Source: CNN By Rafael Romo, Senior Latin American Affairs Editor (CNN)Mexico will be taking legislative steps to legalize the use of medicinal marijuana, and its government will consider penal code changes to decriminalize possession of small quantities or cannabis for personal use. The announcement came from President Enrique Peña Nieto, […]
Source: BBC By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent, Vienna Scientists think they can now tie the disruption that hit Mayan civilisation in the 6th Century to an eruption of the […]
Source: BBC The Indian government has told the Supreme Court that 330 million people are affected by drought in the country. It said that nearly 256 districts across India, home […]
Source: BBC By Ahmed Maher Om Hussein is a mother close to breaking point. Along with her husband and their four young children, she is struggling with poverty like millions of other Iraqis. Her husband, Ali, is unemployed. He is diabetic and has heart problems. She has been the breadwinner […]
Source: BBC Mitsubishi Motors has admitted falsifying fuel economy data for more than 600,000 vehicles sold in Japan. Tyre pressure figures were falsified by employees to flatter mileage rates, the […]
Source: BBC By Stephen McDonell So Twitter now has a managing director in China – a Chinese woman who used to be in the military – and online activists on […]
Source: BBC Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, frontrunners in the race to be the US presidential candidates for the Republican and Democratic parties, have secured comfortable victories in the crucial New York primary election. Mrs Clinton, after beating Bernie Sanders, said her victory for the Democratic nomination was in […]
The Muslim Times has the Best Collection on the Prophet Muhammad, in Media, History & Literature Source: InsideHalton Milton Canadian Champion Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Milton presents Muhammad, The Astonishing Story of […]
Source: BDNews24.com IS claims the persons in the photo published in Dabiq are members of its Bangladesh unit. The grassroots followers of Jamaat-e-Islami, an organisation under pressure over the war […]
Source: BBC By Mandy Oaklander A common kind of prescription and over-the-counter medication, including some cold medicines, has been linked to cognitive impairment in older adults, finds a new study published in JAMA Neurology. Shannon Risacher, assistant professor of radiology and imaging sciences at Indiana University School of Medicine and first […]
Source: BBC The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Google in its 11-year legal battle with an authors group. The Court said it would not hear an appeal […]
Source: BBC The founder of Germany’s anti-Islamist Pegida movement has gone on trial in Dresden on hate speech charges. Lutz Bachmann, 43, is accused of inciting racial hatred in Facebook posts, in which he called refugees “cattle”, “scumbags” and “filth”. Pegida’s rallies have attracted thousands of supporters in Germany. Separately, […]
Source: The Guardian A devout Muslim has failed to persuade a high court judge to rule that his sons should be circumcised. The man, who was born in Algeria but […]
Source: Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s prime minister on Monday said his government has decided to call off a plan to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem’s most sensitive […]
Source: Yahoo News Jerusalem (AFP) – An Israeli court on Tuesday convicted an ultra-Orthodox man of murder and six counts of attempted murder over stabbings at a Jerusalem Gay Pride […]
Source: The Guardian By Zach Stafford in Chicago and Spencer Ackerman in New York The Rev Jesse Jackson has called for Chicago police to close the warehouse it uses for thousands […]
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel led a cabinet meeting in the Israeli-controlled portion of the Golan Heights on Sunday, […]
Source: Reuters (Writing by Paul Carrel, editing by Louise Heavens) The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) said on Sunday Islam is not compatible with the German constitution and vowed to […]
Source: Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German police say three people have been injured in an apparently deliberate explosion at a Sikh temple in the western city of Essen. A spokesman for Essen police told The Associated Press that a masked person is reported to have fled the scene shortly […]
Source: Dawn The Indian government is considering a proposal aimed to simplify the procedures for granting Indian citizenship to minority Hindus from Pakistan, the Times of India reported on Sunday. The proposal also envisages allowing “minority communities of Pakistan staying in India on a Long Term Visa” to buy property, […]