Retired soldier educating South about Islam
By: Drew Brooks, The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer via the AP FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — When Jason Criss Howk’s Army career came to an end in 2015, he thought he’d spend […]
L.A. Archdiocese reveals list of 54 clergy accused of abusing children
Source: Los Angeles Times By LAURA NEWBERRY For the first time in a decade, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Thursday updated its listof clergy accused of molesting children, addressing renewed outcry about how the Catholic Church responds to abuse allegations. “We owe it to the victim-survivors to be fully transparent in […]
US opposes discontinuing support to Saudi-led coalition in Yemen
Reuters December 09, 2018 The US believes that the Yemen that emerges from civil war should not contain any Iranian-backed threat to Saudi Arabia and the UAE The US is […]
‘Turkey’s top spy in US to meet senators, intelligence officials’
By Reuters – Dec 09,2018 – JORDAN TIMES WASHINGTON — Turkey’s head of intelligence has travelled to Washington to meet with US lawmakers and intelligence officials, sources said, in […]
Imran Khan Pledges Help On Afghan War After Meeting US Peace Envoy
Officially allies in fighting terrorism, Pakistan and US have a complicated relationship, bound by US’ dependence on Pakistan to supply troops in Afghanistan. World | Reuters | Updated: December 05, […]
President Trump taps ex-Fox News anchor Heather Nauert for UN ambassador, strips post of Cabinet rank
Deirdre Shesgreen USA TODAY Published 5:12 PM EST Dec 7, 2018 WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s pick for United Nations ambassador, Heather Nauert, could face a tough Senate confirmation process […]
In Philadelphia, ordinary Catholics keep the faith — despite the church’s failings
Source: Religion News Service By Mary Beth McCauley PHILADELPHIA (RNS) — Catholics in this city and places like it have been through hell in recent decades. The Catholic Church sexual […]
Church Puts Baby Jesus In Cage For Immigration-Themed Nativity Scene
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla A Massachusetts church is mixing faith and politics in its nativity display this year ― placing a baby Jesus figurine in a cage to […]
The barber who’s been cutting hair for 96 years
Source: BBC News By Bernadette Young Anthony Mancinelli sits in a salon chair in New Windsor, New York, waiting for his next customer. Aged 107, Mancinelli is used to the […]
Einstein’s ‘God letter’ fetches $2.9M at auction
Source: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 1954 letter written by Albert Einstein and known as the “God letter” because he discussed his thoughts about God and religion has […]
Imran Khan: Pakistan will no longer be America’s hired gun
Source: Telegraph Fighting America’s war on terror has cost Pakistan its dignity, Imran Khan said By Ben Farmer, Islamabad Pakistan will no longer be America’s “hired gun” to fights its […]
Spare me America’s tears for Jamal Khashoggi – this excuse for Trump-bashing ignores the CIA’s past crimes
A generation ago, the CIA’s ‘Operation Phoenix’ torture and assassination programme in Vietnam went way beyond the imaginations of the Saudi intelligence service. And have we forgotten about the thousands […]
Mueller investigation: No jail time sought for Trump ex-adviser Michael Flynn
Source: BBC News The special counsel investigating alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 US election will not be pursuing a jail sentence for former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Mr […]
Bernie Sanders Stakes Out Forceful Climate Stance, Leapfrogging The 2020 Field
Source: Huffington Post By Alexander C. Kaufman WASHINGTON ― Two years can be a split second in geological time and an eternity in politics, but it may also be just […]
Blowback from unintended consequences of Bush’s 1991 war continues
Dec 05,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN George H.W. Bush, who died last Saturday at the age of 94, has been lauded as a great US president, a humble patrician […]
Why so many nations are suddenly following Trump out of the proposed U.N. migration pact
By Rick Noack December 4, 2018 When President Trump pulled out of discussions of a U.N. migration pact almost exactly one year ago, there was an immediate international […]
Einstein’s ‘God Letter,’ a Viral Missive From 1954
Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times By James Barron Dec. 2, 2018 Think of it: One of the most famous people in the world is panning religion. “The word God is […]
American racism is in the open, so is the fight against it
Dec 03,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby I was having lunch this week with an Arab friend and before long, as expected, the conversation turned to President Donald Trump, […]
How Hanukkah came to America
Source: The Conversation Hanukkah may be the best known Jewish holiday in the United States. But despite its popularity in the U.S., Hanukkah is ranked one of Judaism’s minor festivals, […]
More than 30,000 Indian-American Sikhs have entered the trucking industry in 2 years
Source: CBS News LARAMIE, Wyoming — Here’s what you might expect to see driving I-80 near Laramie, Wyoming: long stretches of highway framed by rolling hills and trucker after trucker making […]