Democrats Pramila Jayapal, Kamala Harris, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi win seats NEWLEY PURNELL Nov 9, 2016 7:16 pm IST Wall Street Journal 4 COMMENTS Several Democratic Indian-origin candidates have clinched victory in U.S. elections, as Republican candidate Donald Trump swept to power in the presidential poll. Indian-born Democrat Pramila Jayapal, who […]
By Michael Sebastian, Oct 13, 2016 Donald Trump has insulted women for decades. Trump reminded us of this when he unleashed a war of words on Fox News host Megyn Kelly, questioning her professionalism and suggesting she treated him unfairly at a Republican debate last year because she was menstruating. (Trump later denied that […]
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton had their second presidential debate on Sunday night in St. Louis. We tallied their false claims. The totals: 33 false claims for Trump, five false claims for Clinton – a near-identical margin to the first debate two weeks ago, whenwe found Trump made 34 […]
telesurtv.net: by John Pilger — I have been filming in the Marshall Islands, which lie north of Australia, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Whenever I tell people where I have been, they ask,”Where is that?” If I offer a clue by referring to “Bikini,” they say, “You mean […]
Esquire.com Leave it to Nobel Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai to tell it like it is. In an interview with United Kingdom’s Channel 4, Yousafzai warned hateful politicians about the danger of their anti-Muslim messages: “The more you speak about Islam and against all Muslims, the more terrorists we create,” she said. A good point—and […]
Source: Haaretz By Haroon Moghul; Author of The Order of Light and How To Be a Muslim: An American Story. Public speaker. Broadcaster. Essayist. It’s hard to keep track of all […]
Jan 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ian Buruma Ted Cruz, one of the Republican candidates for the US presidency, recently said that his solution to the turmoil in the Middle East would be to “carpet-bomb” Daesh and see if “sand can glow in the dark”. Donald Trump, the Republican front runner, […]
BBC News: President Barack Obama has said the deployment of 1,500 more US troops to Iraq marks a “new phase” against Islamic State militants. He told CBS TV that the new troops, although non-combat advisers, could help Iraq go on the attack against IS. A US-led coalition has been helping […]
BBC News: President Barack Obama has called the Ebola outbreak in West Africa “a threat to global security”, as he announced a larger US role in fighting the virus. The world was looking to the US, Mr Obama said, but added that the outbreak required a “global response”. The measures […]
BBC News: President Barack Obama has called the Ebola outbreak in West Africa “a threat to global security”, as he announced a larger US role in fighting the virus. The world was looking to the US, Mr Obama said, but added that the outbreak required a “global response”. The measures […]
US President Barack Obama has said he will not hesitate to take action against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria as well as Iraq. In a nationally televised speech outlining his strategy against IS, he said that any group that threatened America would “find no safe haven”. He also announced […]
US President Barack Obama says he has authorised air strikes against Islamic militants in northern Iraq but will not send US troops back to the country. He said Islamic State (IS) fighters would be targeted to prevent the slaughter of religious minorities, or if they threaten US interests. Strikes have […]
When widespread criticism arose from President Barack Obama’s gratuitous lecturing of Muslims at a White House iftar, about Israel’s right to defend itself as unarmed civilians in Gaza died by the hundreds, it signalled a generational shift in Muslim American leadership. This year’s White House iftar could have proceeded uneventfully like the many others […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expected to highlight the contributions of Muslim Americans to U.S. society at the annual White House Iftar on Monday evening, a tradition dating back to 1996 in which Muslims break their fasts during the holy month of Ramadan in the company of administration officials. […]
Nearly three quarters of American Muslims like the job President Obama is doing — by far the largest backing of any religious group, a new survey released Friday reveals. READ MORE…
U.S. President Barack Obama greets Muslims across the world on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, describing it as the time for self-reflection and devotion through prayer and fasting. READ MORE…
CBS-ABN News: by RG Cruz — MANILA (UPDATE) – US President Barack Obama steered clear of China on Monday night as he said that the United States’ commitment to defend the Philippines is iron-clad. This, after the US leader failed to categorically say during an earlier joint press conference with President Benigno […]
Mail Online: by Michael Zennie — President Barack Obama bragged to his aides that he’s ‘really good at killing people,’ according to explosive claims in a new book about the 2012 presidential campaign. The revelation comes at a time when Obama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, has […]
The NewYork Times: by Mark Landler – The president’s goal, said Ms. Rice, who discussed the review for the first time in an interview last week, is to avoid having events in the Middle East swallow his foreign policy agenda, as it had those of presidents before him. WASHINGTON — […]
Havana Real Estate “Boom” Lures Investors & Exiles New America Media, News Analysis, Louis Nevaer Just over a year after the Cuban government permitted the first sale of real estate between private parties, a housing boom is emerging in Havana. Sequestration Nearing, Calif. Schools Get Breathing Room […]