Turkey wedding suicide bomber ‘was child aged 12-14’
Source: BBC A suicide bombing which killed 51 people in the Turkish city of Gaziantep was carried out by a 12 to 14-year-old, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Mr Erdogan […]
The fatwa hotline: ‘We have heard everything’
Source: The Guardian Sheikha Radia (second right) and her fellow experts man the phone line Photograph: Delores Johnson By Hamida Ghafour Sheikha Naeema lifts her glass to take a sip […]
Syrian war: Turkey to play more active role
Source: BBC Turkey says it will take a more active role in efforts to end the war in Syria and accepts President Bashar al-Assad as an interim but not long-term […]
The World Is Failing the Injured Children of Aleppo
Source: BBC By Andrew Mitchell Andrew Mitchell is a Conservative member of parliament and a former International Development Secretary of the U.K. The Syrian city will stand forever as a symbol of international shame and failure Members of the United Nations Security Council should go to bed tonight with the picture […]
Turkey and Russia: The billion-dollar handshake
Source: Aljazeera When Turkey shot down a Russian military jet last November, business ties between the two countries hit rocky terrain, with Russia slapping trade sanctions on Turkey. Instead of polarising, it’s time to unite people and look forward. That’s [Turkey’s] biggest challenge. I see more of a political challenge […]
IS conflict: Manbij residents celebrate liberation
Source: BBC Residents in the northern Syrian city of Manbij have been celebrating new freedoms after being liberated from the rule of so-called Islamic State. They have poured into the streets enjoying basic rights they had been denied for two years, including shaving off their beards and smoking. US-backed Kurdish […]
The women who never leave home
Source: BBC By Sara Toth Stub Inside a single-room stone house in the village of Hurfeish, high in the mountains of northern Israel, about 40 women filled wooden benches, plastic […]
Turkey suspends 2,500 more from religion agency after coup bid
Source: Yahoo Ankara (Turkey) (AFP) – Turkey suspended over 2,500 more staff from the powerful religious affairs state agency on Tuesday in the latest purge after last month’s failed coup […]
Who Made the World a Mess?
Zubair K Khan According to Spengler, who always lambasted current US policies, American General Michael Hayden, who ran the National Security Agency and later the Central Intelligence Agency in the George W. Bush administration was perhaps the most prominent signatory of a letter from fifty former US national security officials who served in […]
#MENINHIJAB: IRANIAN MEN POST SELFIES WEARING HIJABS TO PROTEST VEILING LAW
Source: World Religion News IRANIAN MEN ARE SHOWING SUPPORT WITH WOMEN AGAINST THE HIJAB LAW. Iranians are protesting the conservative laws of the country that restrict a woman’s freedom. Ever […]
Denmark enters Syrian conflict
Source: PBS News BY DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON Danish warplanes dropped bombs on the Islamic State in Syria for the first time, the country’s military said Friday. At some point “in the […]
UN panel says Yazidi genocide ‘ongoing,’ appeals for help
Source: Associated Press By BALINT SZLANKOIRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The Islamic State group is still committing genocide and other crimes against the Yazidi minority in Iraq, a United Nations commission […]
‘Jump, jump, jump!’: How burning Emirates flight evacuated so quickly
Source. CNN (CNN)Within minutes of skidding across the runway, all 282 passengers on board an Emirates flight, which exploded in flames in Dubai on Wednesday, were safely evacuated. In a life-or-death moment, what goes through the mind of an air steward? Training is key, a former Emirates crew member who […]
Report: $400M flown to Iran as U.S. prisoners freed
Source: USA Today By Doug Stanglin The Obama administration secretly airlifted $400 million in cash to Iran in January to settle a decades-old legal dispute just as the Iranians were releasing four Americans detained byTehran, The Wall Street […]
India Rescues 10,000 Starving Workers In Saudi
Source: Sky News By Neville Lazarus, Sky Reporter in India The Indian government has come to the rescue of more than 10,000 of their starving citizens in Saudi Arabia. Some […]
Syria conflict: ‘Families leave’ besieged Aleppo
Source: BBC Dozens of families have left besieged eastern areas of the city of Aleppo along a humanitarian corridor, Syrian state media says. The civilians boarded buses and were taken […]
As the Saudis Covered Up Abuses in Yemen, America Stood By
Source: Politico By SAMUEL OAKFORD The United Nations has long been bullied by its most powerful members, and U.N. secretaries-general have usually been forced to grit their teeth and take […]
Turkey increases pressure on U.S. for Gulen’s extradition
Source: The Washington Post By Ishaan Tharoor ISTANBUL — Turkish leaders on Tuesday stepped up their calls for the United States to punish Fethullah Gulen, the reclusive cleric living in […]
Cracks showing in Democrats’ stance on Israel as many back push for Palestinians
Source: The Forward The Democratic Party has spent the first couple days of its convention projecting unity on issues from fighting racism to fair trade. But fissures are showing here on one issue that Democrats have long been united on: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Their party, which has long commanded the […]
Turkish Authorities Closing Over 600 Private Schools After Failed Coup
Source: Time (ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says authorities are closing 626 private schools and other establishments following a failed coup attempt, blamed on followers of a U.S.-based Muslim cleric. Anadolu Agency says the decision was made Wednesday by the Education Ministry and that the schools were under […]