The conflict with the Taliban looks unlikely to end any time soon. Afghans are losing hope their situation will improve. 03 May 2016 00:47 GMT The 2001 US invasion dramatically changed the way Afghans live in a way they could not have imagined [EPA] ABOUT THE AUTHOR Qais Azimy Qais Azimy […]
Source: Crux By Nirmala Carvalho Crux Contributor MUMBAI – Police in India on Monday arrested 14 people for the kidnapping and beating of a Catholic bishop on April 25, including […]
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A special war crimes court in Bangladesh sentenced four men to death Tuesday for killing, torture, arson and looting during the nation’s independence […]
Source: The Daily Beast BAGHDAD, IRAQ — Hussain Jassim refused to leave the Green Zone, once considered the impenetrable citadel at the heart of Baghdad, until his leader Muqtada al-Sadrordered him to do so. “We have entered parliament and we have broken it’s prestige in front of people because they […]
Source: The New York Times By JULFIKAR ALI MANIK and GEETA ANAND DHAKA, Bangladesh — The police detained three men early Sunday in connection with the killing of a Hindu tailor, the latest in a series of hacking deaths in the country. Islamist militants are believed to be responsible for […]
Source: The Daily Beast When Elham Salah first began her training to be a psychological counselor, she thought that she would be helping local women cope with the effects of domestic and other gender-based violence. However, after almost three years of working at the Jiyan Foundation—a small group in Iraqi […]
Source: ET Iranian President Hassan Rowhani. PHOTO: AFP The run-off elections in Iran have served a sotto-voce notice on the hardliners in and out of parliament that their day whilst not yet over, is not indefinite. The moderates and reformists have gained a working majority in the Iranian parliament for […]
Source: ET Perhaps in an earnest attempt to set the Guinness World Record for longest simultaneous face palm across a single country a few days ago, politician Pervez Rasheed attacked rival Imran Khan at a press conference by saying that he couldn’t name the locality where Khan’s boys studied, for it […]
Arab News | Published — Tuesday 3 May 2016 RIYADH: Saudi Binladin Group has lost billions since the government refused to grant it additional contracts after last year’s crane crash in Makkah that killed 107 people, for which the firm was found partially responsible, according to a local media report […]
May 02,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Following his Friday briefing to the UN Security Council, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura called on the US and Russian leaders to help salvage the “barely alive” ceasefire in Syria “from a total collapse”. Since the cessation of hostilities is “hanging […]
Source: BBC Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has accused China of “raping” the US, in renewed criticism of China’s trade policy. He told a rally in Indiana that China was responsible for “the greatest theft in the history of the world”. Mr Trump, a billionaire businessman, has long accused China […]
Fact Tank – Our Lives in Numbers April 27, 2016 By Angelina E. Theodorou and Jacob Poushter1 comment The idea that an independent Palestinian state can peacefully coexist with Israel has been the cornerstone of many Arab-Israeli peace initiatives in recent years. But while significant shares of Israeli Arabs and […]
Apr 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI The Israeli government committed last week one more strategic mistake that will, in the long run, have a serious impact both on Israelis and on Palestinians. Nearly three decades ago, military occupation authorities in the West Bank and Gaza deported 415 Palestinian […]
Source: ET Providing a reason for turning down the invitation, Moscow explains there is not enough ‘substance’ in this trip. PHOTO: AFP Russian President Vladmir Putin has turned down Islamabad’s invitation to visit Pakistan and inaugurate a key pipeline project, a report carried by Indian news agency ANI said on […]
Source. Rabwah Time Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Vice President and former federal minister Senator Sherry Rehman has praised her party’s role in declaring the now persecuted Ahmadiyya sect as non-Muslim. She made the statement in an article commemorating the the 37th death anniversary of the party founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY JACOB POUSHTER As strife in the Middle East continues to make headlines, from the militant group ISIS to Syrian refugees, the Muslim world is […]
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW PENNINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry called on Bangladesh’s leader to step up law enforcement to prevent a wave of killings targeting […]
Source: Time Hannah Beech / Shanghai Anti-Western rhetoric heats up amid a climate of ideological tightening A Japanese child exemplifies honesty. A Russian one acts as a great friend. These […]
For years, oil analysts have suggested that Saudi reserves are nothing like the kingdom claims them to be Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 28 April 2016 Just like his adventure in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s young Deputy Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman got it all wrong this week. It’s not Saudi Arabia […]
Source: BBC By Yalda Hakim BBC News, Kabul When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in the 1990s they were quick to ban television, along with music and theatre. The […]