By Suzanna Goussous – Mar 05,2017 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Under the theme of “Building Tomorrow”, the 12th Annual Harvard Arab World Conference (HAWC) will discuss key issues such as entrepreneurship, education, healthcare and law next week, organisers said on Sunday. To be held under the patronage of His […]
Talks cover threats to region’s security and stability By JT – Mar 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with US Jewish leaders in Amman on Sunday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday discussed with a delegation of US […]
Reuters International MAR 5, 2017 Iraqi Acting Finance Minister Abdul Razzak al-Essa (R) speaks during news conference at the Ministry of Finance in Baghdad, Iraq March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili (reuters_tickers) By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Britain agreed on Sunday to arrange 10 billion pounds in loans to finance […]
Reuters International MAR 5, 2017 Displaced Iraqis flee their homes, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (reuters_tickers) BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The total number of civilians displaced from Mosul has risen sharply over the past days and exceeded 200,000 […]
MAR 5, 2017 Many asylum seekers are accommodated in special centres (Keystone) A project to house asylum seekers and refugees with Swiss families has been deemed a success, with 234 people living with host families and 22 cantons taking part – up from just four cantons two years ago. The […]
The latest probe was destroyed in less than a day Niamh McIntyre @niamh_mcintyre The scarred landscape inside the exclusion zone close to the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Spain Getty A Japanese company tasked with cleaning up Fukushima, the site of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, has admitted that its […]
President alleges Barack Obama monitored his communications, without providing evidence Caroline Mortimer @cjmortimer FBI director James Comey has asked the Justice Department to reject publicly Donald Trump’s claim that Barack Obama wiretapped his communications, according to US media reports. Senior officials close to Mr Comey said he has privately called on the department […]
Source: Businessinsider.com Book review by Noah Friedman Chase F. Robinson, a historian on Islam, author of “Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives,” and president of the CUNY Graduate Center, explains the misconception many […]
Twitter Google+ WhatsApp Viber Pinterest LinkedIn 25 graduates receive their Shahid degrees from Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 4 March 2017, the 5th Convocation Ceremony for Jamia Ahmadiyya UK and the 7th Convocation Ceremony for Jamia Ahmadiyya Canada took place in a combined event […]
March 3, 2017 Image of Israeli settlers [file photo] March 3, 2017 at 10:19 pm A young Palestinian man was shot and killed by an Israeli settler in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron on Wednesday afternoon, the Israeli army reported. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that […]
Source: The Guardian Cair official says questionnaire handed out during preparations for annual Muslim Day contained ‘stupid, Islamophobic, hateful bigoted questions’ Imad Enchassi, center, leads a group of Muslims at […]
Source: CNS News By Patrick Goodenough | March 3, 2017 | 4:31 AM EST Muslim men pray in Dearborn, Michigan in 2011. Pew estimates the size of the Muslim community […]
Source: BBC An Indian airline says it has made the first passenger journey around the world operated by an all-women crew. The Air India flight departed from New Delhi to […]
Source: Time By Tara John The European Union Parliament wants to reinstate visas for Americans traveling into the 28-nation bloc, arguing that the U.S. still requires citizens of five E.U. member […]
Source: Los Angeles Times By Associated Press A mass grave containing the remains of babies and young children has been discovered at a former Catholic orphanage in Ireland, government-appointed investigators […]
Source: CNN By Moni Basu, CNN Suhag Shukla knows that’s how some people outside Hinduism see her religion. As the co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation, Shukla clarifies misconceptions all […]
Source: Time Aric Jenkins Mar 05, 2017 The U.S. Department of Citizenship and Immigration Services will temporarily suspend expedited processing of H-1B visas, halting the option for American companies to […]
Source: Time BY Markham Heid Don’t let its fancy name fool you. A ketogenic diet is, essentially, a low-carb, high-fat diet—albeit one taken to extremes. “In a clinical setting, a strict […]
Source: CNN Promos Finding Jesus discovers fascinating new insights into the historical Jesus, utilizing the latest scientific techniques and archaeological research. Season 2 premiers today on March 5, on CNN […]
‘Britain came to one of the richest countries in the world in the 18th century and reduced it, after two centuries of plunder, to one of the poorest’ Matt Broomfield @hashtagbroom 458 comments Britons suffer “historical amnesia” over the atrocities and plunder committed by their empire, Indian MP and authorShashi Tharoor has […]