Germany welcomes back priceless books lost in second world war
Rare manuscripts thought to have been looted from Bonn library by Belgian soldiers Kate Connolly in Berlin Thu 11 Apr 2019 One of the biggest returns of cultural […]
Switzerland just overturned a referendum – there’s no reason we can’t do the same
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 […]
Sudan and Algeria are part of a new wave of peaceful regime change – other dictators should be worried
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 […]
Trump is stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to Julian Assange
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 […]
No more excuses – Israeli voters have chosen a country that will mirror the brutal regimes of its Arab neighbours
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 […]
USA: Creeping Theo-Progressivism Radical Islam and the Radical Left
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 […]
No Women Priests Still, Even though Francis says the Church should support women’s rights
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 […]
Pope Benedict Versus Pope Francis on Catholic Church’s Sex Abuse
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 […]
Pope Emeritus Benedict Speaks on Sex Scandal of the Church
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 […]
Bones Found in Philippine Cave Reveal Long-Lost Cousin of Modern Humans
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 […]
Jubilation as Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir ‘under house arrest’
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 […]
The Significance of Ramadan
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 […]
Essentials of Bosphorus tour: Turkish tea, simit on board ferry
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 […]
UK arrests WikiLeaks founder Assange after Ecuador scraps asylum
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. […]
SC and Minority rights in Pakistan
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 […]
Netanyahu victory torpedoes two-state solution, say analysts
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 […]
Vatican tries “retreat diplomacy” as South Sudan peace deal falters
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 […]
Fact-checkers vs. hoax peddlers: a fake news battle ahead of Indonesia’s election
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 […]
Exclusive: Egypt withdraws from U.S.-led anti-Iran security initiative – sources
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 […]
I was born a Pakistani and I will die a Pakistani: Abdus Salam
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 […]