How has India changed a year after Dadri beef lynching?
Source: BBC It has been a year since a Muslim man in northern India was lynched over rumours that his family had slaughtered a cow and eaten beef. Hindus consider […]
Experts May Have Finally Found The Cause Of Crohn’s Disease
Source: Huffington Post BY Sarah DiGiulio Sleep Reporter, The Huffington Post People with Crohn’s disease know the uncomfortable symptoms of the chronic condition all too well: diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss […]
Hajj: The Best Symbol for Our Universal Brotherhood!
Epigraph: And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me, and keep My House clean for those who perform the circuits, and those who stand up and those who bow down and fall prostrate in Prayers; And proclaim […]
India isn’t just growing fast, it’s much more competitive
India’s economy is booming. It’s also becoming much more competitive. The country has zoomed higher in a new ranking of global competitiveness by the World Economic Forum, marking the second consecutive year of massive gains following a long malaise. India was the most improved country in the 2016 ranking, moving […]
Donald Trump’s woeful debate likely to worsen problems with women
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/09/27/donald-trumps-woeful-debate-likely-to-worsen-problems-with-women.html WASHINGTON — How did Donald Trump’s performance at the first presidential debate hurt him with women? “How much time have you got?” said Katie Packer, a veteran Republican strategist who specializes in persuading female voters. There was his manner — glowering, contemptuous, interrupting his female opponent dozens of times. […]
Shimon Peres, Former President of Israel, Dies at 93
Source: Time By Karl Vick The lifetime of Shimon Peres, who died Tuesday at age 93 after suffering a stroke on Sept. 13, spans the lifetime of the state of Israel. […]
Donald Trump Struggles to Deal With Debate Loss
Source: Time By Zeke J Miller / Melbourne, Fla. How does a man whose brand is all about winning come to terms with defeat? After a widely panned performance in Monday’s […]
First ‘three person baby’ born using new method
Source: BBC By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online The world’s first baby has been born using a new “three person” fertility technique, New Scientist reveals. The five-month-old boy […]
Addicted Parents Get Their Fix, Even With Children Watching
Source: The New York Times By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE It was a horrific video — a young mother who had overdosed was lying unconscious on the floor of a Family […]
Dilute honey ‘may fight urine infections’
Source: BBC Honey and water might be a useful weapon against urine infections in hospital patients, say UK researchers. Patients often have a catheter fitted, either to drain urine stuck […]
Honey May Be a Natural Way to Beat Bacteria
Epigraph: And thy Lord has inspired the bee, saying, ‘Make thou houses in the hills and in the trees and in the trellises which they build. ‘Then eat of every […]
Shimon Peres: Israel’s last founding father who sought peace with the Arab world
Shimon Peres stands alongside David Ben-Gurion and Yitzhak Rabin in the upper echelons of statesmen that dominated Israeli politics both before and after the establishment of Israel in 1948. Peres, the son of a Polish émigré who moved to Tel Aviv in 1932, was intimately involved in conflicts as far […]
Swiss parliament paves way for nationwide burqa ban
Russia Today: Switzerland’s parliament has approved a draft bill aiming for a nationwide burqa ban, initiated by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP). Its backers also launched a public petition with the same goal. The draft bill was approved on Tuesday, with 88 MPs of the lower house voting in […]
First jihadi jailed by Hague on Islamist-related charges – Ahmad al-Mahdi gets 9 years for Timbuktu destruction
By Callum Paton September 27, 2016 12:49 BST IBTimes.co.uk Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi, an al-Qaeda jihadi – who begged the International Criminal Court for forgiveness for his destruction of holy sites in Timbuktu – has been given nine years in prison by judges in the Hague. Mahdi, who estimates his age at […]
TRUMP BLASTS CLINTON AS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BLOWS UP OVER NAFTA FIGHT
Source: Vanity Fair It took less than 15 minutes for Donald Trump to crack during the Monday’s presidential debate and for Hillary Clinton to grow exasperated, as the relative calm […]
Google pushes into India with free wi-fi
Source: BBC Google is to roll out a comprehensive public wi-fi platform in India, as part of its bid to get more people using its services. Dubbed Google Station, the […]
Half of Scotland’s adults say they are not religious
Source: BBC Half of adults in Scotland say they are not religious, according to new statistics. The latest Scottish Household Survey reveals that 49.8% of those surveyed said they did […]
China prepares for Dalai Lama’s death by looking to its own top Tibetan cleric
Source: The Washington Post By Simon Denyer LHASA, China — In the contest for Tibetan hearts and minds, a 26-year-old Buddhist monk is emerging into the spotlight. He is the […]
Preacher found guilty after telling woman she would burn in hell
Source: The Guardian A street preacher who told a Muslim woman she would “burn in hell” for wearing tight jeans has been found guilty of religiously aggravated threatening behaviour. Krissoni […]
Pakistan assembly passes marriage bill protecting Hindu women’s rights
Source: BBC By Asad Hashim Pakistan’s lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages, the last major hurdle on the way to enacting a law aimed at protecting women’s rights. Activists say that Hindu women have been disproportionately targeted […]