Yemen pounded by war for five years
By AFP – Sep 15,2019 -JORDAN TIMES SANAA — Saudi Arabia, whose oil installations have again been targeted by drone attacks, launched military operations in Yemen in 2015 to help […]
Science and Monotheism!
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times “If there had been in the heavens and the earth other gods besides Allah, then surely both would […]
Suspension of Syrian membership in Arab League counterproductive
Sep 15,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI Some Arab capitals, albeit a minority, are suggesting the “return” of Syria to the Arab fold. The majority of the Arab countries, […]
Bangladesh: Under-construction Ahmadiyya mosque vandalised in Netrakona
Panic gripped a handful of Ahmadiyya Muslims living in ward 1 in Netrakona town as several hundred sectarian people vandalised their under-construction mosque on Friday afternoon. About 400 people, mostly […]
Amazing ! Why did it take me three years ???? !!!!!
to find out, that to save my bread from the tribes of small ants in Indonesia, the safest place is inside the oven !!! I finally beat […]
Rohingya crisis: Villages destroyed for government facilities
Source: BBC News By Jonathan Head Entire Muslim Rohingya villages in Myanmar have been demolished and replaced by police barracks, government buildings and refugee relocation camps, the BBC has found. […]
Germany: Neo-Nazi politician to be voted out of post after outcry
Source: DW Just days after being elected the head of a local authority in central Germany, a member of the right-wing extremist National Democratic Party (NPD) may not take up his post […]
Report: Over 120 Syrian churches damaged by war since 2011
Source: Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian war monitor associated with the opposition said Monday that over 120 Christian places of worship have been damaged or destroyed by all […]
Officials: 31 Iraqi pilgrims die in stampede during holiday
Source: Associated Press By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ZEINA KARAM BAGHDAD (AP) — A walkway collapsed and set off a stampede in the holy city of Karbala on Tuesday as thousands […]
A US priest, a Philippine village, and decades of secrecy
Source: Associated Press By TIM SULLIVAN TALUSTUSAN, Philippines (AP) — The American priest’s voice echoed over the phone line, his sharp Midwestern accent softened over the decades by a gentle […]
Ethiopian church-affiliated group urges action against gays
Source: Associated Press By ELIAS MESERET ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A group affiliated with Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church is condemning what it calls the government’s silence on homosexuality in the […]
John Bolton’s sacking delighted Iran – but the world is suffering under Trump and his fellow fragile tyrants
Trump has no foreign policy, and the ‘world stage’ has splintered. No wonder journalism struggles to describe the outrageous new reality Robert Fisk @indyvoices The sanest comment to emerge […]
Corrected: India imposes curfews in Kashmir after clashes during religious procession
Source: Reuters BY Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) – India on Sunday imposed curfews in several parts of the contested Kashmir region, after clashes between security forces and Shi’ite Muslims taking […]
Cypriot to Russian Church: keep out of breakaway north
Source: Associated Press By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Ties between the Orthodox Church of Cyprus and its Russian counterpart frayed Friday over a series of services conducted by […]
Animal slaughter ruling in Belgium stirs religious freedom debate
Source: AlJazeera By Veronica Zaragovia Brussels and Wallonia, Belgium – Inside his Brussels office, animal rights activist Michel Vandenbosch opens a large book he wrote about the Global Action in the […]
Here’s What It’s Like in the Bahamas After It Was Devastated by Hurricane Dorian
Source: Time BY TARA LAW Bahamians are scrambling to respond to a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane that the nation’s Prime Minister has described as a “historic tragedy” since the slow-moving storm made landfall […]
‘There’s nothing left’: Storm reduces paradise to a miserable heap
Source: MSN News By Anthony Faiola GREEN TURTLE CAY, Bahamas —The New Plymouth Hardware store has been smashed to kindling. More importantly, Curry’s Grocery Store, too. Some of the boats at […]
Is your diet drink killing you? Drinks firms insist they’re safe, but now a major study says just two glasses a day can lead to an early death
Source: DailyMail By JOANNA BLYTHMAN FOR THE DAILY MAIL They are in thousands of products we slip into our grocery baskets each week — everything from ‘diet’ colas, soft drinks and […]
Commission says Maldives journalist was murdered by Islamist militants
Source: Reuters BY Mohamed Junayd MALE (Reuters) – An abducted Maldivian journalist was murdered by Islamist militants, a panel investigating deaths and disappearances under the previous government said, in remarks that […]
Iraq suspends US-funded TV station for 3 months over program
Source: Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities on Monday suspended the license of a U.S.-funded TV station for three months after it aired a program on alleged corruption within […]