Published on 17th December 2018 By Gbenga Sijuade Vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has called for religious tolerance among all Nigerians as a prerequisite for the country’s socio-economic and […]
A young girl practices football through Turkish-Syrian program by SAR Foundation. (AA Photo) A foundation in southern Hatay province is helping Syrian children make friends and integrate into Turkish society […]
Dec 15, 2018 – 16:06 By Stephen Kalin RIYADH (Reuters) – Western tourists, a rarity in Saudi Arabia, visited this weekend under a new visa system, as one of […]
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva Dec 13, 2018 – 11:00 “It is really playing with a gigantic powder keg in the middle of three million civilians”. These were the words of Jan Egeland, the United Nation’s humanitarian advisor for Syria, on his final day in office last month after chairing […]
Arab News December 16, 2018 The conference stressed the idea of nation state is an extension of the concept of the Ummah, which converges and integrates with other […]
By AFP – Dec 16,2018 -JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Sunday shows the Great Mosque of Al Nuri and the remains of ‘Al Hadba’ leaning minaret in Mosul’s war-ravaged […]
Source: Time By SARAH JANE TRIBBLE / KAISER HEALTH NEWS Kip Burgess was relieved last year when pharmaceutical giant Amgen overnighted him a $2,976 check to help pay for his go-to […]
Source: The Guardian BY Rosemary McCabe Organ donors will be asked if they want their religious beliefs to be considered before any donation goes ahead after their death, as part […]
Source: Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) – The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces will soon seize the town of Hajin from Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, a spokeswoman […]
Source: Reuters BY Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed in Somalia’s city of Baidoa in clashes between security forces and supporters of a former al […]
Source: Associated Press BY Jim Gomez MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court on Friday found 66 alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf guilty of kidnapping dozens of students, teachers […]
Source: Reuters By Gilbert Reilhac STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – Strasbourg reopened its traditional Christmas market under heavy security on Friday, the morning after French police shot dead a gunman suspected […]
Source: The Guardian By Shaun Walker in Athos In the chilly pre-dawn gloom one recent morning, Father Makarios hurried to his chapel, one of dozens of churches and cathedrals across Mount Athos, […]
Epigraph: And You will find the nearest of them in affection to those who believe to be those who say: ‘Lo! We are Christians.’ That is because there are among them savants and monks, and because they are not arrogant. (Al Quran 5:82) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief […]
Source: Associated Press By YURAS KARMANAU MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The Russian Orthodox Church on Friday called on the United Nations, the leaders of Germany and France, the pope and […]
Source: The Washington Post By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove This week, the Southern Baptist Convention’s flagship seminary released a detailed, historical accounting of its white supremacist founding. Over 71 pages, the Southern Baptist […]
Source: The New York Times By Campbell Robertson PITTSBURGH — It was a list Charles L. Bailey Jr. had wanted to see for years: the names of the priests in […]
Murad survived the worst of the cruelties and brutality inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, by the Daesh group. (File/AFP) Reuters December 14, 2018 The laureate was […]
By JT – Dec 14,2018 -JORDAN TIMES HRH Prince Hassan attends the launch of a review for Sustainable Development Goal 2, or ‘zero hunger’ (Petra photo) AMMAN — HRH Prince […]
Arab governments may face a few dissenters, but a rigged vote will ensure their survival. Our prime minister must envy this simple ‘democracy’ by Robert Fisk The Independent Voices […]