Source: Reuters DOHA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that Washington is working on extraditing a U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a […]
Source: Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) – The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces will soon seize the town of Hajin from Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, a spokeswoman […]
Source: Associated Press By SINAN SALAHEDDIN BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi activist Nadia Murad met her country’s president in Baghdad on Wednesday after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy […]
Source: Associated Press By DEB RIECHMANN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday to help ensure humanitarian relief reaches the members of religious and ethnic minorities in […]
Source: Reuters BY Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights watchdog has urged Saudi authorities to free over a dozen rights activists detained in the kingdom, alleging that some […]
Dec 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Political analysts like to make predictions. This is, after all, what they are expected to do. This commentator is no exception. As […]
Source: The Guardian By Rachel Cooke Bravery comes in many guises, but in those whose work demands courage on a near-daily basis, it often takes the form of a certain […]
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The first visit by a pope to the Arabian peninsula will take place in February when Francis travels to Abu Dhabi […]
Source: Reuters By John Davison, Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A growing rivalry between two powerful Shi’ite Muslim factions has paralyzed efforts to form a government in Iraq six months after […]
Source: The Conversation Hanukkah may be the best known Jewish holiday in the United States. But despite its popularity in the U.S., Hanukkah is ranked one of Judaism’s minor festivals, […]
Source: Reuters BY Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A group of Jewish Americans sued Airbnb Inc on Wednesday in U.S. federal court, accusing the home rental company of religious discrimination over […]
Source: MSN News BY Linda Givetash and Ziad Jaber and Paul Goldman AMMAN, Jordan — At the southern tip of the Dead Sea, Sameer Mahadin recalls when the shoreline was […]
Source: Bloomberg By Katarina Hoije Ibrahim Kontao is busily signing checks as men and women line up outside his air-conditioned office in the Malian capital, Bamako, to ask him for donations […]
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) – A popular meme on social media here shows an illustration of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. “Why […]
AFP November 27, 2018 The UN agency said it was facing a $33-million funding gap for assistance to children across the region this winter Cold and rainy weather would […]
Source: Los Angeles Times By Umar Farooq Five times a day, the loudspeakers affixed to the spires of some 90,000 state-run mosques crackle to life, and the Islamic call to […]
Source: Reuters By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli cabinet minister called on Wednesday for a boycott of Airbnb and promoted one of its rivals, escalating the government’s response […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Michele Chabin ASHKELON, Israel (RNS) — The moment Judy Spanglet heard the words “Color Red” come over Israel’s incoming-rocket alert system, she rushed into her […]
Source: BBC News Israel has denounced as “shameful” Airbnb’s decision to withdraw its listings from homes in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Its tourism minister said Israeli authorities […]
Source: NPR BY SASHA INGBER President Trump shot down reports on Saturday that his administration was considering extraditing a Pennsylvania-based foe of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in order to […]