By Zoya Anwer November 29, 2016 After a crackdown on terrorists was launched in Karachi in September 2013, it has been difficult to spot graffiti or posters instigating hatred against religious minorities or sects. While most organisations are clever about it, some still openly run a hate campaign against […]
Source: The Atlantic By JAMES FALLOWS What if china is going bad? Since early last year I have been asking people inside and outside China versions of this question. By “bad” […]
Source:CNN Something’s happening at the lowest point on our planet, some 1,388 feet below sea level.The Dead Sea, a salt lake nestled by Israel, Jordan and the West Bank, is shrinking at an alarming rate — about 3.3 feet per year, according to the environmentalist group EcoPeace Middle East. And […]
Source: TOI NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s newly appointed army chief Qamar Bajwa was chosen because of the pro-democracy credentials he so ably demonstrated despite being pushed to the limit during a […]
Source: The Quint.Com After much speculation, Pakistan has appointed General Qamar Javed Bajwa as the new army chief. But even before his appointment, controversy surrounded Bajwa when he was one […]
Police finish Ahok probe as Dec. 2 rally looms Source: The Jakarta Post By Callistasia Anggun Wijaya and Agnes Anya Jakarta | Sat, November 26, 2016 | 07:49 am The […]
Source: Tedium By Ernie Smith Computers often seem like they’re above the supply chain. Putting aside hot devices like the latest iPhone and the different variants of the Microsoft Surface, it’s generally easy to get a computer of some kind that will allow you to do all sorts of interesting […]
Source: Economic Times SINGAPORE: State oil giant Saudi Aramco has agreed to supply some customers in Asia with incremental crude that will load in January, as it holds to a […]
Source: Economic Times TOKYO: Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, the world’s largest pension fund, posted a gain of 2.37 trillion yen ($20.9 billion) in the fiscal second quarter thanks to […]
IMTIAZ ALI — DAWN KARACHI: A member of Ahmadi community was shot dead in suspected sectarian attack in Gulzar-i-Hijri area on Sunday evening, according to Sachal police and the community official. They added that as Shaikh Sajid Mehmood, 55, came out from his home in Kaneez Fatima Society off Superhighway, […]
Exclusive: Speaking for the first time as the bombardment of Aleppo continues, General Jamil Hassan – a man facing sanctions from both the US and EU – says he’s ‘astounded the US and UN make all this effort for this very small district’ Robert Fisk Syria @indyvoices Aleppo’s historic citadel, controlled by […]
Source: Asian Review BY JOHN KRICH, Contributing writer TURIN, Italy — It seems that history, when it comes to food production in China, is repeating itself — much like every […]
Source: Time The resolution is in response to North Korea’s fifth nuclear test in September. The U.N. Security Council’s five veto powers are close to approving new sanctions on North […]
Source: BBC A pop music video director in South Korea has been charged in a corruption scandal that threatens to engulf the country’s president, Park Geun-Hye. Cha Eun-taek will stand trial for allegedly using his ties to the president’s confidante to win lucrative projects. The charges include abuse of power, […]
Source: http://www.reviewofreligions.org/2727/rozabal-%E2%80%93-the-tomb-of-jesus-christas/ It is a popular belief that Jesus Christ rose to heaven and his body was never buried on earth. But with recent discoveries by the well-known archeologists, this stance appears to be untrue.What opposes this belief is the findings at the Rozabal Tomb in Kashmir which prove that the body […]
Source: Scroll.in The transformation of Gwadar port on the Pakistan coast as a base for Chinese Navy ships was long expected, but when media reports actually appeared on Friday to that effect, it was startling news. The reports quoted Pakistani officials saying that China proposes to deploy its naval ships […]
Source: Indian Express. Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa. When reports first began to surface that Qamar Bajwa was in the running for the top post, he was subjected to a […]
Source: Times of Israel Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect in Israel, Muhammad Sharif Odeh, expresses dismay at comments made by Anat Berko on Channel 10 news last night, which the Likud MK wondered aloud why the Kbabir neighborhood in Haifa was spared the fires that swept parts of the […]
Source: Time By Feliz Solomon Burmese authorities are carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya Muslim minority in the country’s western Arakan state, a senior U.N. official said, as the military continues to sweep the area for what it has labeled Islamic militants. The BBC reports that John […]
Source: CNN Rohingya refugees from Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine state are flooding across the border into Bangladesh. They’re fleeing violence that has plagued the state for weeks. Some refugees told CNN they suffered rape, torture, or saw their homes burned down and family members executed. “If (the military) finds any boys […]