“It’s over for Indonesia’s tradition of moderation… In ten years, Indonesia could be Pakistan.” By Benedict Rogers May 29, 2017 The 15-year-old school girl’s eyes filled with tears as she put down her mobile phone. Her best friend at school, the friend she did […]
May 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Last week, Jordanians celebrated their country’s 71st birthday. Their distinct joy emanates from the fact that, despite mounting challenges and surrounding troubles, […]
Reuters International MAY 30, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: A cow walks past a closed slaughter house in Allahabad, India March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash/File photo (reuters_tickers) NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court suspended on Tuesday a government ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter, a lawyer involved in […]
Reuters International MAY 30, 2017 A worker repairs an electrictricity transformer at a workshop in Peshawar, Pakistan May 30, 2017. REUTERS/ Fayaz Aziz (reuters_tickers) By Syed Raza Hassan and Jibran Ahmad KARACHI/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Protesters in Pakistan’s largest city set tyres ablaze on Tuesday after power cuts disrupted a […]
Source: Time BY Jim Gomez / AP (MARAWI, Philippines) — A Catholic priest who was taken hostage by militants linked to ISIS says he’s being held alongside 200 other captives, including […]
Source: Time BY Ju-min Park and Jack Kim / Reuters (SEOUL) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of a new ballistic missile controlled by a precision guidance […]
Source: CNN The black flag of ISIS has been raised in the Philippines. At least 103 people have died in the city of Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao in less than a week as fighters affiliated with the so-called Islamic State engaged in violent clashes with government forces, and […]
Source: The Guardian A statue of Lady Justice has been removed from the supreme court building in the Bangladeshi capital after objections from Islamist groups. The sculpture, by the local […]
Source: Reuters By Steve Holland | TAORMINA, ITALY U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Friday to expand sanctions against North Korea over its continued […]
Source: The Sun By Patrick Knox HAWAII is drawing up plans to protect its population from a North Korean nuclear strike and its radiated aftermath. Officials have produced a doomsday […]
Source: BBC Two men are due to be caned in public after they were caught in bed together in Aceh, Indonesia. The men will each receive 85 lashes in public, as punishment under the strict Islamic laws used in Aceh. It is the only Indonesian province where Sharia is in […]
Source: NPR BY FEHMIDA ZAKEER Young Indian children sit with bowls of porridge (nombu kanji) as they prepare to break the fast with the Iftar meal during the Islamic month of Ramadan at The Wallajah Big Mosque in Chennai last July. Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images As I hurry home battling the […]
Source: ET As per conventional wisdom about small states and their foreign policy formation, neo-realism or systemic and structural-level theories provide rich insight to predict small states’ foreign policy priorities given their focus on the dynamics between ‘power’ and ‘security’. According to the neo-realists, small states are driven to form […]
Source: ET The attack on Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai was staged, read a tweet last week. This wasn’t a social media troll or veteran conspiracy theorist. This was a Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Mussarat Ahmad Zeb, who also hails from the royal family of Swat, the region where Malala […]
Source:BBC In Vietnam, raw pig’s blood is considered to be a delicacy, but scientists are warning consumers to avoid it after an increase in the number of people contracting a serious form of meningitis. More:
Today student were jubilant for achieving this success and school principal, Mrs. Ghazala Parveen, greeted the students, their parents and school staff for the celebrations of this success. Clockwise from left: 1-Syed Rubina Aziz | 2-Arbia Tahir | 3-Maria Kousar Times of Ahmad | News Watch | Int’l Desk Source/Credit: […]
Source: The Daily Beast Three Indonesian police officers were killed and 10 people injured on Thursday when two suspected suicide bombers struck near a bus stop in the capital. Twin explosions went off about five minutes apart near the site of a parade at Jakarta’s Kampung Melayu terminal, police said. […]
Source: ET US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, his first to any country since assumption of office, has aroused global interest and is of special significance for the Muslim world. The reason is during the presidential campaign he had made unkind remarks about Islam and was critical of […]
Reuters International MAY 24, 2017 DUBAI (Reuters) – United Nations cultural experts slammed Riyadh on Wednesday over the razing of a restive Shi’ite Muslim town’s old quarter, saying the work erased cultural heritage and violated human rights. Saudi Arabia has said that the redevelopment of old Awamiya, known as al-Musawara, […]
Reuters International MAY 24, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: Indonesia President Joko Widodo stands as he waits for the arrival of French President Francois Hollande at the presidential palace in Jakarta, […]