Source: Local Germany moved a step towards resolving its political crisis Friday when the Social Democrats (SPD) said they were ready to hold talks with caretaker Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a sign they might offer the veteran leader their key support. Europe’s economic powerhouse has been mired in uncertainty since […]
Source: CNN US defense and intelligence officials are growing increasingly puzzled why Kim Jong Un has not tested a ballistic missile in nearly two months. And for now, as President Donald Trump travels through Asia, it does not appear another missile test is imminent. Officials caution all of this could […]
By Reuters – Nov 23,2017 -JORDAN TIMES People inspect the debris of a building after Assad regime’s warplanes allegedly carried out air strikes over residential areas of Kafr Batna […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP PARİS AFP Photo The revelation that migrants are being sold as slaves in Libya is not an isolated case: more than 40 million people […]
Nov 23,2017 JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power What drives people to extremes? Why do the people behind Wahhabism, Al Qaeda or Daesh get so charged up and angry? Perhaps to understand, we should go back to the 16th century in Europe and the furious debate about the “divine right of […]
Along stretches of highway and railway tracks across Pakistan, walls bear a familiar inscription: Mard kabhi boorha nahin hota, a man never grows old. It’s an advert by quacks and herbalists peddling eternal virility to aging Pakistani men. It would appear that Pakistan’s former military leader Gen. Pervez Musharraf has taken […]
Source: The Guardian When I had my nikah, my Islamic marriage ceremony, I considered myself a married man. In the presence of our nearest and dearest, squeezed into my partner’s front […]
Source: BBC News By Philippa Roxby Health reporter, BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe effects of caffeine can vary from person to person Moderate coffee drinking is safe, and three to […]
Source: BBC News A Beijing nursery is accused of giving injections and feeding drugs to toddlers, in a case that has sparked outrage in China. Authorities are now investigating the […]
Source: BBC News Militants have launched a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai province, killing 235 people, state media say. The al-Rawda mosque in the […]
Source: Independent By Pooyan Fakhraei The so-called Jihadi groups, which consist of extremist Muslims of every faction: ranging from Salafis, Wahhabis, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Isis and many more, consider themselves as advocates of True Islam. These terrorists claim that the Paris, London and New York attacks are supported and justified by the […]
Source: BBC News By Jonathan Marcus Defence and diplomatic correspondent To all intents and purposes, Saudi Arabia and Israel are de facto allies in the struggle against Iran’s rising influence […]
Source: Germantown Patch Thanksgiving is a holiday which transcends all faiths. It is a time to gather with friends and family and express our gratitude. By Shahina Bashir, Patch Poster | Nov 22, 2017 […]
Source: BBC News By Vanessa Nirode 24 November 2017 At 3,100m, Shimshal is the highest settlement in Pakistan’s northern Hunza region and the last village before the Chinese border. It […]
Source: BBC News Excessive mind wandering and procrastination are annoying for those prone to the time-wasting tendencies – which can have dire consequences on their personal and professional lives. But […]
Source: Huffington Post Nihad Awad, Contributor National Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations While some may try to divide us along religious lines, we are and always will […]
Source: Huffington Post By Omar Naseef, an American Muslim The Qur’an – like all other texts – can only be properly understood by understanding the purpose of its author and […]
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
By Imogen Foulkes November 20, 2017 The Northrop Grumman X-47B is a US Navy prototype unmanned combat aircraft which was successfully tested between 2011-2015(Keystone) Since the day it opened, the United […]
By Anand Chandrasekhar November 23, 2017 Bugti (centre) applied for asylum in Switzerland in 2010 (swissinfo.ch) Brahumdagh Bugti, the leader of the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) who is currently in exile in Geneva, has been denied political asylum by the Swiss authorities. He has been campaigning for the independence […]