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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Source: The Washington Post By Louisa Loveluck and Mustafa Salim IRBIL, Iraq — Senior Iraqi officials are pressing to establish a special detention camp to isolate as many as 30,000 Iraqis who lived […]
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Child sexual abuse in a wide range of religious organisations and settings, including Jehovah’s Witnesses and Buddhists, is to be scrutinised in an […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Aysha Khan (RNS) — This Ramadan, human rights groups and Muslim organizations are urging U.S. Muslims to boycott products made in China, where authorities have […]
Source: Associated Press By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Italy’s populist interior minister is uniting Europe’s right-wing parties under an anti-migrant, anti-Islam, anti-bureaucracy banner for this month’s European Union elections, […]
Source: Associated Press By ROD McGUIRK CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister said his Liberal Party rejected the anti-Muslim views of an election candidate who on Friday became the […]
Source: Washington Post By Joanna Slater NEW DELHI — A fanatical preacher and a man from his hometown. A man who studied in Britain and Australia. The two sons and daughter-in-law of […]