The forever war on Julian Assange
OPINIONOPINION, Opinions America’s relentless persecution of the WikiLeaks founder is threatening the freedom of thought globally. Published On 14 May 2023 Imagine, for a moment, that the government of Cuba […]
Ben Roberts-Smith threatened witnesses in defamation trial, judge says
bbc.com By Nicholas Yong BBC News A judgement in a landmark defamation trial says Australia’s most-decorated living soldier lied to cover up his misconduct and threatened witnesses. It also found […]
How Arab autocrats exported repression of Muslim activism to Europe
Farid Hafez 5 June 2023 Using authoritarianism to crush political Islam, Arab dictators are increasingly influencing Europe to treat its Muslim populations as a threat A girl holds a message […]
Kosovo-Serbia: Can Turkey mediate where the West has failed?
Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia increase as the West no longer commands the confidence of all parties Nato Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers clash with Kosovo Serb militants at the municipality […]
Paris to Mecca: A cyclist raising awareness on climate crisis among Muslims
Nabil Ennasri started his journey in the capital of France, retracing his father’s footsteps before concluding in Islam’s holiest sites in Saudi Arabia. BALA CHAMBERS In recent years, Nabil Ennasri […]
Cost of UK government’s Illegal Migration Bill could hit £6 billion in next two years
The Illegal Migration Bill includes mechanisms designed to make it easier to detain people who enter the UK illegally. (File/Reuters) ARAB NEWS June 05, 2023 LONDON: The cost to UK […]
The ethics of artificial intelligence
Science The ethics of artificial intelligence Digital technologies hold great promise for the economy and society. But some recent developments, such as face recognition, also present ethical dilemmas. The challenges […]
Five things Africa can do to make the most of its cocoa
Multinational companies read aloudX Series Cocoa in West Africa, Episode 6: West Africa produces 75% of the world’s cocoa beans that go into making chocolate. Yet barely one-fifth of cocoa […]
The little-known tales of slaves from 19th-century Switzerland
Swiss Abroad read aloudX Between the 16th and 19th centuries, Christian slaves were held in North Africa and usually only freed for ransom. Around the year 1800, two men from […]
Germany’s Migration About-Face. Berlin Seeks to Recruit Skilled Labor from Africa
For years, many Germans were frightened by the idea of economic immigrants from Africa. Now, though, Berlin has begun to proactively recruit them. It is a drastic change from a […]
Turkiye: Erdogan to be sworn in for third term as president
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkiye’s longest-serving leader, faces immediate and major challenges in his third term driven by a decelerating economy and foreign policy tensions with the West. (dia images via […]
Ben Roberts-Smith case: Will Australia see a war crimes reckoning?
bbc.com Related Topics By Tom Housden and Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney On Thursday, a judge calmly delivered an extraordinary ruling that will go down in Australian history. The country’s […]
Friday Sermon Summary 2nd June 2023: ‘Life of the Holy Prophet (sa): Circumstances Leading to the Battle of Badr’
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba)THE HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SA) 2nd June 2023 Add Comment After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) said that the […]
Why we mustn’t take our eye off the Balkans
LUKE COFFEY June 02, 2023 Violence flared in northern Kosovo last week between ethnic Serbs and NATO’s peacekeeping mission, KFOR. The clashes left NATO troops injured, Serbia emboldened, Kosovo weakened, […]
UN tries to save Ukraine grain deal with new proposal
BY REUTERS KYIV MAY 31, 2023 – DAILY SABAH The cargo ship Mehmet Bey waits to pass through the Bosporus off the shores of Yenikapı during a misty morning in Istanbul, […]
Dehumanising migrants ‘deeply troubling’, says incoming chief of UN body
DISCRIMINATION AN HOUR AGO trt.com Amy Pope pointed, who was elected to head the International Organization for Migration, said that she was deeply concerned over the way some countries and […]
The Syrian refugee who became mayor of a German village
By AFP – Jun 02,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Ryyan Alshebl, mayor of the community of Ostelsheim in Baden-Wuerttemberg, southwestern Germany, addresses a press talk with the Association of the Foreign Press in […]
Ben Roberts-Smith: Top Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case
Share By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Australia’s most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a historic defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. […]
Mossad Mystery and Conspiracy Theories: The Questions Still Rocking a Capsized Boat Full of Israeli and Italian Spies
Analysis | A cloud of cover-stories and confusion fed by partial scraps of information surround a freak accident in Italy’s Lake Maggiore. Though Israel has named the Mossad agent that died, […]
THE DEADLIEST RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS IN HISTORY EXPLAINED
BY MICHELE GAMA SOSA/JAN. 24, 2022 Religious conflict is a defining feature of today’s world, and it has been for millennia. Often, religion is just one factor in conflicts that result […]