Md. Student Forced Out Of Basketball Game Because Of Her Hijab
Source: baltimore.cbslocal.com BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The first 24 games of a season were played without a problem for 16-year-old Je’Nan Hayes. But a few weeks ago, she was barred from […]
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Banned and barred, Israel’s women stand up to religious hardliners
Source: The Guardian BY Emma Graham-Harrison Ultra-Orthodox influence has excluded women from speaking at funerals and public prayers, and taken them off the radio A woman holding a portion of […]
Iranian pilgrims ‘to attend Hajj again’ after Saudi rift
Source: BBC Saudi Arabia says Iranian citizens will attend this year’s annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, after missing last year’s event following a bitter rift between Riyadh and Tehran. Relations […]
Pope’s Egypt visit offers chance to improve Catholic-Muslim ties
Source: Reuters Pope Francis will make a trip to Egypt next month, the Vatican said on Saturday, giving the pontiff another opportunity to promote better relations between Catholics and Muslims. […]
Beneath Mask of Normal Nigerian Life, Young Lives Scarred by Boko Haram
Source: The New York Times By DIONNE SEARCEY and ASHLEY GILBERTSON MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — She hears the awful sounds in her dreams. They are the moans of a dying girl. […]
Blasphemy charges create climate of fear for Pakistani media
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON Mar. 18, 2017 8:32 AM EDT 6 photos FILE – In this file photo taken on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, civil society activists rally […]
Wildebeest try to escape deadly crocs
Source: BBC Watch the moment when Sir David Attenborough and BBC filmmakers recorded a herd of wildebeest confronting an army of crocodiles. Video Here
Prairie dogs build air-conditioned homes
Source: BBC Watch the moment when Sir David Attenborough and BBC filmmakers recorded prairie dogs using a simple form of air conditioning. Video here
How Some Silicon Valley Women Are Trying to Solve Sexism
Source: Time By Kate Dwyer In recent weeks, sexism in the tech industry has come under the spotlight again. For the Atlantic’s April cover story, writer Liza Mundy explored the […]
Modi’s Backing of a Hard-Liner to Run India’s Most Populous State Poses Major Questions
Source: Time BY Nikhil Kumar Ever since 2014, when Narendra Modi became India’s Prime Minister, political pundits have been debating his priorities. He leads the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has […]
‘Huge advance’ in fighting world’s biggest killer
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES An innovative new drug can prevent heart attacks and strokes by cutting bad cholesterol to […]
Trump Russia claims: FBI’s Comey confirms investigation of election ‘interference’
Source: BBC FBI director James Comey has confirmed for the first time that the FBI is investigating alleged Russian government interference in the 2016 election. That includes investigating possible links […]
Myanmar hard-line Buddhists protest citizenship for Rohingya
Source: Associated Press By ESTHER HTUSAN SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of hard-line Buddhists in a Myanmar state wracked by religious violence protested Sunday against the government’s plan to give […]
The Problem With Calling the U.S. a ‘Nation of Immigrants
Source: Time Arica L. Coleman Mar 17, 2017 As President Trump faces yet another challenge to the immigration restrictions he has tried to implement since the first month of his […]
Facebook’s WhatsApp and Telegram Patch Major Security Flaws
Source: Time WhatsApp and Telegram patched flaws in their popular instant messaging applications after security researchers showed that they could seize control of user accounts. Researchers with Check Point Software […]
President Trump Says the U.S. ‘Must Be Paid More’ to Defend Germany
Source: Time Ken Thomas, Jill Colvin / AP Mar 18, 2017 (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that Germany owes “vast sums of money” to NATO and the U.S. […]
Trump ‘looks forward to visiting China’ – Tillerson
Source: BBC US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has told China’s President Xi Jinping that President Donald Trump looks forward to visiting his country, and to enhancing understanding between the […]
The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly
Source: Close to the source blog ON MARCH 17, 2017 BY TOOBA KHOKHAR Once upon a time, a poet of the British Isles remarked “the flower of sweetest smell is […]
Brazil meat-packing giants ‘exported rotten beef’
Source: BBC The authorities in Brazil suspended 33 government officials amid allegations that some of the country’s biggest meat processors have been selling rotten beef and poultry for years. Three […]
BBC Asian Network apologises for tweet about blasphemy
Source: BBC The BBC has apologised after a tweet from the Asian Network account asked, “What is the right punishment for blasphemy?”. The tweet provoked criticism that the BBC appeared […]