From the sectionMiddle East Image captionTens of thousands of civilians have been displaced by the fighting for Raqqa UN war crimes investigators say US-led coalition air strikes on Islamic State militants in the Syrian city of Raqqa are causing “staggering loss of life”. Coalition warplanes are supporting an offensive on […]
Analysis: Tiny emirate has found who its real friends are after it was so casually abandoned by US President. But in Qatari business circles, there are fears the move was […]
İLNUR ÇEVIK @ilnurcevik Published June 13, 2017 No one really knew how the Daesh killers came about. They just appeared on the scene, wreaked havoc, beheaded people, displayed every form of cruelty and now they are vanishing into thin air in war-torn Syria. In Iraq they are about to give up Mosul […]
Reuters International JUN 12, 2017 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the founder of the Islamic Republic […]
Posted by Harriet Marsden in newsUPVOTE Students walking about on the campus of the University of Washington. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO It is currently the holy month of Ramadan, during which most Muslims fast until after sunset. When Bryan White, a biology professor at the University of Washington, noticed one of […]
BY MARK PRICE msprice@charlotteobserver.com http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article154776759.htmlhttp://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article154776759.html http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article154776759.html LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST REDDIT PRINT ORDER REPRINT OF THIS STORY An Iredell County Baptist Church is being chided on Social media for a message posted on its front sign that said: “Remember, Satan was the first to demand equal rights.” Fellowship Baptist Church in Statesville […]
My personal ‘insider information’ told me that the last ‘regime change’ in Qatar was not quite ‘a friendly deal between father and son’ as it appeared. The present Emir of […]
Reuters International JUN 10, 2017 – A protester holds a sign during an anti-Sharia rally in Seattle, Washington, U.S., June 10, 2017. REUTERS/David Ryder (reuters_tickers) By David DeKok and Tom […]
Of course, most of these gun deaths aren’t committed by Muslims, so it doesn’t really serve the President’s agenda Skylar Baker-Jordan @skylarjordan Americans are 1,193 times more likely to be […]
Reuters International JUN 6, 2017 – 14:28 U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley attends the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse […]
YUSUF SELMAN İNANÇ@yusufsinanc ISTANBUL Iraqi civilians walk through the rubble of western Mosul, May 15. In a recent press release, CENTCOM said 484 civilians have died in anti-Daesh coalition airstrikes […]
By Veronica DeVore JUN 2, 2017 – 16:13 US President Donald Trump announced his decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord at the White House Rose Garden on Thursday (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Swiss politicians and scientific leaders are disappointed and baffled at US […]
In April, I entered Deir Hafer. Isis had just fled for their lives, leaving their infamous black flags, crucifixion posts, arms factories and black-painted Islamic courtrooms still intact. And yet Washington still maintains that the Syrians don’t fight Isis Robert Fisk Beirut @indyvoices A member of the Syrian pro-government forces carries an Isis […]
Source: The Intercept By Mehdi Hasan, Columnist, The Intercept. Contributing Editor, New Statesman. Host, Al Jazeera English. O SEAN DUFFY, where art thou? Back in February, the Republican […]
Reuters International MAY 31, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File […]
Reuters International JUN 1, 2017 – (reuters_tickers) By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for U.S. visa applicants worldwide that asks for social media handles for the last five years and biographical information going back 15 years. The new questions, part of […]
Zaid Jilani May 31 2017 SATURDAY MARKED THE beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, where Muslims fast from sun up to sundown. Since the Clinton administration, various government agencies including the White House have held iftar dinners — the meal Muslims consume in the evening following their fast — […]
28 May 2017 More than $600,000 (£468,000) has been raised for the families of the three US men attacked while defending a Muslim teenager and her friend on a train. […]
By AFP – May 31,2017 – The body of a Houthi insurgent is seen on the ground after he was killed during clashes with pro-government fighters near the Republican Palace in the northwestern city of Taez, Yemen, on Monday (Reuters photo) UNITED NATIONS, United States — Yemen is […]
May 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud As if he had, overnight, been transformed into a master politician, US President Donald Trump’s 27-hour trip to Israel left many analysts mystified. Quoting former Israeli political adviser Mitchell Barack, The New York Times referred to Trump as the “Liberace of world leaders”, in […]