Can Iran stop the downward spiral of its currency?
Source: Al Jazeera News By Ted Regencia At the end of a tumultuous week, marked by a currency crunch and rare protests by vendors in Tehran, economists are urging Iran’s […]
UN warns of ‘catastrophe’ as 160,000 flee southern Syria push
Source: Al Jazeera News The United Nations has warned of a looming “catastrophe” in southern Syria, as it raised the number of people fleeing a fierce government offensive aimed at retaking […]
Pope replaces Australian prelate who opposes sex abuse norm
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Melbourne’s archbishop, who said he’d prefer jail to telling civil authorities about any sex abuse of […]
Banning the Uluru climb: ‘This rock means everything to us’
Source: BBC News For decades the Anangu people in central Australia have asked tourists not to climb Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, because of its sacred value. From next […]
The Travel Ban, the Law, and What’s ‘Right’
Source: The Atlantic BY Shadi Hamid In January 2017, when President Donald Trump’s so-called Muslim ban was first announced, I was passionately against it. It was one of the most frightening textsI’ve […]
Orthodox rabbi chosen to lead multifaith California theological center
Source: Religion News Service BY Yonat Shimron (RNS) — Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union, a multifaith consortium of research centers and seminaries, has selected the first non-Christian president in its history. Daniel […]
The ‘ultimate deal’ that Jared Kushner is proposing for Palestine would strip the people of all their dignity
Is there no humiliation left for the Palestinians? After Oslo, after the “two state solution”, after the years of Israeli occupation – of “Area A” and “Area C” to […]
Hassanabdal Cadet College was ‘first of its kind’
Source: Dawn By Amjad Iqbal Established in 1952 by Ayub Khan, the Hassanabdal Cadet College was the first quasi-military boarding school of its kind in Pakistan. The first principal of […]
US envoy urges Pakistan to stop protecting terrorists
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — Nikki Haley, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, said Thursday her country is urging Pakistan more strongly not to […]
Pakistan takes radical Sunni leader off terrorist watchlist ahead of election
Source: Reuters BY Asif Shahzad, Mubasher Bukhari ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has removed the leader of one of the country’s largest Islamist extremist groups from its terrorist watchlist while the Election […]
US-Israeli teen convicted of threats against Jewish centres
Source: BBC News A court in Israel has convicted a 19-year-old American-Israeli man of making hundreds of threats to bomb or attack Jewish schools and community centres. Michael Ron David […]
Prince William tours Jerusalem on final day of royal visit
Source: Associated Press By ARON HELLER JERUSALEM (AP) — Prince William toured sensitive Jerusalem holy sites on Thursday and paid a pilgrimage to the tomb of his great-grandmother on the […]
Indonesia plans crackdown on condemned cleric’s militant network
Source: Reuters By Kanupriya Kapoor, Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s counter-terrorism police plan to arrest more than 100 suspected militants in a bid to prevent retaliatory attacks after […]
Islamists fail to sway regional Indonesian elections
Source: Reuters BY Tom Allard JAKARTA (Reuters) – A resounding win by an Indonesian mayor targeted by some hardline Muslims over the construction of a church highlighted a broader failure […]
U.K. Supreme Court Rules It’s Unfair To Offer Civil Unions Only To Same-Sex Couples
Source: NPR By CECILIA LEI On Wednesday, Britain’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled that heterosexual couples should not be banned from entering civil partnerships and that making them only available to same-sex couples is […]
2 more Chilean bishops are out as pope cleans house
Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignations of two more Chilean bishops, the latest fallout from a sex abuse scandal […]
A popular pope, but how powerful? Francis still fights internal battles
Source: Reuters BY Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – When Pope Francis wanted to appoint a woman as deputy head of the Vatican press office in 2016, he quickly ran […]
Climate change is a top spiritual priority for these religious leaders
Source: The Washington Post By Juliet Eilperin ABOARD THE SHIP MORE SPACIOUS THAN THE HEAVENS —Off the island of Spetses, the leader of 300 million Christians worldwide told a group of nearly […]
King of Jordan wins Templeton Prize for fostering Muslim cooperation
Source: Religion News Service BY Chris Herlinger (RNS) — King Abdullah II of Jordan has won the 2018 Templeton Prize for promoting dialogue and cooperation between Muslims of differing traditions. […]
Noel Conway: Terminally-ill man loses assisted dying challenge
Source: BBC News A terminally-ill man who wants to be helped to die has lost his legal challenge at the Court of Appeal. Noel Conway, 68, who has motor neurone […]