The UK Home Secretary seeks appeal over Qatada deportation ban
Theresa May will try to overturn a court decision that bans Abu Qatada from being deported in the latest battle of the decade-long saga. The Home Secretary has asked the […]
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US budget cuts could delay trial of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law
The Telegraph The highly anticipated New York trial of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law could be delayed because his court-appointed lawyers have been hit by US budget cuts. Martin Cohen, a […]
AQ Khan, father of the Islamic bomb, says North Korea is not ‘trigger happy’
The Pakistani metallurgist who passed nuclear technology to North Korea says Kim Jong-un’s regime is not “stupid” enough to use atomic weapons in its increasingly tense stand-off with the US. […]
Serbia’s worst peacetime massacre as gunman kills 13 in village rampage
A Serbian man shot dead 13 people in a shooting spree during the early hours of Tuesday morning in a village near Belgrade. The 60-year-old man first shot his son, […]
UK Chancellor George Osborne: All Tories live in the shadow of Baroness Thatcher
By Political Correspondent of Telegraph George Osborne, the Chancellor, has admitted that the Conservative leadership is still in the shadow of Baroness Thatcher and said that her achievements are “impossible to […]
US army hands over Bagram prison to Afghanistan
The US has handed over to Afghanistan the only prison still under American control, resolving an issue that has strained ties between the countries. BBC News A transfer ceremony took […]
Ford India apologises for Berlusconi advert
The Indian unit of Ford Motor Company has apologised for an advertisement showing former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in the boot of a […]
UK: David Cameron ‘to toughen’ European migrants’ benefits rules
Europeans will have to prove they are “genuinely seeking employment” to claim UK jobless benefits for more than six months, David Cameron has said. BBC News The prime minister said […]
UN conference on women: some rights won, but more battles ahead
It may not sound like much, but the attempted insertion of the word “recalls” in place of “reaffirms” about previous women’s rights agreements by the Holy See in the first line of the proposed draft document set the tone for much of the negotiations at this year’s UN Commission […]
UK: Malala Back In School After Taliban Shooting
Sky News: Just months after brain surgery, the schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban goes back to school. A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the […]
UK: Poor car-owning households spend more than a quarter of income on motoring
Nearly a million households are spending more than a quarter of their income running a car, research has found. The RAC Foundation has used data from ONS, the Government’s statistical […]
UK: Food watchdog to ask shoppers how much horse is ‘acceptable’
The Government’s food watchdog will ask UK consumers how much horse or other species of animal would be “acceptable” to find in their food products. In the wake of the […]
There’s more to Islam than protests and violence
Source: Jacksonville.com, by Wayne Ezell. “The future of the Islamic world is one of the two defining forces for us in the next quarter century,” she said. “The other is globalization.” Both pose major policy challenges for the United States, she adds. After 40 years as a foreign correspondent, noted […]
The Saudi Arabization of Islam
Source:Countercurrents.org, by Sazzad Hussain. The discovery of oil in 1934 made Saudi Arabia to gain prominence among the western colonial powers and with the British-US oil companies, corporate world and arms producers, it emerged as a powerful country. After taking up of the custody of the holy mosques of Mecca […]
Philippines and Muslim separatist group-final peace deal by April
Source: Inquirer News. KUALA LUMPUR—The Philippines and a Muslim separatist group hope to finalize a peace agreement ending a decades-old insurgency by April, a government negotiator said Thursday. Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are working to put the finishing touches to plans for disarmament and wealth- and […]
Islam spreads more rapidly when attacked
Source: ABNA.co Kuwait City (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Kuwait City: Islam is a moderate religion and spreads the message of tolerance even when the religion is itself under attack by the enemies. These views were shared by the speakers of a conference on Islam in the capital city of Kuwait who also […]
Iran tackles ‘inappropriate dressing’ by teaching chastity and hijab to toddlers
Morality police adopt a more root-and-branch approach in battle against females who show too much hair or makeup. The Guardian UK With spring coming and temperatures rising, Iranians can expect […]
‘Several’ killed in Switzerland shooting
Several people have been killed or wounded during a shooting at a factory in Lucerne, Switzerland, police have said. The Telegraph UK A hotline was set up for families and […]
Egypt balloon crash: criminal activity ruled out by early investigation
An initial investigation into the hot air balloon crash that killed up to 19 tourists in Egypt, including three Britons, has ruled out any criminal activity as a cause of […]
UK: Drinkers ‘consuming almost double official estimates’
Drinkers are consuming almost twice as much alcohol as official studies estimate, according to research which shows women are just as likely to ‘binge drink’ as men. The Telegraph UK […]