US ‘medical tourists’ seek cheap healthcare abroad
By AFP – Oct 14,2019 -JORDAN TIMES TIJUANA, Mexico — When Veronica Merrill decided to undergo stomach surgery for weight loss, she found two options: pay $12,000 at home […]
Trump is right to take troops out of Syria. Now they must leave Iraq and Afghanistan
Simon Jenkins The president’s motive for abandoning the Kurds is unclear, but the continued US presence in foreign wars is a disaster Mon 14 Oct 2019 Donald Trump is right […]
A look back to 2016: Wikileaks documents highlight sinister relations between Erdogan and ISIS
The connection of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan΄s family with the oil smuggling of the “Islamic State” is revealed after Wikileaks΄ revealing of emails from the Turkish energy minister, […]
Europeans are less likely than Americans to say they would be willing to accept Muslims as family members
Europeans are less likely than Americans to say they would be willing to accept Muslims as family members https://t.co/HEuH7oLDuN pic.twitter.com/heSVFfNA9z — Kat Devlin (@kat_devlin) October 10, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Trump and Erdogan have much in common – and the Kurds will be the tragic victims of their idiocy
Related video: Donald Trump suggests he has no problem with President Erdogan being ‘tough’ on the Kurds How can the EU stand idly by while Turkey conducts such vile business […]
U.S. says deploying more forces to Saudi Arabia to counter Iran threat
Oct 11, 2019 – By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States announced the deployment of additional American military forces to Saudi Arabia on Friday […]
A lawsuit argued the LSAT discriminates against the blind. Now it’s changing for everyone
By Ryan Prior, CNN (CNN) A man in Michigan has won a legal settlement that will change the test all prospective lawyers take to get into law school. Angelo Binno […]
Kurdish soldiers I spoke to feared Trump would be a treacherous ally. But the scale of his betrayal is terrifying
We are already on the downslope leading to the ethnic cleansing of up to 2 million Kurds in the vast triangle of land which they call Rojava in northeast Syria […]
Great and unmatched wisdom, Trump claims to Have
Source: AT As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over… […]
Attorneys for CIA Officer Behind Trump Complaint Say They Now Represent ‘Multiple Whistleblowers’
Letter is mentioned in tonight’s @WSJ article: Attorneys for CIA Officer Behind Trump Complaint Say They Now Represent ‘Multiple Whistleblowers’ https://t.co/Rr67mNY1r4 — Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) October 7, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js […]
In Beirut, I can no longer get American dollars out of the ATM. This is what it tells me about Lebanon’s economy
The US is still trying to destroy the Assad regime in Syria and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Is this what underlays the frightening economic undertow? Robert Fisk in Beirut […]
Trump Stands Up for Religious Freedom
Source: Wall Street Journal President Trump isn’t known as a champion of human rights, but on Monday he became the first American president to convene a meeting at the United […]
Retreat from Qatar suggests US is preparing for war
Abdulrahman Al-Rashed October 02, 2019 Amid escalating Iranian threats and attacks targeting Saudi oil facilities, shipping, and a $110 million US drone, one would expect America to be strengthening its […]
Interview Richard Thompson at 70: on love, loss and being a Muslim in Trump’s US
Editor’s Note: We give you here the paragraph dealing with Richard Thompson and his being a Muslim. For the full interview please go to source: Source: The Guardian The […]
Iran has a plan B thanks to China and Russia – and it just might thwart the Trump administration
The US’s withdrawal from the deal and its belligerence on global matters actually provides an incentive for Moscow, Beijing and others to band together with Tehran Source: Independent By Borzou […]
Secretary of State Pompeo says U.S. wants peaceful resolution with Iran
Sep 25, 2019 NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States wants a peaceful resolution to tensions with Iran but that rests […]
Just as Iraq begins to find peace, it once again becomes the battleground for an American proxy war
Baghdad is full of new restaurants and shops and the streets are thronged with people until late at night. But many Iraqis wonder how long this will last if […]
He Sued Over a Priest’s Abuse. Then the Diocese Filed for Bankruptcy.
By Corina Knoll The Rochester diocese’s move has left many who were promised justice under New York’s Child Victims Act feeling betrayed. Peter Saracino was in elementary school when, […]
U.S. Department of State Official Reveals Trump’s Muslim Ban Has Denied Over 30,000 People Entry Into the United States
Jay Connor Thirty-thousand is a lot of damn people. It’s the number of people who, according to a new report, have been denied entry into the United States […]
Why the de-faithing of Islam is a threat to all America’s religions
Some say Islam is not a religion. Here’s why all faiths should contest that. Derek Beres 25 September, 2019 Asma T. Uddin explores religious freedom — or the […]