Source: Time BY Charlie Campbell / Beijingg 12:53 AM ET The U.S. has announced new sanctions on ten Russian and Chinese firms as well as six individuals that it accuses of aiding […]
Source: Time BY Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Pennington / AP Updated: 9:28 PM ET (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s plan to end America’s longest war and eliminate Afghanistan’s rising […]
Source: BBC News The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial practice of instant divorce in Islam is unconstitutional. It is being hailed as a huge victory by rights […]
By Clive Cookson and Science Editor AUGUST 22, 2017 9:22 AMAUG 22, 2017 – 09:22 The deadly culprit: the mosquito(Keystone) The first new malaria drug to emerge for 20 […]
. Aug 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The Middle East is a region that has been deprived of peace for no less than a full decade. All efforts, by the UN, superpowers, regional actors and mediators over the years to resolve causes of instability have failed. Actually, the […]
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A Bangladesh court has sentenced to death 10 leaders and activists from a banned Islamist group for a plot in 2000 to kill […]
Open-ended commitment to send in more troops leaves US and allies without clear mission in middle of worsening conflict Donald Trump’s proposed troop reinforcement of about 4,000 is ‘a drop in the ocean’. Photograph: UPI/Barcroft Images Simon Tisdall Tuesday 22 August 2017 10.35 BSTLast modified on Tuesday 22 August 201711.05 BST […]
Source: CNN By Huizhong Wu, CNN New Delhi (CNN) India’s Supreme Court banned the controversial Islamic divorce practice known as “triple talaq” in a landmark ruling announced Tuesday. The practice, […]
Source: Reuters KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistani soldiers on Saturday carried the flag-draped coffin of German-born Catholic nun Ruth Pfau to a state funeral where she was honored after devoting her […]
Source: BBC News The head of the Philippines Catholic Church has criticised the government’s bloody campaign against drugs. Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle condemned “those who kill even the helpless”. Police […]
Source: The New York Times By ROD NORDLAND and FATIMA FAIZI KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan singer and pop star Aryana Saeed, as famous here for her curve-hugging costumes as she is for […]
Source: BBC News By Sarah Finley Technology of Business reporter 18 August 2017 Image copyrightSTAND UP TO CANCERImage captionStand up to Cancer and Hyundai clubbed together to make a charity […]
Source: Tribune By Riazul Haq Published: August 20, 2017 CREATIVE: AAMIR KHAN ISLAMABAD: In its drive against ‘cyber criminals’, especially those on social media, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sought action […]
Source: ET I’ve been advocating for the inclusion of women in all fields for over a decade with some of my fellow activists and now it seems like we’ve need to pause, because we’ve perhaps preached to an unwanted foe — the Taliban. In a glossy, glamouresque magazine called Sunnat-e-Khaula, the […]
Source: The New York Times By AJAZ ASHRAF AUG. 17, 2017 Photo Riots that took place in the streets of Calcutta in 1946 between Muslims and Hindus claimed thousands of lives. CreditKeystone-France/Gamma-Keystone, […]
Source: Daily Caller BY JOSHUA GILL Religion Reporter Twenty-four British politicians pleaded with Pakistan’s leaders to repeal blasphemy laws on the 70th anniversary of the country’s independence from Britain. […]
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – China hit back on Wednesday at criticism by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of its record on religious freedom, saying the United States was […]
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — A day after the U.N. chief voiced concern about Indian plans to potentially deport tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya […]
extract: PAKISTAN TIER 1 | USCIRF-RECOMMENDED COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN (CPC) • Designate Pakistan as a CPC under IRFA; • Negotiate a binding agreement with the government of Pakistan, under section 405(c) of IRFA, to achieve specific and meaningful reforms, with benchmarks that include major legal reforms and releasing […]
Source: Associated Press By RISHABH R. JAIN AMRITSAR, India (AP) — In the 70 years since India and Pakistan were created from the former British Empire, there has never been […]
