Billionaire Saudi Prince, Alwaleed bin Talal, Is Freed From Detention
By BEN HUBBARDJAN. 27, 2018 Prince Alwaleed bin Talal on Saturday in what was said to be the Ritz-Carlton suite where he was detained in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Credit Katie […]
How did food from the West Midlands end up in Isis-controlled territory in Syria?
Robert Fisk in Totah, Central Syria @indyvoices It’s below zero degrees on the vast dirt hillside above Totah but through the mist and freezing rain, I can see the […]
When the Sultan took in Jewish refugees
By +972 Blog |Published January 25, 2018 Bayezid II, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, saved my family’s life during the Spanish Inquisition. The Israeli government could learn a […]
Hong Kong is so expensive that architects are building 100-square-foot ‘tube homes’ made from concrete water pipes
Source: Business Insider BY Leanna Garfield For the past seven years, Hong Kong has held the title of the world’s priciest city for home-buyers, according to the 2017 Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey. James […]
Thin crowds greet Bollywood film after rumors set off anger
Source: Associated Press By MUNEEZA NAQVI NEW DELHI (AP) — There was anger about a rumored romance between a Hindu queen and a Muslim invader. There were death threats. There […]
China ‘holding at least 120,000 Uighurs in re-education camps’
Source: The Guardian BY Tom Phillips in Beijing At least 120,000 members of China’s Muslim Uighur minority have been confined to political “re-education camps” redolent of the Mao era that are springing […]
Monkey see, monkey 2: Scientists clone monkeys using technique that created Dolly the sheep
Source: CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN)For the first time, scientists say they created cloned primates using the same complicated cloning technique that made Dolly the sheep in 1996. Shanghai scientists created […]
India’s top court rejects bid to reinstate ban on film as Hindu groups protest
Source: Reuters BY Suchitra Mohanty, Shilpa Jamkhandikar NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected bids by two states to reinstate a ban on the disputed Bollywood film “Padmaavat”, […]
Fitch revises outlook on Pakistan’s ratings to negative
Source: ET KARACHI: Fitch Ratings has announced that it has revised the outlook on Pakistan’s long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings to negative from stable and has affirmed ‘B’ rating for both the categories. In an assessment released on its website on Thursday, Fitch – one of the […]
South Korea hospital fire kills at least 37 people
Source: BBC At least 37 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in a fire at a hospital in South Korea. The blaze is thought to have started in the emergency room at Sejong Hospital in the south-eastern city of Miryang. About 200 patients were inside the building […]
Jerusalem is a city of hope that should bring us together — King Abdullah of Jordan
One-state solution will hold challenging obstacles to Israel By JT – Jan 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah talks to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria during a WEF session in […]
Blackmail will not work
Jan 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh It goes without saying, that we in this part of the world have been largely disappointed with the US stand regarding […]
We don’t have Plan B for Mideast peace at this stage — King Abdullah of Jordan
By JT – Jan 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdulah talks to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria during a WEF session in Davos on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) […]
On the front line it seems as if Syria’s war against Islamists is far from over
Exclusive: All around Sinjar and its broken villages, there is mud. Tanks and guns always turn soil into brown liquid which quickly becomes bog Robert Fisk Sinjar, Northern Syria @indyvoices […]
Why India Should Be Grateful to Alauddin Khilji
Source: Siasat There is a lot of controversy regarding Alauddin Khilji in the wake of the new Bollywood film, “Padmavati,” which purports to depict Khilji’s conquest of Chittor in 1303 […]
First Ever Ahmadiyya Muslim couple from Balkan Region participates in Qadian Jalsa Salana-2017
By Zubair Khan Mr Sead Mulabegovic and Mrs Nasiha Mulabegovic can rightly claim to be the first ever local Ahmadi Muslim couple from European Balkan Region getting a chance to participate in Jalsa Salana Qadian. It was long flight from Zagreb to Delhi India. After aeroplane came another 8 to […]
King Abdullah: US must get a major Israeli concession after Jerusalem recognition
Jordanian king insists that US is the only power that can broker a peace deal between the two parties By Jacob Magid Today, 2:20 Jordan’s King Abdullah (R) speaks with […]
U.N. calls on Myanmar for unhindered access to Rohingya camps
Source: Reuters MAUNGDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – The United Nations on Wednesday called on Myanmar to give aid agencies unhindered access to camps it has built for tens of thousands of […]
Indian police detain dozens protesting against controversial movie
Source: Reuters By Rupam Jain, Swati Bhat NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Right-wing Hindu groups in India stepped up protests on Wednesday against the release of a controversial Bollywood film, as several […]
India’s Sacred Cow Now Threatens an $83 Billion Dairy Industry
Source: Bloomberg By Anindya Upadhyay,Pratik Parija,Kanika Sood and P R Sanjai Violence against cattle owners—in a Hindu-majority country under a populist government—resulted in 11 deaths last year. Narendra Modi at an agricultural fair […]