After 17 years, many Afghans blame US for unending war
The US has lost more than 2,400 soldiers in its longest war and spent more than $900 billion. (File/AFP) AP November 13, 2018 Afghanistan is rife with conspiracy theories, […]
PAKISTAN: When the state capitulates
Source: Dawn The recent buckling down of the state to mobs of the radical right is not the first time it has done so. By I.A. Rehman Buoyed perhaps by […]
‘Pure joy’: refugees fleeing conflict delighted by first snow in Canada
Justin Trudeau, in stark contrast to Donald Trump, has publicly welcomed families fleeing conflict and supported by sponsors Leyland Cecco in Toronto Mon 12 Nov 2018 Eritrean refugee children experience […]
I spend a lot of time in hospital – this is what Brexit voters don’t understand about the EU staff who work there
Truthfully, I have rarely felt more British than the times I have been a patient; surrounded by nurses and doctors from all over the globe while benefiting from skilled, free […]
Half of white women continue to vote Republican. What’s wrong with them?
Source: The Guardian By Moira Donegan For the past two years, the American left has been haunted by a number: 53. It is the percentage of white women who voted […]
Nationalism a driving force behind fake news in India, research shows
Source: BBC News A rising tide of nationalism in India is driving ordinary citizens to spread fake news, according to BBC research. The research found that facts were less important […]
Chinese staff forced to drink urine and eat roaches
Source: BBC News Managers at a Chinese firm have been jailed for making staff who failed to reach sales targets drink urine and eat cockroaches, local media report. Police took […]
Prescription Doses of Fish Oil May Lower Heart Attack and Stroke Risk
Source: Time By ALICE PARK November 10, 2018 Omega-3 fatty acids, abundant in fish oil, are known to be good for the heart. Studies have shown that people who eat more […]
Is It Right to Blame World War I’s Treaty of Versailles for the Rise of Hitler?
Source: Time By STEVEN WOODBRIDGE, KINGSTON UNIVERSITY / THE CONVERSATION Just over a week after the beginning of World War II in September 1939, a letter appeared in the Richmond Herald — a […]
An ancient community in Pakistan fades as conversions to Islam rise
Source: The Washington Post By Haq Nawaz Khan BUMBURET, Pakistan — For centuries, a small community of fair-skinned, blue-eyed people known as the Kalasha have inhabited a remote valley in northwest Pakistan, […]
Under the shadow of Asia Bibi; Life as a Christian in Pakistan
Source: CNN Rawalpindi, Pakistan (CNN) It is a chilly winter’s morning and a weak blue fog has settled over Rawalpindi as we arrive at the city’s St. Joseph’s Cathedral. A security […]
Rohingya flee refugee camps in Bangladesh, as Myanmar prepares for first returnees
Source: Reuters By Ruma Paul, Poppy McPherson, Shoon Naing COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh/YANGON (Reuters) – Dozens of Rohingya Muslim families on a list of refugees set to be repatriated to Myanmar later this week […]
Death toll from Somali bomb blasts rises above 50
Source: The Guardian Somali hospital and police sources say the death toll from a string of bombings near a popular hotel in Mogadishu has risen to 53 with more than […]
Morrison urges Muslim community to be more ‘proactive’ in tackling terrorism
Source: The Guardian By Paul Karp Scott Morrison has said the Muslim community in Australia must be more “proactive” in tackling the threat of terror attacks because “in many cases” imams […]
Sikh soldier memorial statue in Smethwick vandalised
Source: BBC News A memorial commemorating 100 years since the end of World War One has been vandalised days after being unveiled. The work, which includes a 10ft (3m) statue […]
LGBT+ rights take center stage in Mexico’s new Congress
Source: Reuters By Oscar Lopez MEXICO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A bill passed this week in Mexico’s Senate granting same-sex couples equal social security benefits as heterosexuals now moves to […]
Woman who bore rapist’s baby faces 20 years in El Salvador jail
Source: The Guardian BY Nina Lakhani A rape victim is facing 20 years in jail charged with attempted murder, after she gave birth to her abuser’s baby in a latrine […]
American Jews Face a Choice: Create Meaning or Fade Away
Source: The New York Times By Gal Beckerman When a gunman slaughtered 11 worshipers in a Pittsburgh synagogue on a Shabbat morning last month, American Jews were left with a […]
Saudi Arabia Is Misusing Mecca
Source: The New York Times In the aftermath of the Jamal Khashoggi murder, the kingdom has exploited the podium of the Grand Mosque in Mecca by using its imams to […]
Humanity First with Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association USA is responding to California Wildfire
Dear Friends, Over the past several weeks, wildfires in California have devastated more than two hundred fifty (250) thousand acres of land including thousands of homes and businesses. More than […]