Pope Francis names 13 new cardinals, including papal envoy to Syria
Source: The Guardian The papal envoy to Syria has been named as one of a group of new cardinals announced on Sunday by Pope Francis, including 13 who are eligible […]
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New Frontiers In Breast Cancer
Source: Time By Alice Park There are paradigm shifts in how breast cancer is screened for and treated—and that’s good news for patients Terrifying as the C word can be, breast cancer today means something very different than it did a decade ago. Doctors know more than ever about what causes […]
How Donald Trump Turned 2016 Into a Referendum on Gender
Source: Time By Charlotte Alter If 2016 was going to be a Battle of the Sexes, everyone thought Hillary Clinton would be the main combatant. She’s the first woman to win […]
Russia implicated in MH17 crash in Ukraine
Source: Gulf News United Nations/Moscow: A Dutch-led investigation has concluded that the powerful surface-to-air missile system that was used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine two years […]
UK woman’s hijab ripped off in hate attack in London
Source: Gulf News London: In a racially-motivated attack, a young woman’s hijab was ripped off on a busy London street in broad daylight, prompting Scotland Yard to launch a probe into the assault. The force is treating the incident in north London as a racially motivated assault on the victim […]
IS ‘loses more than a quarter of its territory’ in Syria and Iraq
Source: BBC So-called Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of the territory it once controlled, new data shows. Security and defence analysts IHS say the group’s control has shrunk by 28% since its height in January 2015. In the first nine months of this year, IS’ territory […]
Omar Alghabra Faces Racist Messages After Criticizing Tories On Anti-Islamophobia Motion
Source: Huffington Post OTTAWA — A Liberal MP received violent and racist messages on social media this week after he highlighted the refusal of some Conservative MPs to denounce all […]
President Obama Lifts Economic Sanctions on Burma
Source: Time (WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama is lifting U.S. economic sanctions on the former pariah state of Burma. The White House says Obama signed an executive order lifting the sanctions on Friday. He had announced plans to do so last month, when Burma’s new civilian leader, Aung San Suu […]
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Source: Time (OSLO, Norway) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for his efforts to end a civil war that killed more than 200,000 Colombians. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the award should also be seen “as a tribute to the Colombian people who, despite […]
82 Killed After Saudi-led Coalition Airstrike Hits Yemen Funeral
Source: Time By Ahmed Al-Haj / AP (SANAA, Yemen) — A senior health official in Yemen says an airstrike by a Saudi-led coalition that targeted a funeral hall packed with mourners […]
Triple talaq not integral part of the religion: Centre in Supreme Court
Source: The Indian Express Written by Utkarsh Anand | New Delhi | Updated: October 8, 2016 8:32 am The Centre said these practices “cannot be regarded as essential or integral […]
How Sweden became an exporter of jihad
Source: BBC By Yalda Hakim BBC News. Gothenburg Sweden is a peaceful democratic state that has long been a safe haven for those fleeing conflict. Yet many young people whose families took refuge there are now turning their back on the country. More than 300 people have gone to fight […]
Russia deploys nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad
Source: BBC Russia has deployed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its Kaliningrad region, bordering Poland and Lithuania. Linas Linkevicius, foreign minister of Nato-member Lithuania, said that the aim of the move […]
Hillary Clinton’s Wall St speeches published by Wikileaks
Source: BBC Transcripts of private speeches by US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been released by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks. In one of the extracts, Mrs Clinton told bankers […]
Hurricane Matthew: Haiti south ‘90% destroyed’
Source: BBC Nearly 900 people are known to have been killed by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, with aid officials saying up to 90% of some areas have been destroyed. Some […]
US election: Donald Trump says he will not quit over video
Source: BBC US presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he will not withdraw from the race in phone interviews with US media. Mr Trump has been under pressure after a tape of him making lewd sexual comments and bragging about groping and kissing women emerged on Friday. He told the […]
FBI: Minnesota mall attacker newly interested in Islam
Source: Associated Press By AMY FORLITI ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — The man who stabbed 10 people at a Minnesota mall had become interested in Islam in the last several […]
Mormon videos spur question: Should aging LDS apostles be able to retire?
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By PEGGY FLETCHER STACK The recently leaked videos of Mormon authorities discussing sometimes-thorny issues behind closed doors exposed no stunning secrets or unexpected statistics. But […]
St. Louis-area Muslims post ‘HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK’ billboard
Source: St.Louis Post By Kristen Taketa St. Louis Muslims are assuring people, in case they’re still unclear: Muslims are against ISIS as much as anybody else. A new billboard on […]
Mike Pence Disavows Donald Trump’s Earlier Proposal Barring Muslims
Source: The New York Times By ALAN RAPPEPORT The Trump campaign appeared to disavow one of its most provocative policy proposals on Thursday, as Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana said […]