Epigraph: Almost a million people commit suicide every year in the world. Source: Breitbart By ALI WAKED JAFFA, Israel – The reason suicides in the United States reached a nearly three […]
Source: BBC By Pádraig Belton 19 April 2016 Under London’s streets lies a hidden gold mine. It stretches across more than 300,000 square feet under the City, the finance quarter in the heart of Britain’s capital. There, beneath the pavement and commuters of Threadneedle Street, lies a maze of eight […]
Burying drowned migrants is part of a broader Greek problem Apr 20th 2016, 12:55 by M.TZ. and ERASMUS | MYTILENE THE newly established graveyard, a short drive west of Mytilene port, is a desperately sad place. In the middle of an olive grove, there are dozens of mounds of crumbly earth, some created only a […]
Source: BBC President Barack Obama has ruled out deploying US ground troops in Syria and says military efforts alone cannot solve the country’s problems. “It would be a mistake for the United States, or Great Britain… to send in ground troops and overthrow the [Bashar al-] Assad regime,” he told […]
In late antiquity, the religion split the Mediterranean world in two. Now it is remaking the Continent. Robert D. Kaplan May 2016 Issue Global Europe was essentially defined by […]
ANADOLU AGENCY BERLIN PublishedApril 22, 2016 German former President Christian Wulff attends a talk on Islam in Germany in Berlin on April 21, 2016 (AFP Photo) Former German President Christian Wulff spoke against growing anti-Islam sentiment in the country and stressed that Islam belonged to Germany, contrary to what far-right […]
Cheque for $50,000, which accompanies award, given to educational charity Ekal Vidyalaya. https://apis.google.com/u/0/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=medium&annotation=bubble&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2Fgta%2F2016%2F04%2F22%2Findian-media-mogul-dr-subhash-chandra-translates-honour-into-help.html&gsrc=3p&ic=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en.f4t_FKpd7fM.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAGLTcCMYodtyxdDsvqk3eS42P2giRwoU1g#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh%2Conload&id=I0_1461500791606&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com&pfname=&rpctoken=10820096 KEITH BEATY / TORONTO STAR Order this photo Zee Tv Group founder Dr. Subhash Chandra speaks Friday at a news conference prior to being honoured with the Global Indian Award by the Canada-India Foundation. He’ll now be donating […]
Kerala | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Updated: April 24, 2016 02:34 by Taboola The Thazhathangadi Juma Masjid in Kottayam is for the first time allowing women, from the local community, to come inside. Kottayam: Highlights Thazhathangadi Juma Masjid popular with male tourists in India and abroad Women […]
TNN | Apr 24, 2016 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/configspace/ads/AS_Top.html Trichy: The 1,019-year-old Nathrsha Mosque that stands in the heart of the city was cleaned by civic body workers on Saturday. As part of […]
Nasrudin stood up in the market-place and started to address the throng. ‘O people! Do you want knowledge without difficulties, truth without falsehood, attainment without effort, progress without sacrifice?’ Very soon a large crowd gathered, everyone shouting: ‘Yes, yes!’ ‘Excellent!’ said the Mulla. ‘I only wanted to know. You may […]
Jim Michaels Friday, 22 Apr 2016 Getty Images The U.S.-led coalition air campaign has incinerated about $500 million of the Islamic State’s cash stockpiles and cut its oil revenues by an estimated 50 percent, according to a senior defense official. The Islamic State has been forced to ration fuel […]
By John Heilprin Apr 22, 2016 – 11:00 Nature already needs extra protection, like the Rhone glacier where tarp is used to help prevent ice melt (Keystone) Switzerland’s essential alpine character stands little chance of surviving predicted man-made global warming, even if the Paris agreement succeeds in putting the world […]
April 23, 2016 TEHRAN – President Rouhani has asserted that Iran has been in the frontline of counterterrorism both ideologically and pragmatically, saying if it had not been for Iran’s supports, Damascus and Bagdad would have fallen into the hands of Daesh, the Arabic acronym for ISIL. Rouhani made the […]
Apr 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MARK LEONARD The consequences of Russia’s intervention in Syria stretch far beyond the Middle East. The Kremlin’s military campaign has tilted the stalemate in favour of the government and derailed efforts to craft a political compromise to end the war. It also heralds the […]
Apr 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI Bombing a civilian bus in Israel on April 18, alerted many people to the ramifications of the third Intifada, which spontaneously expressed Palestinians’ anger with both the Israeli occupation of their land and the Palestinian Authority’s lack of action to end their plight. […]
Source: BBC Reheating a takeaway (or if you’re American, take-out) may seem like a good idea at the end of a hard day – but many of us have learnt that there can be a heavy price to pay. Around one million people in the UK suffer food poisoning each […]
Source: BBC A university professor has been hacked to death in Bangladesh, in an attack police say is similar to killings of secular bloggers and atheists by suspected Islamist extremists. […]
Source: Tribune ISLAMABAD: Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Thursday dismissed 11 military officers over corruption, in a rare display of accountability by the institution. One lieutenant general, one major general, five […]
Source: Time By Alice Park In one of the largest studies involving people who stay healthy into old age, researchers found some interesting clues behind how they get that way — […]
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan President Obama has weighed in on the debate over “Brexit,” shorthand for an upcoming referendum on whether or not the United Kingdom should stay in the European Union. During a press conference on his trip to London on Friday, President Obama said the U.S. and the […]