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, […]
Source: Time BY Johnson Lai and Christopher Bodeen / AP (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — In a first for Asia, Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage on Wednesday, punctuating a years long campaign by advocates for gay rights in one of the continent’s most liberal democracies. In its majority opinion, […]
Reuters International MAY 23, 2017 By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Iraqi Kurdish push for independence from Baghdad appears likely to be a question of “not if but when,” in a significant challenge to Iraq’s stability, the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said on Tuesday. Iraq’s main […]
Source: The Daily Beast Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in his country’s south on Wednesday before cutting a visit to Moscow short to rush home and deal with a terrorist siege. Militants linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State reportedly took over a hospital, jail, and other buildings overnight, […]
Source: Stratfor After four months in office, U.S. President Donald Trump is beginning to hone his policy on the Middle East. As the weeks have worn on, his priorities for the region have started to emerge, and for the most part they seem to be focused on matters of security. […]
Source: Dawn THE obscenely opulent reception arranged in Donald Trump’s honour, with Arab autocrats lining up to pay homage to the American president, forgetting his inflammatory anti-Muslim rhetoric and his likening of the Saudi royal family to ‘slaveholders’ in the past, did not come as a surprise. Nor did the […]
Source: Dawn IN a recent address, Chaudhry Nisar hit out at political opponents by classifying them as ‘secular’ and equating the term with ‘non-believing’. Clearly, the interior minister needs tuition in history and political philosophy. There is no simple thing, place or peoples called the ‘secular’, the ‘religious’, the ‘West’, ‘good’ […]
Source: BBC A hacking group closely tied to North Korea was behind the massive WannaCry attack earlier this month, security company Symantec says. The way the attack was set up […]
Today’s Plan Tomorrow’s Promise May 19, 2016 Hassan Cheruppa THE Saudi ‘Vision 2030’ is based on three pillars, of which the first one is the Kingdom’s status as the heart of the Arab and Islamic world. While unveiling the Vision, Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and […]
May 22, 2017 An official of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, second left, and a soldier collect information from a resident during a census at Rabwah in Chiniot District in Punjab province, Pakistan, in this March 27, 2017 file photo. — AFP RABWAH, Pakistan — Marginalized, attacked and frequently hit […]
Palestinian official says possible West Bank city ‘too embarrassed’ to put up pictures of Trump as visit to Church of Nativity nixed over protests; minister says ‘not optimistic’ of chances […]
Pakistan is largely shut out of the high-profile event, despite high hopes for recognition. By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid May 23, 2017 The Donald Trump-led Arab […]
By H.E. PANG Sen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Iran The Silk Road: Glorious Past and Even Brighter Future May 22, 2017 Over 2,000 years ago, an official delegation sent by the Chinese Emperor arrived in this piece of land after an arduous long journey. The road he […]
Source: BBC Indonesian police have arrested 141 men attending what they called a “gay sex party” at a sauna in the capital Jakarta late on Sunday. Police said attendees, including […]
Published on September 2nd, 2016 | by Guest by Alia P. Ahmed In 1985 a curious thing happened: a prominent Pakistani talk-show host bid her audience farewell with the words Allah Hafiz. It was an awkward substitution. The Urdu word for goodbye was actually Khuda Hafiz (meaning God be with […]
Source: BBC A famous feature of Mount Everest has collapsed, potentially making the world’s highest peak even more dangerous to climbers. Mountaineers said the Hillary Step may have fallen victim […]
ANADOLU AGENCY CHAU DOC, Vietnam PublishedMay 19, 2017 AA Photo Turkey’s Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) has opened Vietnam’s biggest mosque in Chau Doc city of Giang Province. The construction of […]
Source: CNN Iranian President Hassan Rouhani handily won re-election in what amounts to a victory for the Shiite nation’s reformist camp and a sign that citizens favor fruitful engagement with the outside world. Rouhani, who defeated his conservative challenger Ebrahim Raisi in the Friday elections, garnered 57% of the vote, Interior […]