Sri Lankan police ask who promoted violence against Muslims
Reuters International This content was published on March 9, 2018 Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force and Police officers stand guard near a burnt house after a clash between two communities […]
Private Turkish jet carrying bride and friends from bachelorette party in Dubai crashes in Iran
DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES ISTANBUL A private plane carrying the daughter of the owner of one of Turkey’s leading companies and 10 others onboard traveling to Istanbul from a […]
Wedding celebration bullet kills guest in Saudi Arabia
ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 11 March 2018 Wedding celebratory fire kills guest. (Shutterstock) DUBAI: A guest was killed at a Saudi wedding after a bullet fire in celebration […]
Divorced Saudi mothers win new rights to child custody
RUBA OBAID | Published — Sunday 11 March 2018 JEDDAH: Divorced women are no longer required to file a lawsuit to gain custody of their children, provided there are no disputes between the parents. Mothers may now simply submit a request to the relevant court, without the need for […]
America shuts the schoolhouse door on refugees
Mar 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – GORDON BROWN LONDON — No international institution has done as much for children’s schooling on the ground for as long as the United Nations […]
A new order for the Indo-Pacific
Mar 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Brahma Chellaney SYDNEY — Security dynamics are changing rapidly in the Indo-Pacific. The region is home not only to the world’s fastest-growing economies, but […]
Jordan, Saudi Arabia in talks over $500b NEOM project
By Mohammad Ghazal – Mar 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Discussions are under way between Jordan and Saudi Arabia to identify projects that will be implemented in Aqaba, […]
Debt lands hundreds in jail as Gaza economy tanks
By AFP – Mar 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians, who are unable to pay off their debts, sit in a cell in a Hamas jail in Gaza City on February 20 (AFP photo) GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Sameh Al Madhoun’s eyes fill with tears as he recalls his fall […]
Mosques should be Nationalized in Pakistan
By Saeed Qureshi, who is a senior journalist, former editor of Diplomatic Times and a former diplomat.This and other articles by the writer can also be read at his blog […]
Will Malaysia’s Islamisation change course?
Mar 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Chin-Huat Wong PENANG — Malaysia is just a few months or even weeks away from its most contentious election in decades. Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s […]
Buddhist mobs sweep through Sri Lanka’s Muslim neighborhoods
Source: Religion News Service By Bharatha Mallawarachi | March 8, 2018 Mohamed Ramzeen makes a call from his mobile standing in his vandalized small restaurant in Pilimathalawa, Sri Lanka, Thursday, March 8, 2018. […]
Suicide bomb kills at least seven at Shi’ite gathering in Kabul
Source: Reuters BY Hamid Shalizi, Mohammad Aziz 3 MIN READ KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least seven people in […]
Calm returning to Muslim neighborhoods in Sri Lanka
Source: Associated Press By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI KANDY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Calm was beginning to return to violence-hit Muslim neighborhoods in Sri Lanka’s Kandy region on Friday, with many shops […]
In Sri Lanka, Facebook Contends With Shutdown After Mob Violence
Source: The New York Times By VINDU GOEL, HARI KUMAR and SHEERA FRENKEL MUMBAI — In many countries, Facebook is contending with a darkening reputation as a vehicle for disinformation and false news. The most recent […]
Pakistani court allows Islamist party to enter elections
Source: Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has ordered the country’s elections oversight body to register an Islamist party backed by a radical cleric who carries a U.S. […]
Xi Jinping’s latest tag: living Buddhist deity, Chinese official says
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – President of China, head of its Communist Party, commander-in-chief of the military and now living Buddhist deity – Xi Jinping has added another title to […]
Sri Lanka arrests 10 for anti-Muslim violence as towns smolder
Source: Reuters BY Ranga Sirilal 4 MIN READ KANDY, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Police in Sri Lanka said on Thursday it had arrested the suspected leader and nine others suspects behind […]
Erdoğan slams bigoted clerics degrading women
DAILY SABAH ANKARA First Lady and President Erdoğan poses with women on the sidelines of the event held at the Presidential Complex. ‘Islam is updated over time, you can’t […]
Is it time the US apologised for invading Iraq?
Fifteen years since the invasion of Iraq, we ask retired US Brig Gen Mark Kimmitt about war crimes and the war’s legacy. 09 Mar 2018 Fifteen years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the consequences of the subsequent war continue to be debated. According to the UN refugee agency, more […]
Israel passes law to strip residency of Jerusalem’s Palestinians
Palestinians slam new ‘breach of loyalty’ legislation as ‘extremely racist’ and a violation of international law. 7 Mar 2018 Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri will now have the power to […]