Saudi-led bloc modifies demands to end Qatar crisis
Source: BBC News he four Arab nations leading a boycott of Qatar are no longer insisting it comply with a list of 13 specific demands they tabled last month. Diplomats […]
Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found
Source: BBC News By Erin Craig 19 July 2017 This is an outsized land for outsized legends. No roads, no permanent buildings; just unfurling sky, tufted dry grass and streaming […]
Two years in prison if you kill people but 14 years if you kill cows: Indian judge
Source: Tribune A judge in Delhi, India sentenced the son of an industrialist to two years’ imprisonment on Saturday for mowing down a motorcyclist with his luxury BMW car in […]
Turkey Leaks Secret Locations of U.S. Troops in Syria
Source: The Daily Beast ISTANBUL—In the latest display of Turkish anger at U.S. policy in Syria, the state news agency has divulged the locations of 10 U.S. military bases and outposts in northern Syria where the U.S. is leading an operation to destroy the so-called Islamic State in its self-styled […]
The end of the ‘caliphate’ does not mean the end of Daesh
Source: Arab News Daesh’s defeat in Mosul — from where it proclaimed its “caliphate” three years ago — and its impending defeat in its capital Raqqa have bred a sense of triumphalism. But this euphoria may be misplaced and is certainly premature, given the grave threat Daesh continues to pose […]
Hizbut group that seeks global caliphate
Source: Arab News: JAKARTA, Indonesia: The Indonesian government on Wednesday banned Hizbut Tahrir, an organization that wants to establish a global caliphate, under a new presidential decree criticized as draconian by rights groups. Hizbut’s legal status had been revoked to protect national unity, said Freddy Haris, a director-general at the […]
Rotting pig’s head dumped at Islamic school gate in Brisbane
Source: Arab News BRISBANE: School officials have described it as “hate crime” after a bag adorned with a swastika and containing a pig’s head was dumped at the front gate of one of Queensland’s largest Islamic schools. Staff at the Islamic College of Brisbane discovered the bag and rotting meat […]
3,652 husbands ordered by Saudi courts this year to pay alimony to wives
Source: Arab News: RIYADH: The enforcement courts across the Kingdom have ordered 3,652 men to pay court-ordered alimony to their divorced or abandoned wives and children, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said. The husbands have to fully comply with court rulings or face penalties including imprisonment and fines if they […]
Quebec town rejects plan to build Muslim cemetery in narrow vote
INGRID PERITZ MONTREAL — The Globe and Mail Published Sunday, Jul. 16, 2017 9:38PM EDT, Last updated Monday, Jul. 17, 2017 8:32AM EDT Residents in Saint-Apollinaire, Que., have rejected a proposal to open a Muslim-run cemetery in their town, dealing a setback to a Muslim community still recovering from a tragic mass shooting six […]
Missing Swiss couple found frozen in Alps after 75 years
Source: CNN A Swiss couple who disappeared from their farm in the Alps during World War II have finally been found, 75 years later, mummified in a glacier. Marceline and Francine Dumoulin went missing on August 15, 1942, after leaving to milk their cows in a meadow near their home. […]
Previously Undisclosed Meeting?
Source: CNN President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, spoke for a second time on July 7 in a previously undisclosed discussion, the White House confirmed on Tuesday.A senior White House official told CNN the discussion was “nearly an hour.”The White House, in a statement acknowledging the meeting, […]
Israeli-Christian man accused of killing teen daughter for dating Muslim
Source: ET An Israeli-Christian man has been accused of stabbing his daughter to death because he didn’t approve of her relationship with a Muslim man. Sami Karra, 58, killed his daughter in their family home in the Israeli town of Ramle, a day after she graduated from high school. His 17-year-old daughter, […]
Russia Jehovah’s Witnesses banned after they lose appeal
Source: BBC News Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the disbanding of the Jehovah’s Witnesses on Russian territory. The ban came into effect after the court rejected an appeal by the […]
Man sues Boston archdiocese citing sex abuse at orphanage
Source: Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A New York man is suing the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston for sexual abuse he says he suffered decades ago at a church-affiliated […]
Pence roots administration’s support for Israel in faith
Source: Religion News By Lauren Markoe | 13 hours ago WASHINGTON (RNS) — Vice President Mike Pence told evangelical supporters of Israel that God had a hand in creating the state of Israel […]
Assisted suicide is legal and available in D.C. — for now
Source: The Washington Post By Fenit Nirappil July 17 at 6:16 PM District officials say doctors in the city may now begin the process of prescribing life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients, […]
Gorsuch can’t escape travel ban at San Francisco meeting
Source: Associated Press By SUDHIN THANAWALA SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court couldn’t escape discussion of the president’s travel ban — and even […]
Boston Launches Anti-Islamophobia Poster Campaign
Source: NPR By CAMILA DOMONOSKE The city of Boston is launching a new poster campaign to fight Islamophobia by encouraging bystanders to intervene, in a non-confrontational way, if they witness anti-Muslim harassment. Starting Monday, the city began installing 50 posters around the city with advice on what to do […]
Saudi Arabia investigates video of woman in miniskirt
Source: BBC News The authorities in Saudi Arabia are investigating a young woman who posted a video of herself wearing a miniskirt and crop-top in public. The woman, a model […]
Justine Damond’s fiance ‘heartbroken’ over police shooting
Source: BBC News The “heartbroken” American fiancé of an Australian shot dead by a US police officer has said they have received almost no information from officials. Don Damond said his wife-to-be, Justine Damond, was gunned down after calling police to report a possible sexual assault in their quiet neighbourhood. […]