Khashoggi murder: Son arrives in US from Saudi Arabia
Source: BBC News The eldest son of the murdered Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, has arrived in the US from Saudi Arabia along with his family. Salah Khashoggi had previously been […]
Chuck Grassley Asked the Justice Department to Look Into Michael Avenatti’s Work on Brett Kavanaugh
Source: Time By ALANA ABRAMSON Updated: October 25, 2018 5:59 PM ET Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has referred attorney Michael Avenatti and his client Julie Swetnick to the Department of […]
A Painting Made by Artificial Intelligence Has Been Sold at Auction for $432,500
Source: Time By CASEY QUACKENBUSH October 26, 2018 An artwork made by an artificial intelligence program sold at a Christie’s auction for $432,500, nearly 45 times its high estimate. Portrait of Edmond Belamy, a […]
European human rights court rules against defaming Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
Source: Time STRASBOURG: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against defamation of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and said such activities exceed the permissible limits of freedom of expression, Anadolu Agency reported on Thursday. […]
6 facts about English language learners in U.S. public schools
Source: Pew Research Center BY KRISTEN BIALIK, ALISSA SCHELLER AND KRISTI WALKER Kindergarten students line up with their books at Gov. James B. Longley Elementary School in Lewiston, Maine. Over 70% of the school’s […]
Nearly one-in-five teens can’t always finish their homework because of the digital divide
Source: Pew Research Center BY MONICA ANDERSON AND ANDREW PERRIN Some 15% of U.S. households with school-age children do not have a high-speed internet connection at home, according to a new Pew Research […]
Younger Americans are better than older Americans at telling factual news statements from opinions
Source: Pew Research Center BY JEFFREY GOTTFRIED AND ELIZABETH GRIECO While some say wisdom comes with age, younger Americans are better than their elders at separating factual from opinion statements in the news, […]
More in U.S. see drug addiction, college affordability and sexism as ‘very big’ national problems
Source: Pew Research Center BY HANNAH HARTIG AND CARROLL DOHERTY In the nearly two years since the 2016 presidential election, Americans’ views of the seriousness of several national problems have changed, with concerns […]
More Latinos Have Serious Concerns About Their Place in America Under Trump
Source: Pew Research Center About half say situation for U.S. Hispanics has worsened over the past year; majority worry that they or someone they know could be deported BY MARK HUGO […]
Strong and Smart, Service Monkeys Give a Helping Hand to People With Quadriplegia
Source: Time By Jeffrey Kluger It’s not easy to make friends with a capuchin monkey. They’re willful, mischievous and, if they take it into their heads, can break any breakable you’ve […]
Start of construction of a new Ahmadiyya Mosque in Erfurt, Germany in November
The date of the start of the construction of the Erfurt Mosque has been fixed. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany informed that the construction will start on 13th November of […]
Malaysia’s Mahathir pledges to help end violence in Thai south
Oct 24, 2018 Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha attend a news conference at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha(reuters_tickers) […]
Pakistan’s ‘penniless billionaires’ expose money laundering frenzy
Pakistani auto-rickshaw driver Mohammad Rasheed drives his rickshaw in Qur’angi, a slum area in the eastern district of Karachi. (AFP) AFP October 28, 2018 Bank accounts in poor residents’ […]
Oman says time to accept Israel in region, offers help for peace
By Reuters – Oct 27,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu (left) meeting with Oman’s Sultan Qaboos (centre to right) in the Omani capital […]
Four-nation Syria summit urges preservation of Idlib ceasefire
By AFP – Oct 27,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and French President Emmanuel Macron hold hands after a conference […]
Israeli views of peace, King and country (Jordan)
Oct 27,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Fares Braizat Nearly a quarter of a century of formal peace between Jordan and Israel and 40 years of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty have […]
Pew Research Center: Democrats are less likely to say they believe in the God of the Bible than Republicans (45% vs. 70%)
Democrats are less likely to say they believe in the God of the Bible than Republicans (45% vs. 70%). https://t.co/P5y9yT82Go — Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 28, 2018 Suggested Reading […]
Jamal Khashoggi: Did they bury him with his body facing Mecca?
Khashoggi knew all about power and danger. Almost a quarter of a century ago, he turned up at my hotel in Khartoum and drove me into the Sudanese desert to […]
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting leaves multiple people dead and wounded
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Washington Post By Deanna Paul, Avi Selk and Amy B […]
Origins of Bahá’í history
Source: BBC The Bahá’í faith began to take its present form in 1844 in Iran. It grew out of the Shi’ite branch of the Muslim faith. The faith was proclaimed […]