Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk Letters The Independent Voices Now that the circumstances have changed, we deserve the right to have our say ( Alamy Live News. ) With […]
The collapse of the Bouteflika and Bashir regimes is sending reverberations across the world. On social media, people are warning Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and other African rulers that their turns are coming Borzou Daragahi @borzou […]
Ed KrassensteinFort Myers, Florida Early this morning, news broke that WikiLeaks’ co-founder Julian Assange had been arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police Service at the Ecuadorian embassy. It was later announced […]
Source: Independent By Robert Fisk If the west can forgive an Arab government that bombs Yemen, they can go on forgiving an Israeli government that bombs Gaza So now I […]
The essay below is an expanded version of an article first published at the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. By Sam Weston – City Journal In 2018, the first two Muslim women elected to Congress – Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib – did so with the help of both Islamist and progressivist […]
Pope Francis says the Catholic Church should support women’s rights Source: Washington Post Pope Francis said it’s time for the Catholic Church to acknowledge its history of male authoritarianism and […]
Ex-Pope Benedict contradicts Pope Francis in unusual intervention on sexual abuse Source: Washington Post By Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli ROME — Breaking years of silence on major church affairs, Pope Emeritus Benedict […]
Benedict Speaks Source: First Things By RR Reno Sex, scandal, the Church, and a general atmosphere of disintegration: That’s the main focus of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s unexpected intervention into today’s unhappy […]
Source: Time By Malcolm Ritter (NEW YORK) — Fossil bones and teeth found in the Philippines have revealed a long-lost cousin of modern people, which evidently lived around the time […]
ARAB NEWS April 11, 20190 Sudan’s state security agency: Authorities are releasing all political detainees Consultations to form a transitional council ongoing KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir is under ‘house […]
Ramadan The holiest month for Muslims where they go hungry from dawn to dusk, but what is the true philosophy behind fasting? Introduction Every year, as the blessed month of […]
If you are visiting Istanbul, you should at least for once experience commuting by a ferry and admire the beautiful view as you cross the Bosphorus, drink a hot cup […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Published11.04.2019 In this file photo taken on May 19, 2017 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. […]
Source: Dawn THE conferment of the International Justice Excellence Award on former chief justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jillani at The Hague is an honour for Pakistan; Mr Jillani deserves to be felicitated by the nation. The award was given by the International Institute for Justice of the Netherlands to […]
DAOUD KUTTAB April 11, 2019 Election result reflects ‘hawkish’ Israeli behavior Many countries deem settlements illegal AMMAN: Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in Israeli elections have caused irreparable damage to a two-state […]
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 10, 2019 By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican brought together South Sudanese leaders for 24 hours of prayer and preaching […]
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 11, 2019 FILE PHOTO: A man takes selfie pictures with a cutout of Indonesia’s presidential candidate for the upcoming election Prabowo Subianto during […]
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 10, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in the Oval Office at the White House in […]
by: Shahid Nadeem Nearly 60 years ago, Chaudhary Mohammad Hussain, a schoolteacher and petty landlord of Jhang saw a vision during that Friday noon prayers. The vision revealed he would […]
After ‘challenging times,’ Moody Bible Institute inaugurates new president CHICAGO (RNS) — Sara Nimori, president of the student government at Moody Bible Institute, said students were shocked and saddened last […]