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Afghan robotics team builds COVID-19 ventilator
Short Url https://arab.news/pvn46 Sayed Salahuddin April 10, 2020 Team drew up its own product design and sent to MIT, Harvard University for approval KABUL: A team of Afghan female robotics […]
Millions in Lebanon risk food insecurity over virus lockdown: HRW
By AFP – Apr 08,2020 – JORDAN TIMES The lockdown imposed by Lebanese authorities to stem the spread of COVID-19 has compounded poverty and economic hardship in the country, rights […]
Surviving as an Ahmadi Muslim in Pakistan
Source: April 07, 2020 | Pulitzer Center By Ayilah Chaudhary, who is a third-year journalism student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. After a decade’s worth of service in Pakistan’s […]
Saudi Arabia buys stakes in four big European oil firms – source By Ron Bousso
By Ron Bousso 9th April 2020 LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has accumulated stakes in four major European oil companies, […]
Saudi Arabia Declares Cease-Fire in Yemen, Citing Fears of Coronavirus
If it sticks, the cease-fire would be the first nationwide truce in five years of war in Yemen. By Ben Hubbard April 8, 2020 BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saudi Arabia on […]
Pakistan to Reopen Border for Afghan Visitors Stranded Due to COVID-19 Closure
Closure By Ayaz Gul April 04, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan announced Saturday it will briefly reopen the border with Afghanistan early next week to allow an unspecified number of stranded nationals of the neighboring country to return home. The coronavirus outbreak prompted Islamabad to seal borders with all neighboring countries […]
Kissinger: Failure to establish post-COVID new world order ‘could set the world on fire’
The famous presidential foreign policy adviser demanded ‘a global collaborative vision and program’ and adherence to the ‘principles of the liberal world order.’ Tue Apr 7, 2020 – […]
When Israelis Teach Their Kids To Hate
by Michael Kaplan Little kids throw mock grenades and pretend to shoot big guns; a boy crawls militant-style as gun-wielding adults cheer him on; a girl wearing a pink dress […]
Covid-19 and the Responsibilities of Muslims to combat this Pandemic
To obey the Government Restrictions regarding Coronavirus is not only a Social Responsibility of Muslims; but also a Religious Obligation. Islam is a practical & progressive faith-based a system that encourages people to seek medical assistance alongside relying on the power of prayer. Prophet of Islam (saw) has instructed us […]
“Shariah: License to kill?”: Unpacking misleading narratives about Islam
Suggested reading by the Muslim Times: Defensive War in the Holy Quran in 600 Words By Azhar Goraya, Missionary, Mexico RT En Espanol recently came out with a documentary called “Shariah: […]
Israel’s Netanyahu and Gantz agree on plan to annex parts of West Bank: Report
The two Israeli leaders would present plan to government this summer, Haaretz reports By MEE staff Published date: 6 April 2020 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political rival […]
Himalayas visible for first time in 30 years as pollution levels in India drop
Epigraph: The sun and the moon run their courses according to a fixed reckoning. And the stemless plants and the trees humbly submit to His will. And the heaven He […]
Saudi Arabia suspends prison sentences in debt cases
Short Url https://arab.news/mzfep Updated 13 sec ago SPA April 07, 2020 As part of efforts to slow spread of coronavirus, King Salman orders temporary release of debtors already in jail […]
Religious belief. Most Swiss Christians don’t believe story behind Easter
Source: Apr 7, 2020 – swissinfo.ch Almost two-thirds of Swiss Christians who took part in a survey do not think the Resurrection of Jesus is a historical fact. Three-quarters of […]
Help the Hungry: New volunteers sign up to help huge emergency food aid operation
‘I had some extra time, and I really wanted to do something useful with it,’ says 30-year-old marketing executive now helping pack parcels going out to vulnerable people Adam Forrest […]
A Moonshot Moment for the Muslims: Making Covid 19 Vaccine before the West and China
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times According to the Pew Research Center in 2015 there were 50 Muslim-majority countries. Are we able to make […]
Multilateralism in crisis Will the United Nations soon be obsolete?
Source: Swiss Info By Frédéric Burnand and Andreas Gefe (illustration) Frédéric Burnand and Andreas Gefe (illustration) Is the international order capable of meeting the enormous challenges facing states and societies […]
Muslim bloc rejects India’s new law in Kashmir
OIC says new law may change demographic structure of disputed territory Islamuddin Sajid 05.04.2020 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) rejected the new laws introduced by the Indian […]
Economic impact of the ‘shut-downs’
JUST SOME SMALL PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS: Lombok, Indonesia: I live in the Senggigi region of North West Lombok. This region is well developed for tourism. For the past four […]