a queue to receive aid in the city of Mosul, Iraq, on […]
Croydon ‘hate crime’: Teenage girl among three more arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after attack on asylum seeker boy
The 17-year-old among three more people picked up by police, bringing the total number of arrests to nine Chantal Da Silva @chantaladasilva A teenage girl was among three more people arrested over a “brutal” suspected hate crime which left a teenage asylum seeker with a fractured skull and a blood […]
What life is like for Isis’s 400,000 ‘human shields’ in west Mosul
Endgames: inside Iraq In an exclusive dispatch on the climax of the battle for Mosul, Patrick Cockburn speaks to one of 400,000 desperate civilians for whom the besieged city has become like an underground prison Patrick Cockburn Irbil, Iraq @indyworld Isolated in their houses and short of food and water, […]
Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior
Book by Prof. Bart Ehrman Book review from Amazon The bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus, one of the most renowned and controversial Bible scholars in the world today examines oral […]
Pakistan: Tired of abuse, women ride bikes to claim public space
REUTERSPUBLISHED ABOUT 2 HOURS AGOhttps://www.dawn.com/news/1324403 0 COMMENTS EMAIL PRINT Women ride bicycles while taking part in Girls on Bike rally in Islamabad. ─Reuters Dozens of women took part in female-only […]
One-state solution would ruin Israel
One-state solution would ruin Israel By Staff Reports – 3/15/17 6:55 PM The simmering conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has been a thorn in every American president’s side since Truman, and there is no reason to assume that will change under the Trump administration. The president’s recent comments in a […]
‘No reasonable alternative’ to the two-state solution says Merkel to Abbas
Source: i24NEWS La Chancelière allemande Angela Merkel, le 19 mars 2017 à Hanovre Merkel says Palestinians also adding to lack of progress in peace process by ‘unilaterally denouncing’ Israel In […]
Pakistan Sufi shrine: 20 murdered in Punjab
Source: BBC Twenty people have been murdered and others wounded at a Sufi shrine near the city of Sargodha, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, police say. Deputy police commissioner Liaquat Ali […]
The small Scottish isle leading the world in electricity
Source: BBC By Karen Gardiner 30 March 2017 The Scottish island of Eigg has a precarious connection to the outside world – which I experienced first-hand when a storm forced […]
TURKISH VOTERS IN SWITZERLAND: Erdogan: a hero for some, a dictator for others
By Peter Siegenthaler APR 1, 2017 The well-protected Turkish embassy in Bern. The green container on the left is where voters have to identify themselves(Keystone) He’s brought the country […]
Jordan: How to end ’honour’ killings in Jordan
Apr 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL “We want to send a strong message to the people that killing women in the name of family honour will no longer be […]
IOM expects to fly up to 10,000 migrants out of Libya in 2017
Libya is main departure point for Europe By Reuters – Apr 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Illegal African migrants arrive at Mitiga International Airport before their voluntary return to their […]
Refugee children in Sweden are falling into coma-like states on learning their families will be deported
Resignation syndrome, or uppgivenhetssyndrom, has been diagnosed in 60 children this year Will Worley @willrworley Police stand with refugee children in Sweden. The country has for years experienced the unique […]