India Supreme Court bans fireworks in Delhi ahead of Diwali
Source: BBC News India’s Supreme Court has banned fireworks in the capital Delhi, in the run-up to the Hindu festival of Diwali. The court said it wanted to test if […]
Electric honeycomb: Pakistani teen in scientific first
Source: BBC News By Umer Nangiana BBC Urdu, Lahore Only 17 years old and he is already a recognised scientist. Muhammad Shaheer Niazi’s research on electric honeycomb was recently published […]
View from Pakistan: A distorted version of faith makes us blind to truth, beauty
Source: Deccan Chronicle BY IRFAN HUSAIN The Yogi was the chief priest of the main Hindu temple at Gorakhpur, so one would expect his worldview to be a bit limited. […]
‘Days of depending on US are over for Pakistan’: Pakistan PM tells Arab News in exclusive interview
Baker Atyani & Sib Kaifee | Published — Monday 9 October 2017 ISLAMABAD: The days of Pakistan depending on the US to meet its military and other requirements are over, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told Arab News during an exclusive interview. The world should recognize Pakistan’s efforts in […]
Turkish military crosses the border into Syria’s Idlib to enforce de-escalation agreement
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo Turkish military units have started expeditionary activities in Syria’s Idlib in line with the de-escalation zone deal agreed by Astana parties, the Armed Forces (TSK) said in a statement Monday. The statement published on TSK’s website stated that the military elements that will take […]
Did Jesus spend his missing years studying Buddhism in India? Marcel Theroux visits Ladakh to find out
Marcel Theroux 9 October 2017 My journey to Ladakh began one idle summer afternoon in the dusty stacks of the London Library. I was browsing the volumes in the […]
Coup talk
Source: Dawn Something is off. And it may not be good for any of us. The best-case scenario is a chief who is sure he can’t take over, whether he wants to or not. We’re clearly no longer in that terrain. The next best thing is a chief who is […]
Hezbollah says Kurdish vote a step toward wider Mideast partition
Reuters International This content was published on September 30, 2017 Kurds celebrate to show their support for the independence referendum in Duhok, Iraq, September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Ari Jalal (reuters_tickers) BEIRUT […]
Suicide bomber strikes Shiite shrine in Pakistan, killing 20
Source: Associated Press By ABDUL SATTAR QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a Shiite shrine packed with worshippers in a remote village in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing […]
Rohingya Bangladesh to build one of world’s largest refugee camps for 800,000 Rohingya
Source: The Guardian Agence France Presse Friday 6 October 2017 00.43 BST Bangladesh on Thursday announced it would build one of the world’s biggest refugee camps to house all the 800,000-plus Rohingya Muslims […]
Pakistan International Airlines to discontinue flights to US from October 31
Flagship carrier Pakistan International Airlines will be discontinuing flights to the US from October 31 Image Credit: Gulf News archive According to the officials, PIA had been incurring losses […]
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins Nobel Peace Prize
Source: USA Today BY Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY Published 4:16 a.m. ET Oct. 6, 2017 | Updated 8:05 a.m. ET Oct. 6, 2017 The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace […]
UNESCO about Petra in Jordan: Nabateans were the Thamud mentioned in the Quran
Source: UNESCO website: Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. […]
Ottoman-era photo exhibition opened in Beirut, Lebanon
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo Turkish and Lebanese historians unveiled the photography exhibition “Beirut Vilayet during the Ottoman Period” in Beirut on Friday. The exhibit includes 40 photographs depicting […]
Orientalism again?
FAHRETTIN ALTUN (A view from Turkey) Orientalism is not just the West’s ideological supremacy. It is also an attempt to irrationalize the East and make it exotic In one of my columns I did an analysis on orientalism in Western media and someone named Steven, […]
‘Tinder for polygamists’: Indonesian firm angers with app for multiple marriages
Source: The Guardian A new Tinder-like dating app for wannabe polygamists is courting controversy in Indonesia. Photograph: ayopoligami.com BY Kate Lamb in Jakarta A new Tinder-like dating app for wannabe polygamists is […]
Bangladesh carving out forest land to shelter desperate Rohingya
Source: Reuters By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – Hard-pressed to find space for a massive influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees, Bangladesh plans to chop down forest trees to extend a […]
“Mediation has to enter its next phase of Development” – International Cross Cultural specialist Dr. Mohamed Keshavjee tells the UN
by ismailimail Posted on October 5, 2017 Malaysia celebrates UN international Day of non violence “Mediation has to enter its next phase of Development”- International Cross Cultural specialist tells the […]
Participation Insurance (Takaful): An Alternative to Conventional Insurance
CMS Legal Turkey September 29 2017 Purpose and scope of the regulation The Regulation on the Operational Procedures and Principles of Participation Insurances’ (“Regulation”) was published in the Official Gazette on 20th September 2017 and will enter into force on 20th December 2017. The regulation aims to provide a formal legal framework for participation […]