Turkey seeks life term for U.S. pastor over failed coup: Dogan
Source: Reuters By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday sought a life sentence for a U.S. pastor over alleged links to a failed coup attempt in […]
Saudi Arabia must ban discrimination against women: U.N. rights panel
Source: Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay 3 MIN READ GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. rights watchdog called on Saudi Arabia on Monday to end discriminatory practices against women, including its pervasive […]
Jerusalem tax spat pits heaven against earth
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | March 12, 2018 Demonstrators protest outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site […]
Saudi-backed interfaith center boosted by crown prince’s surprising reforms
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan VIENNA (RNS) — Just over five years ago, a Saudi-financed center for interfaith relations opened in Vienna amid concern it might be a public relations […]
Ethiopian-Israelis decry family separation as discriminatory
Source: Associated Press By TIA GOLDENBERG Mar. 10, 2018 JERUSALEM (AP) — Zemenech Bililin has not seen her sisters in more than a decade, since she immigrated to Israel from […]
Saudi Arabia wants more UK trade deals, say crown prince’s team
Source: The Guardian By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor The UK should turn to Saudi Arabia for new trade and investment opportunities after Brexit and not a backward-looking Commonwealth, Saudi ministers said on […]
Women in Iran are pulling off their headscarves — and hoping for a ‘turning point’
Source: The Washington Post By Erin Cunningham March 8 ISTANBUL — Iranian women have been raising a new challenge to their Islamic government, breaking one of its most fundamental rules by pulling off […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jews block Jerusalem road in draft protest
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked the main entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday, bringing traffic to a grinding halt during the evening commute to protest […]
Cubs of the Caliphate: rehabilitating Islamic State’s child fighters
Source: Reuters BY Raya Jalabi RAWANGA CAMP, Iraq (Reuters) – While children who have been through war typically draw devastating pictures of the violence they have suffered, few show themselves […]
Christians emerge as key patrons for Jews moving to Israel
Source: Associated Press By TIA GOLDENBERG TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s founding fathers, who etched a commitment to encouraging Jewish immigration into the declaration of independence, might be surprised […]
Saudi Crown Prince commits to interfaith tolerance, says Anglican church
Source: Reuters By William James 4 MIN READ LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met the head of the Anglican church in London on Thursday and promised […]
International Women’s Day: Eight moments that make it the Year of the Woman
Source: BBC News The #MeToo movement against male harassment has empowered women in the US and elsewhere, but it is not the only women’s movement to have an impact over […]
Saudi crown prince visits Cairo Coptic cathedral, meets pope
Source: Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Coptic Pope Tawadros II at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral on Monday in what state media said was […]
Threatened with ‘acid, rape, abuse’: Protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab law
Source: CNN By Hannah Ritchie, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN is committed to covering gender inequality wherever it occurs in the world. This story is part of As Equals, a year-long […]
The future of Israel’s ‘dreamers’
Source: The Washington Post Story by Loveday Morris Photos by Corinna Kern Alam Godin fled to Israel as a boy, escaping war in Sudan more than a decade ago with his family. […]
JARED KUSHNER’S REAL-ESTATE FIRM SOUGHT MONEY DIRECTLY FROM QATAR GOVERNMENT WEEKS BEFORE BLOCKADE
Source: The Intercept By Clayton Swisher, Ryan Grim THE REAL ESTATE firm tied to the family of presidential son-in-law and top White House adviser Jared Kushner made a direct pitch to Qatar’s minister […]
Spurned by U.S. and Facing Danger Back Home, Iranian Christians Fear the Worst
Source: The New York Times By MIRIAM JORDAN LOS ANGELES — They sold their homes and possessions, quit their jobs, and left their country — they thought for good. The Iranians, […]
Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre reopens after spat
Source: Associated Press By NEBI QENA JERUSALEM (AP) — The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem reopened early on Wednesday after Israeli officials suspended a plan to impose taxes […]
Sacred Jerusalem church shuttered in dispute with Israeli authorities
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash February 25 Email the author JERUSALEM — The doors of Jerusalem’s sacred Church of the Holy Sepulchre were shuttered Sunday by Christian leaders in the Holy Land amid a […]
Iraq’s ethnic, religious groups fragmented as elections near
Source: Associated Press By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SINAN SALAHEDDIN BAGHDAD (AP) — Long beset by toxic divisions, Iraq seems to be growing even more fragmented ahead of national elections scheduled […]