Source: Economist. DAVID CAMERON did not give a speech this morning in Amsterdam about British relations with the European Union. The developing mess in Algeria might have made it seem inappropriate: should the prime minister really be going on about the EU when Britons have been killed? But let’s review […]
themuslimtimes: Collected by Abdul Alim: The following verses in the Qur’an are just a small sample of what this great Holy Book of Islam has to say about creation of […]
RT: Unrelenting snowfalls have caused unprecedented travel chaos in Russia. Over the past week the country has seen scores of traffic accidents, flight delays, and in some cases, the complete isolation of some remote settlements and towns. As more than 10 inches of snow fell in Moscow – more than […]
STORY SUMMARY Pope Benedict on Friday appointed the new head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland to succeed Cardinal Sean Brady, whose tenure has been plagued by scandal over […]
Source: TOI The men, who operate hooded calling themselves ‘Muslim Patrol’, have uploaded videos of their exploits on the YouTube, the Daily Mail reported. LODON: An Islamic vigilante group has been confronting people in a London suburb asking women to cover up and to give up alcohol claiming they were […]
Jan 18, 2013 – 15:53 SWISSINFO.CH Almost 716,000 Swiss citizens live outside Switzerland. The trend observed for several years continued in 2012, according to figures released by the foreign ministry […]
Source: The Local Two Catholic hospitals in Cologne refused to examine a woman who said she had been raped to avoid having to offer her advice on abortion or the morning-after pill. More:
Epigraph: “And remember when Jesus, son of Mary, said, ‘O children of Israel, surely I am Allah’s Messenger unto you, fulfilling that which is before me of the Torah, and […]
Source: The Local Someone in his position in the United States would not spark such heated debates as he does in Germany. There have been many people called anti-Semites by prominent Jewish Americans – most recently US President Barack Obama’s choice for Defense Secretary – Chuck Hagel. More:
Source: The Local. Germans choose not to have babies because they have not found a suitable mother or father for their child rather than due to financial concerns, a government report released on Wednesday suggests. More:
Russian TV: Germany’s central bank is set to reclaim some of its vast gold reserves held in the US and France. The move follows an audit criticizing Bundesbank for mismanagement, […]
Source: Spiegel International Author: Renuka Rayasam The political crisis in Pakistan threatens to trigger yet another period of instability in the country. The three-way power struggle between the military, the […]
by Clare O’Dea, swissinfo.ch Jan 15, 2013 – 18:29 The rainforest advocacy group Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) has filed a complaint to the Swiss attorney general’s office against four banks […]
Two people died today after a helicopter crashed into the top of a fog-shrouded crane during rush-hour in Vauxhall, central London, a week after pilots were warned about the crane’s […]
Source: The Local President Joachim Gauck has called on Germans to see refugees and immigrants as a chance for the country’s future, saying they should be welcomed with open arms as they could help maintain living standards for coming generations. More:
Source: The Independent The European Court of Human Rights gets a regular kicking in the British press, often unfairly. So it’s good to see that the judges in Strasbourg have […]
by Rita Emch in New York, swissinfo.ch and agencies Jan 15, 2013 – 11:06 More than 50 countries led by Switzerland have called on the United Nations Security Council to refer the Syria crisis to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which prosecutes genocide and war crimes. “We are firmly of […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Short answer to the ‘when,’ question is as soon as they read this article carefully and share it with […]
Source: BBC By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News A pioneering team from IBM in Zurich has published single-molecule images so detailed that the type of atomic bonds between their atoms can be discerned. The same team took the first-ever single-molecule image in 2009 and more recently published […]
The insurgents vow to make conflict ‘worse than Afghanistan’ Thousands of French troops were preparing to join the anti-terrorist war in Mali today as British army chiefs warned against getting sucked […]