Advance U.N. truce monitors arrive in Yemen’s Hodeidah
This content was published on December 23, 2018 swissinfo.ch By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. advance team arrived in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah on Sunday […]
Video: “We will show Modi’s India how to treat minorities” – Imran Khan
Pakistan PM’s comments draw flak on social media Published: December 23, 2018 Huda Tabrez, Community Web Editor Dubai: Comments by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan have drawn the ire of […]
Tsunami kills at least 222 in Indonesia after Krakatau eruption
Dec 23, 2018 By Johan Purnomo and Adi Kurniawan PANDEGLANG, Indonesia (Reuters) – A tsunami killed at least 222 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and […]
Now James Mattis leaves Trump increasingly isolated in the White House, we will see his real agenda unleashed in 2019
Trump is sure to double down on the things that his supporters look for – dealing harshly with nations like Iran, hardline immigration policy and rolling back environmental laws Chris […]
How Caste Underpins the Blasphemy Crisis in Pakistan
Source: The New York Times By Faisal Devji Mr. Devji teaches history at Oxford University. Working on Christmas decorations at St. Anthony Church in Lahore, Pakistan. A recent blasphemy case […]
Cleric flees Uzbekistan after Muslim headscarf row
ALMATY (Reuters) – An Uzbek imam who ran into trouble for urging President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to lift a school headscarf ban said he has left the mainly Muslim nation […]
In Mattis resignation, a singular challenge to Trump’s agenda
Dec 21, 2018 By Phil Stewart and Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – By plainly stating his policy differences in his resignation letter, U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has sparked an […]
Turkey says it will take over fight against IS after U.S. pull-out
Dec 22, 2018 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint news conference with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani (not seen) after their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, December 20, 2018. […]
Pakistan plans to relax visa policy in bid to revive tourism
Dec 22, 2018 By Drazen Jorgic ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan is planning to ease visa restrictions for visitors from 55 countries, including most European nations, in a bid to […]
U.S. State Department says special envoy McGurk resigns
Dec 22, 2018 – 18:17 FILE PHOTO – U.S. envoy to the coalition against Islamic State Brett McGurk attends the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq, in Bayan, Kuwait […]
World Economic Forum: Trump to attend 2019 WEF meeting in Davos
Dec 18, 2018 – 20:48 United States President Donald Trump will attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2019 for the […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim and Humanity First assist at the time of Advent
Source: Munawwar Rana Croatia During the time of Advent, volunteers of Humanity First and members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Croatia remained active. This time volunteers went to Dugo-Selo to assist the rehability centre “Stančić”. Their social services are used by children with developmental difficulties and adults with intellectual or […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Kosovo organises Day of Flag
Source Shkelqim Bytyci By the Grace of Allah Almighty the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Kosovo organized a meeting in Prishtina for the Day of Flag of Albania. November is a special month for Albanians all around the world because this month marks the independence of Albanians from the Ottoman empire and […]
AI media: A reality coming
Dec 20,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – KHALID DALAL Are many local and Arab media outlets about to drown in a tsunami of artificial intelligence (AI)? The short answer is: Yes, and […]
Palestinians in Iraq fearful after loss of Saddam-era privileges
By Reuters – Dec 20,2018 -JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — A year after the Iraqi parliament voted to strip Palestinians of the equal-rights status they enjoyed under Saddam Hussein, Palestinians living […]
These are the psychological reasons why people are religious
Is it true that we have an evolutionary ‘god-shaped hole’? By Nick Perham, for the Independent Voices The quick and easy answer to why people are religious is that God […]
A record number of women will be serving in the new Congress
Source: Pew Research Center BY DREW DESILVER When the 116th Congress convenes next month, women will make up nearly a quarter of its voting membership – the highest percentage in U.S. […]
Point of No Return
Source: Reuters Having fled waves of violence, more than 900,000 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority now languish in refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh. A Reuters investigation has found the […]
The Secret History of Muslims in the U.S.
Source: The New York Times By Hussein Rashid, Negin Farsad and Joshua Seftel Muslims have been here since the time of the earliest explorers and have left their mark on everything from the White […]
MIT invents method to shrink objects to nanoscale using basic lab equipment
Source: CNN By Lauren Kent (CNN)Some say bigger is better, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will tell you that when it comes to tech, smaller things are […]