Turkey changes road name for new US embassy to ‘Malcolm X Street’
ANKARA — Turkey on Saturday renamed the road where the new US embassy is to be located after the American black Muslim civil rights campaigner Malcolm X, its latest use […]
Robot soldiers and ‘enhanced’ humans will fight future wars, defence experts say
Ministry of Defence report suggests technological advances will see new frontiers for warfare opening up in space and cyberspace Josh GabbatissScience Correspondent @josh_gabbatiss Future warfare will likely be conducted by […]
Poland vetoes EU rights report not citing Christians, Jews
Source: Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says it is vetoing the adoption of an annual report on the European Union’s guiding civil rights document because it did […]
Ukraine wins approval for historic split from Russian church
Source: Reuters BY Pavel Polityuk, Yesim Dikmen KIEV/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Ukraine secured approval on Thursday to establish an independent church in what Kiev says is a vital step against Russian meddling […]
Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi journalist ‘recorded his own torture and murder on Apple Watch’, Turkish paper claims
‘The moments when Khashoggi was interrogated, tortured and murdered were recorded in the Apple Watch’s memory’, says newspaper Samuel Osborne @SamuelOsborne93 A missing Saudi journalist may have recorded the moments […]
Jamal Khashoggi: UK and US ‘could boycott’ Saudi conference
Media captionJamal Khashoggi: What we know about the journalist’s disappearance Britain and the US are considering boycotting a major international conference in Saudi Arabia after the disappearance of Saudi […]
Climate change migrations
Oct 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES -Ayoub Abu Dayyeh Learning from environmental exoduses in history is an important contemporary education in order to understand the long-term expected impact of today’s global […]
Riyadh slams ‘baseless lies’ ahead of talks in Turkey
By AFP – Oct 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Human rights activists and friends of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi hold his pictures during a protest outside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, […]
WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY: HOW SWIMMING REGULARLY CAN REDUCE SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION
Getty Images/iStockphoto Exercising can have a positive effect on both your mental and physical wellbeing Sabrina Barr @fabsab5 Swimming regularly can help reduce symptoms of anxiety or depression, a new […]
Women may no longer sacrifice their careers for their husbands, but they are still expected to for their children
We live in a society which insists that women deserve equal opportunities to realise their talents in all spheres of life, while simultaneously inundating us with messages about women’s crucial […]
The niqab debate is really about gender equality, and allowing women to make their own choices
Source: Letter to Independent The disconnect between understanding faith and understanding culture is bizarre in this country. Many seem to be under the impression that this is still a “Christian country” despite […]
Tensions between Russia and Ukraine spill over to Byzantine world of Orthodox church
Source: The Washington Post By David Stern and Amie Ferris-Rotman KIEV, Ukraine — For centuries, the golden cupolas of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery and catacombs have been a refuge of tranquility and […]
Kosovo stages second Gay Pride parade under heavy security
Source: Reuters PRISTINA (Reuters) – Hundreds of people turned out on Wednesday for Kosovo’s second Gay Pride parade under heavy police escort after a party that espouses Islamic values urged […]
Gay couple can register child in conservative Poland: court
Source: Reuters WARSAW (Reuters) – The lesbian parents of a Polish boy have been given the right to register him in Poland as their child, a high court has decided, […]
In Germany a Charity Run of the Ahmadiyya Muslims Community becomes political
‘Free Voters’ raise questions about women’s understanding 05.10.2018 Roedermark – The recent charity run of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is becoming a political issue. In a Press release, the Free […]
Technology and education
Oct 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – AHMAD Y. MAJDHOUBEH It goes without saying that embedding technology in education is a must these days, for various reasons. One reason is that […]
The Saudi targeting of food supplies in Yemen is a worse story than the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi
At first, the targets were largely military, but this changed when the coalition failed to win the quick military success its members had expected Patrick Cockburn @indyworld The plot to […]
There is nothing medieval about a hijab – Marks and Spencer is right to sell them for children
Source: Independent Letters Maajid Nawaz’s tweet that Marks and Spencer “facilitates medievalism” by selling children’s hijabs in the schoolwear category is deplorable. Comments like Nawaz’s fuel the flames of antagonism […]
Growing Anti-Semitism in Germany’We Are Facing a Monster’
In a DER SPIEGEL interview, Charlotte Knobloch, 85, speaks of the fears Jews in Germany have of growing right-wing populism in the country. The former president of the Central Council […]
Concern mounts over Oaklands Farm plans. (UK Jalsa Salana Site)
Friday, 12 October 2018 – Community News Oaklands Farm hosts the annual Jalsa Salana convention RESIDENTS of East Worldham and the surrounding area packed into the village hall last Tuesday […]