Muntader al-Zaidi: Iraq shoe-thrower standing for parliament
2 May 2018 The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush is running for parliament. Muntader al-Zaidi is standing in next week’s elections as […]
Islamic State assassin: How I killed more than 100 people
Syria has been at war for seven long, deadly years. President Bashar al-Assad’s government is fighting both rebel groups and the jihadists of Islamic State. The northern city of Raqqa has been a key battleground for many factions in the conflict. This is the story of how one peaceful […]
Once the Syrian war is over, Qatar could become an empire once more
Once the Syrian war is over, Qatar could become an empire once more If Qatar was to rescue Syria when the war there is over, it would have power. And a power – with a Mediterranean coastline – that even Saudi Arabia doesn’t have Robert Fisk @indyvoices Bashar al-Assad held […]
Sharp rise in aggressive brain cancer is linked to mobile phones
Sharp rise in aggressive brain cancer is linked to mobile phones with cases more than doubling over two decades Source: MSN and Daily Mail By Laura Forsyth Cases of glioblastoma […]
How to Celebrate Buddha in Sri Lanka? Stop Partying, Some Say
Source: The New York Times By MARIA ABI-HABIB COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — It was time to reclaim the holiday. To put the Buddha back into Vesak, so to speak. But as […]
‘Shocked’ by Attack on Mosque, Nigeria Tightens Security in Northeast
Source: The New York Times By EMMANUEL AKINWOTU and AURELIEN BREEDEN Suicide bombers attacked a market and a mosque on Tuesday in Mubi, Nigeria, killing at least 27 people. CreditEPA, via Shutterstock ABUJA, Nigeria […]
ISIS suicide bombers attack Libyan electoral commission, killing at least 12
Source: The Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan CAIRO — Islamic State suicide bombers targeted the offices of Libya’s electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people in one of the most brazen assaults on the Libyan capital in years. The attackers, strapped with explosive belts, entered the building and […]
These Iraqi Farmers Said No to ISIS. When Night Came They Paid the Price.
Source: The New York Times By MARGARET COKER and FALIH HASSAN Relatives and neighbors of 21 people killed in a brazen Islamic State attack in Tarmiya, Iraq, gathered for a funeral service on […]
Mo Salah of Liverpool Breaks Down Cultural Barriers, One Goal at a Time
Source: The New York Times By RORY SMITH LIVERPOOL, England — Mohamed Salah’s routine is familiar now. As the Liverpool Football Club stadium erupts joyously around him, celebrating yet another of […]
Teachers flee, schools close in Kenya with al-Shabab attacks
Source: Associated Press By TOM ODULA NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Every school day, Abdirizack Hussein Bashir rises at dawn for an eight-kilometer (five-mile) trek through a dangerous forest where he […]
At least 15 dead after church attack in Central African Republic
Source: Reuters BANGUI (Reuters) – At least 15 people including a priest were killed and scores wounded in Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Tuesday when unidentified gunmen attacked a […]
Pope to Chile abuse victims: I was part of the problem
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — The three whistleblowers in Chile’s sex abuse scandal urged Pope Francis on Wednesday to transform his apology for having discredited them […]
Exeter University: ‘Why I revealed my friends’ racist WhatsApp messages’
Source: BBC News “It went from crude humour to racial slurs. Awful things were said about rape. Every group was targeted.” Exeter University student Arsalan Motavali is talking about the WhatsApp group he was in with fellow members of the university’s law society. “[The messages] started to get progressively worse […]
Stormy Daniels case: Trump repaid lawyer ‘hush money’, says Giuliani
Source: BBC News President Donald Trump personally repaid his lawyer the $130,000 that was used to buy an adult film actor’s silence about an alleged affair, his legal aide Rudy […]
Why ‘Sufism’ is not what it is made out to be
Source: Herald Dawn BY Zahra Sabri In a variety of Islamic political contexts around the world today, we see ‘Sufi’ ideas being invoked as a call to return to a deeper, more inward-directed […]
Red Cross action : ICRC sees surge in tracing requests for missing Syrians
This content was published on May 2, 2018 Displaced children play at the Atamah camp, at the Syrian-Turkish border in Idlib province, Syria, on January 12, 2018 (Keystone) Owing to better […]
IS THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT DRIVING AMERICANS AWAY FROM RELIGION?
Source: Pacific Standard BY TOM JACOB New research finds that, when evangelical organizations raise their profile by sponsoring a high-profile political campaign, a backlash ensues. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images) Religion […]
U.S.-backed Syrian force resumes offensive against Islamic State
Source: The Washington Post By Louisa Loveluck BEIRUT — A U.S.-backed force in Syria announced Tuesday that it was resuming operations against the Islamic State after an earlier push stalled as fighters […]
Catholics warn against ‘winner-takes-all’ approach on marriage equality
Source: The Guardian BY Paul Karp Senior Australian Catholics have warned that marriage equality should not be a matter of “winner takes all” five months after unsuccessfully advocating a no vote […]
Iraq’s Maliki poses as Shi’ite champion in race for top job
Source: Reuters BY Maher Chmaytelli BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki fulfilled his life-long goal of wresting power from the country’s minority Sunnis after the fall of […]