Equality of citizenship
OP-ED Equality of citizenship Yasser Latif Hamdani @theRealYLH MAY 6, 2019 90 years ago when Jinnah stood up to speak on the Child Marriages Restraint Bill in […]
U.N. genocide expert says Europe’s far right recalls rise of Nazis
MAY 1, 2019 By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. special adviser on the prevention of genocide said on Wednesday a new class of nationalist, far-right leaders in Europe […]
Kushner hopes Israel will look at peace plan before any West Bank moves
MAY 3, 2019 White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, speaks during a discussion on “Inside the Trump Administration’s Middle East Peace Effort” at a […]
Monstrous rumours stoke hostility to Pakistan’s anti-polio drive
MAY 3, 2019 – A boy receives polio vaccine drops by anti-polio vaccination workers at a booth outside a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (reuters_tickers) By […]
War-ravaged Bosnian mosque reopens in move towards reconciliation
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 4, 2019 A view of the renewed Aladza Mosque that was demolished at the beginning of the Bosnian war in Foca, Bosnia and Herzegovina, […]
Sri Lanka imposes curfew in Negombo after clashes, bans social media
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 5, 2019 FILE PHOTO: A soldier stands guard outside St. Sebastian Church, days after a string of suicide bomb attacks across the island on Easter Sunday, in Negombo, Sri Lanka, May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo (reuters_tickers) COLOMBO (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan […]
CORONATION OF RAMA X: The new Thai king’s Swiss childhood
By Olivier Grivat, Bangkok MAY 3, 2019 The Thai royal family walking by Lake Geneva in Lausanne in summer 1960. The future king Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarang is wearing the cap of a local school. (Archive Yves Debraine) In 1960 and 1961, Thailand’s new king lived with his parents and sisters in […]
A 2000-year-old guest from Pakistan comes to Switzerland
By Anand Chandrasekhar MP3 FILE DESCRIPTION THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 5, 2019 11:00 AMMAY 5, 2019 – 11:00 Convincing Pakistan to lend an ancient Gandhara Buddha statue to […]
How rediscovering my faith is helping me cope with a chaotic world
The Catholicism of my childhood was overshadowed by books and politics in my 20s. But speaking to survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire encouraged me to find solace and support […]
More than 20 dead as violence flares between Gaza and Israel
Air and tank strikes kill 19 Palestinians after Netanyahu orders ‘massive attacks’, while rockets kill four in Israel Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Gaza City Sun 5 […]
US deploys aircraft carrier and bombers after ‘troubling indications’ from Iran
National security adviser John Bolton says any Iranian attack on US or its allies will be met with ‘unrelenting force’ Reuters Mon 6 May 2019 The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier […]
I spoke to the Iranian foreign minister about Trump’s impact on his country. He has a message for all Americans
The effects of Trump’s policies mean hardliners are getting emboldened in Iran. With communication lines being severed, the Republicans are sleepwalking toward the possibility of open conflict Negar MortazaviNew York […]
Brunei says it will not enforce death penalty for gay sex in dramatic U-turn after widespread criticism
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah extended a moratorium on the death penalty to incoming legislation barring gay sex Maya Oppenheim @mayaoppenheim Brunei has announced it will not enforce the death penalty for gay sex – […]
As the Gaza crisis continues, Jewish-Palestinian solidarity is growing. Netanyahu must be terrified
Each time these acts of solidarity take place, it challenges the hateful rhetoric that the prime minister relies on to remain in power Emily Hilton @emilyhilton My first memory of […]
Watch Online Today: Interfaith ‘Purpose of Life’ Symposium From Buffalo
Epigraph: Allah has created the heavens without any pillars that you can see, and He has placed in the earth firm mountains that it may not quake with you, and […]
‘This Is Our Jungle’Abysmal Conditions for Refugees in the Greek Islands
The European Union claims that the refugee pact with Turkey has been a success. Yet asylum-seeker camps on Greek islands in the Aegean have transformed into prisons. Thousands of migrants […]
Traumatized and Tormented: A Difficult Homecoming for Yazidis Kidnapped by IS
Kidnapped Yazidis are being reunited with their families following the victory over Islamic State. They include children who have been deeply traumatized. While in captivity, IS brainwashed them to think […]
Tolerance – Its Importance in Social Life
13th April 2018 Junaid Ahmad Waraich, Pakistan Society is formed by groups of individuals who possess different elements that make them human. We all have our unique characteristics and […]
Practices of the Promised Messiah a.s. in Ramadan
3rd May 2019 Old picture of Qadian taken from Minarat-ul-Masih Hazrat Dr Mir Muhammed Ismailra related to Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmadra: “In 1895, I happened to pass the entire month […]
ISIS terror has become a bigger cr-ISIS for peace
MAY 4, 2019 Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the […]