Nigeria: Communal violence leaves 86 dead in Plateau State
Source: Al Jazeera News Eighty-six people have been killed in an attack by herdsmen on six villages in central Nigeria, local media reported. Another six people were wounded and 50 homes […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Rochester Hills, MI celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr – A Report
Report by Muhammad Ahmad, Detroit Michigan Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Rochester Hills, Michigan concluded the Holy month of Ramadhan on Thursday June 14, 2018, and celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on June 15th, […]
Can US plan for Middle East deliver peace?
Source: Al Jazeera News by Linah Alsaafin The latest tour by US officials to the Middle East aims to build up support for Washington’s yet-to-be-announced plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, much of which […]
Jews, Muslims in Berlin team up on bike rides against hatred
Source: Fox News Some 25 Jews and Muslims teamed up on tandem bicycle rides through the German capital on Sunday in a protest against growing anti-Semitism and attacks on Muslims […]
The shocking story of Israel’s disappeared babies
Source: Al Jazeera News Tel Aviv – For nearly 40 years, everything about Gil Grunbaum’s life was a lie, including his name. He was not, as he had always assumed, the […]
Austria Plans To Close Seven Mosques, Expel Dozens Of Imams
Source: Huffington POST VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s right-wing government plans to shut seven mosques and could expel dozens of imams in what it said was “just the beginning” of a […]
Pope Francis: Every Country Should Welcome As Many Refugees As Possible
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla CIRO FUSCO VIA GETTY IMAGES Pope Francis talks with journalists aboard a plane, at the end of his visit to Geneva on June 21 […]
New York City’s Muslims, Sikhs Experience High Levels Of Harassment: Study
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla GABRIELA BHASKAR / REUTERS A Muslim woman prays at Bensonhurst Park to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Brooklyn on June 15. Muslims and Sikhs in […]
Iran’s ancient engineering marvel
Source: BBC News By Joobin Bekhrad 20 June 2018 What on Earth are those? I thought to myself shortly before landing in the Iranian city of Esfahan one summer. From the […]
Gosport hospital deaths: Prescribed painkillers ‘shortened 456 lives’
Source: BBC News More than 450 patients died after being given powerful painkillers inappropriately at Gosport War Memorial Hospital, a report has found. An independent panel said, taking into account missing […]
‘I can’t believe I’m driving in Saudi Arabia’
Source: BBC News As Saudi Arabia lifts its ban on women drivers, Roa Altaweli, a midwife in Jeddah, makes her first drive to work. Here is her story. I woke […]
Turkey election: Erdogan leads in early results
Source: BBC News Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ahead in the presidential election with 52% of votes counted, state media report. Mr Erdogan has 56%, and his closest rival, Muharrem […]
Trump press secretary Sarah Sanders ejected from Virginia restaurant
Source: The Guardian By David Smith in Washington The White House press secretary Sarah Sanders claimed on Saturday that she was thrown out of a restaurant because she works for Donald Trump. […]
There’s Hope for a Vaccine to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
Source: Time By ALEXANDRA SIFFERLIN Could a vaccine for type-1 diabetes be on the horizon? In a new study, a small group of people with type 1 diabetes who were given […]
Exclusive: Navy Document Shows Plan to Erect ‘Austere’ Detention Camps
Source: Time By PHILIP ELLIOTT and W.J. HENNIGAN June 22, 2018 The U.S. Navy is preparing plans to construct sprawling detention centers for tens of thousands of immigrants on remote bases in California, […]
U.S. close to releasing Mideast peace proposal that Palestinian leadership may immediately reject
Source: Washington Post By Anne Gearan, Karen DeYoung and Loveday MorrisJune 21Email the author The Trump administration is close to releasing a long-awaited Middle East peace proposal that officials said would present U.S. goals […]
South African Jews report ‘flurry of viciously anti-Semitic’ incidents
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) — Representatives of South Africa’s Jewish community said they are seeing an uptick in anti-Semitic rhetoric in real life and on social media. “Over the […]
Indonesian Islamic State cleric gets death sentence for Jakarta attack
Source: BBC News An Indonesian cleric found guilty of masterminding a 2016 terror attack in Jakarta which left four civilians dead has been sentenced to death. Aman Aburrahman was convicted […]
Pope to make Vatican changes in push for reform, transparency
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will be making several significant changes in the Vatican in the next few weeks and months to bring in […]
Czech government backs bill on same-sex marriage
Source: Reuters PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government gave its backing on Friday to a bill which would make the country the first in formerly communist Europe to allow same-sex […]