By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi 13 January 2018 Schools and playgrounds can be dangerous places where children are isolated or bullied. Children often use differences in appearance, skin colour, […]
US officials say only $60m of $125m for UN Relief and Works Agency likely as compromise between Mattis and Tillerson and hardline UN ambassador Haley Analysis: funding threat is even […]
Source: The Guardian By Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong Footage has emerged of the Golden Lampstand Church in Shanxi province being razed by local authorities A church in northern China was demolished this week, […]
Source: Huffington Post By Peter Henne, Contributor On Thursday, the U.S. State Department added Pakistan to a watch list for religious freedom violations. This follows an angry tweet from Donald Trump about Pakistan, […]
Dina Tenerife Celo, 45, after getting her UAE driving liscense. (Supplied) Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Sunday, 14 January 2018 A 45-year-old Filipina nanny is still pinching herself after her Emirati sponsors decided to gift her a house back in her home country of the Philippines. Her Emirati employer, Melissa […]
Adrian Cadiz World News /14 Jan 2018 James Dorsey Salafi Mission Calls into Question Saudi Concept of Moderation and Policy in Yemen Plans to open a Salafi missionary centre in the Yemeni province of Al Mahrah on the border with Oman and Saudi Arabia raises questions about Saudi Crown Prince […]
PTI| Updated: Jan 14, 2018 The Army’s aim is to ensure that it continues to maintain the pressure on the terrorists and those fomenting trouble there, Gen Rawat said. NEW DELHI: Advocating a “politico-military” approach in dealing with the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat today […]
Palestinian factions to gather in Ramallah to determine how to press ahead in wake of Trump’s Jerusalem declaration Jack Khoury Jan 14, 2018 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to indicate what course the Palestinians will take – a continuation of the diplomatic process or demanding the implementation a […]
By: The Editorialand Khaleel Shaikh byuradio.org Episode: Top Of Mind With Julie Rose – Radio Interview (Podcast) with Prof Glen Cooper Transcript: The West Owes a Debt to Islam. Professor Glen Cooper […]
MOHAMMED AL-SULAMI | Published — Monday 15 January 2018 JEDDAH: When the race started, camel number 104 was leading the flock in full gear, but in a rare move, she […]
Menekse Tokyay | Published — Monday 15 January 2018 ANKARA: Turkey reacted with undisguised anger on Sunday to plans by the US-led coalition against Daesh to establish a 30,000-strong Kurdish-led […]
By: Zubair Khan Pictures: Shaikh Fatehudin. The New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF), held for the past 45 years, is a major calendar event in the publishing world. NDWBF 2018 was scheduled from 6 to 14 January 2018 at the centrally located Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The Fair was organised […]
Frank Kane | Published — Saturday 13 January 2018 Much like the now-obsolete art of “Kremlinology” — the study of the inner workings of the Soviet political system via analysis of announcements and reports — there is now a growing field I like to call “Aramcology.” The forthcoming initial public […]
JEDDAH: Tough new sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump on 14 Iranian individuals and organizations are a political blow and a warning to the regime in Tehran, a leading analyst told Arab News on Saturday. Among those targeted are the powerful politician Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani, the head of Iran’s […]
Source: Associated Press By NINIEK KAMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslim hard-liners marched in Indonesia’s capital on Friday to protest Facebook’s blocking of accounts belonging to their group. About 200 […]
İBRAHIM KALIN @ikalin1 Rohingya Muslim refugees take shelter from the rain during a food distribution, Nayapara refugee camp, Ukhia, Bangladesh, Oct. 6, 2017. Being civilized is not tied to material possession or technological gadgets. It is about being human in the most fundamental sense of the term The last […]
Source: The New York Times By BHADRA SHARMA and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Photo Women and their children in a chhaupadi hut in western Nepal in September. Nepal’s government has been trying to discourage the […]
Source: The Guardian By Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong A church in northern China was demolished this week, the second in less than a month, sparking fears of a wider campaign against Christians […]
Source: NPR BY DIAA HADID In a Muslim shrine in Lahore’s ancient quarter, men and women pray around the tomb of a local saint. They hurl garlands and flower petals toward […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published January 8, 2018 A few days after a photo of him gazing through a gym window went viral, Muhammad Khaled, a Syrian boy who works as […]