The Elephants May Hold Key to Prevent Cancers in Humans
Elephants rarely get cancer. Here’s why this matters to humans Source: CNN By Michael Nedelman, CNN You’d think elephants would be getting cancer left and right: They are giants of […]
Pakistan’s Religious minorities: The significant “Other”
Source: Global Village Space By Asif Aqeel, who is a prominent journalist, researcher and writer, and a vocal member of Pakistan’s Christian community. His area of work is “Marginality & […]
Turkey’s Economy Takes a Tumble. What’s Next?
(CHRIS MCGRATH/Getty Images) Stratfor’s geopolitical guidance provides insight on what we’re watching out for in the week ahead. The Big Picture After recent elections, the biggest challenge for the Turkish […]
Pakistan leader Imran Khan risks Trump’s wrath by backing TURKEY in lira crash crisis
PAKISTAN’S prime minister-elect Imran Khan has risked angering Donald Trump by siding with Turkey in its dispute with the US. By Tom Parfitt PUBLISHED: 16:07, Tue, Aug 14, 2018 | […]
‘Hijab is like a key’ – Myanmar blogger battles bias with beauty campaign
Reuters International This content was published on August 14, 2018 Blogger Win Lae Phyu Sin, 19, attends a beauty product launch event with other beauty bloggers in Yangon, Myanmar, May […]
The Iraqi Spy Who Infiltrated ISIS
Source: The New York Times By Margaret Coker BAGHDAD — The driver was sweating as his white Kia pickup truck sped along a rain-slicked Baghdad highway toward a neighborhood bustling […]
Event held by the Roman Catholic church denies stall to LGBT Catholic group
Catholic LGBT group rejected by event pope will attend in Dublin Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent An organisation representing LGBT Catholics around the world has been denied permission […]
Abbot’s murder in desert monastery shocks Egypt’s Christians
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI and SAMY MAGDY CAIRO (AP) — It reads like a murder mystery set in an exotic locale: an abbot found dead in a desert […]
Indonesian woman complaining about mosque loudspeaker charged with blasphemy
Indonesia woman irked by mosque noise on trial for blasphemy Source: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian prosecutors have demanded an 18-month prison term for a woman who was […]
Israel lets food, goods back into Gaza as Egypt pushes truce
Reuters International This content was published on August 15, 2018 A truck carrying goods arrives at Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem […]
Australian senator calls for ‘final solution to immigration problem’
Source: The Guardian Crossbencher Fraser Anning widely condemned for speech praising white Australia policy and pushing for plebiscite on Muslim immigration An Australian crossbench senator has invoked the term “the […]
Bosnia’s leaders call for withdrawal of government report on massacre of Bosnian Muslims
Bosnian Serb leader denies genocide in Srebrenica massacre Source: Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The leader of Bosnia’s Serbs denied on Tuesday that genocide was committed in Srebrenica […]
Inside Geneva: The hardest job? Change at the top of UN Human Rights
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva This content was published on August 13, 2018 Human rights groups protested the eviction of inhabitants of a Roma camp in the Italian capital […]
All you need to know about the high-profile trial of American pastor Andrew Brunson
Turkish star witnesses against US pastor Andrew Brunson are his expelled congregants Source: Religion News Service BY Umar Farooq IZMIR, Turkey (RNS) — As Turkish prosecutors prepare for the high-profile trial […]
China rejects allegations of detaining million Uighurs in camps in Xinjiang
Source: Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – China rejected on Monday allegations raised by a U.N. panel that 1 million Uighurs may be held in internment camps in the […]
Sudanese hit by bread shortages as currency crunch escalates
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Aug 15,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Residents said bread prices had risen this week, although the government has not announced any change (File photo) KHARTOUM — Bread […]
Syria welcomes returning refugees with charm offensive
By AFP – Aug 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugees prepare to be evacuated from the southern Lebanese village of Shebaa on Sunday (AFP photo) JDEIDET YABUS, Syria — Several […]
Should the UK ban the burqa?
Source: CT Not much happens in August, news-wise, which in part explains the furore over remarks made by a back-bench MP about burqas. When the MP is Boris Johnson, however, publicity is guaranteed. Boris was rude about women in burqas, the all-enveloping garment worn by some Muslim women out of […]
Turkey ramps up US spat with huge tariffs on cars and other goods
Source: CNN Turkey on Wednesday intensified its clash with the United States, announcing heavy new tariffs on some American products including cars, alcohol and tobacco. Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Twitter that the measures were in response to “the deliberate attack of the US administration on our economy.” […]
Israel, This Is Not Who We Are
Source: The New York Times By Ronald S. Lauder Mr. Lauder is president of the World Jewish Congress. CreditRuth Gwily For many Israelis, Jews and supporters of Israel, the last year […]