By Rabia Ali Published: December 10, 2015 PHOTO: AFP KARACHI: Pakistan is trying to do more for human rights but international covenants of United Nations have not been practically implemented. Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairperson Zohra Yusuf pointed this out while talking to The Express Tribune. Today’s Human Rights […]
The base would be Ankara’s first in the Gulf region Image Credit: EPA Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the parliament in Ankara on October 11. Published: 19:07 December 2, 2015 Gulf News Report Dubai: Turkey will establish a military base in Qatar, its President Recep Tayip Erdogan was […]
Source: Huffington Post As we race towards Christmas, our political climate puts us in danger of forgetting the radical significance of Jesus’ birth. But as we discover in this brief […]
Source: Time (RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — Saudi voters elected 20 women for local government seats, according to results released to The Associated Press on Sunday, a day after women voted […]
Source: BBC Prominent tech executives have pledged $1bn (£659m) for OpenAI, a non-profit venture that aims to develop artificial intelligence (AI) to benefit humanity. The venture’s backers include Tesla Motors […]
Source: BBC France’s far-right National Front (FN) has failed to win a single region in the second round of municipal polls. The party was beaten into third place, despite leading […]
Source: Ahmadiyya Times Source/Credit: AMJ Sri Lanka By A.A. Aziz | December 10, 2015 A three member delegation led by Mr. A.H. Nasir Ahmad – National President of Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Source: scoopwhoop.com / kiit.ac.in KISS Students Make Longest Human Chain for World Peace Set Double Guinness World Records Students of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) sent out a powerful message of world […]
Report: By the Grace of Allah Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Qadian, India arranged three stalls representing our Jama’at in the National Book fair Jaipur was held between Nov 28th to Dec […]
International Infectious Disease Conference held under Dr. Abdus Salam Research Forum Rabwah (Pakistan): daily al-Fazl, 10th December 2015, page 11 An international conference and workshop was held in Rabwah under the auspices of Abdus Salam Research Forum entitled Infection Diseases. It was organized by Department of Education […]
Source: The Guardian By David Mitchell — How should we respond to would-be President Trump’s latest outrage? Point a figure and shout Eeeeuuuurrrggghhh! Figure of fun: a rally in New […]
By swissinfo.ch and agencies DEC 8, 2015 – 16:26 European Court of Human Rights found that the Swiss authorities’ action had been justified (Keystone) The European Court of Human Rights has decided that the Swiss authorities did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights when it expelled an 18-year-old […]
DEC 13, 2015 – 15:54 A Syrian refugee hangs laundry in a camp in Turkey, home to an estimated two million Syrians who have fled their country (Keystone) Swiss migration authorities are negotiating an agreement wherein Turkey would take back refugees who had travelled to Switzerland via their country, according […]
Dec 10,2015 – Jordan Times – Emma Bonino Europe’s so-called refugee crisis should never have become an emergency. Accommodating 1 million asylum seekers should not be a huge challenge for the European Union — an area with 500 million citizens that welcomes more than 3 million immigrants every year. Unfortunately, […]
Dec 13,2015 – Joschka Fischer – Jordan Times For four years, a bloody war has raged in Syria. What began as a democratic uprising against Bashar Assad’s dictatorship has developed into a cat’s cradle of conflicts, partly reflecting a brutal proxy struggle among Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia for regional […]
Dec 13,2015 – JORDAN TIMES The campaign of one key Republican contender to the White House, Donald Trump, has been awash with gaffes, posturing, and all sorts of irresponsible and inane declarations that often made one teeter between laughter at the lack of political savvy of this man and annoyance at […]
Voices ‘Criminals’ are our chaps, while ‘terrorists’ are dark-skinned Muslims Robert Fisk @indyvoice 73 comments How do we decide who’s a terrorist and who’s just a criminal? PA Cops and reporters have a lot in common. Both are students of human folly. They have an osmotic-parasitic relationship. And so I […]
The Un-evolving Relationship between American Christians, Evolution, and Climate Change Source: Huffington Post By Ryan Gear; Founding and lead pastor, One Church; founder, openmindedchurch.org Last week marked 156 years since Charles […]
Source: BBC Twitter has sent warnings to a number of users that their accounts may have been hacked by “state-sponsored actors”. It is the first time that the social media […]
Source: BBC Guo Guangchang, the high-profile Chinese tycoon detained by police last week, has made an appearance at his company’s annual meeting in Shanghai. The Fosun International chairman was first […]