My cheating boyfriend gave me HIV – here’s how I got justice
Source: BBC News Diane Reeve didn’t expect to find love again after her 18-year-long marriage fell apart. But in 2002, at the age of 50, she did. It turned out, […]
A look back: How I got in trouble with the US State Department – by Rafiq A. Tschannen
washingtonpost.com Iraqis With Ties to U.S. Cross Border Into Despair Mustafa Ahmed holds a written death threat and a letter that praises his work for ACDI/VOCA, a U.S.-funded nonprofit group […]
Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
Jamal Khashoggi (Illustration by Alex Fine for The Washington Post) By Jamal Khashoggi October 17 at 7:52 PM A note from Karen Attiah, Global Opinions editor I received this column […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s ‘pope’ visits to dedicate a mosque in North Philadelphia
by Kristin E. Holmes, Posted: October 18, 2018 HEATHER KHALIFA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Nearly a century after the first Ahmadiyya Muslim missionary sailed across the Atlantic to Philadelphia, the sect’s international leader […]
POINT OF VIEW: The Big Blockchain Lie
By Nouriel Roubini THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 18, 2018 “Crypto scoundrels” have taken refuge in blockchain since the collapse of cryptocurrency values. (Keystone) With the value of Bitcoin having […]
US intel links Saudi crown prince to Khashoggi’s disappearance
ANADOLU AGENCY NEW YORK Security members of the consulate wait in front of the gate door of the Saudi Arabian consulate on October 17, 2018 in Istanbul. (AFP Photo) U.S. […]
Saudi may blame crown prince’s adviser for Khashoggi’s murder: report
ANADOLU AGENCY WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his visits in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 16, 2018. (Reuters Photo) […]
France says planned EU mechanism to enable Iran trade may have wider use
By Reuters – Oct 18,2018 -JORDAN TIMES A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Arab Gulf, […]
The other shoe
Oct 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – GWYNNE DYER They still have not dropped the other shoe. The “Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC” contains terrifying forecasts about what will […]
America’s ongoing civil war
Oct 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – JEFFREY D. SACHS NEW YORK — America continues to be in a state of civil war. Not just a civil war, but the civil […]
Who’s to say it wasn’t the Belgians who are responsible for Khashoggi’s disappearance? Let’s not jump to conclusions
Trump has stayed as friendly as ever with the Saudi prince, and if he was shown film of the Saudis executing Khashoggi, he’d probably say, ‘Well, let’s not jump to […]
The story of the Armenian Legion is finally being told – and it is a dark tale of anger and revenge
One Armenian woman was discovered on a train by soldiers, but refused to be separated from her companions. She was removed from the carriage and ‘married to the legionnaire who had rescued her’ Robert […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community arrives in Philadelphia
USA Tour 2018 Share on Facebook Share on WhatsApp Share on Twitter Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad travels to inaugurate Baitul Aafiyat Mosque On 17 October 2018, the World Head of […]
Recent Chinese dealings with faith groups reflect a pattern of government restrictions on religion
Source: Pew Research Center BY SAMIRAH MAJUMDAR Police patrol as Muslims leave after morning prayers at a mosque in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. (Eisele/AFP/Getty Images) While the Chinese government asserts that it […]
Excavation Of Lithuania’s Great Synagogue Highlights A ‘Painful Page’ From History
Source: NPR For decades, the principals at a boxy, two-story kindergarten in downtown Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, unwittingly pored over their lesson plans just a few feet above one of the […]
Water pollution in Iraq threatens Mandaean religious rites
Source: Associated Press By PHILIP ISSA BAGHDAD (AP) — Every Sunday in Iraq, along a strip of embankment on the Tigris River reserved for followers of the obscure and ancient […]
Chaldean cardinal says promised US aid for Iraq hasn’t come
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and SUSANNAH GEORGE VATICAN CITY (AP) — The head of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church complained on Tuesday that promised U.S. aid for religious minorities […]
Jailed preacher Anjem Choudary faces strict controls after release
Source: The Guardian BY Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Convicted Isis supporter Anjem Choudary will be in effect banned from any public statements after his release from prison this week, as […]
Bishops calls for urgent action on UK welfare program
Source: Associated Press By DANICA KIRKA LONDON (AP) — Church of England bishops on Tuesday called for urgent action to improve Britain’s new comprehensive welfare program, known as universal credit, […]
U.S. general says conditions for Islamist extremism still linger
Source: Reuters By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States’ top military officer said on Tuesday that little progress had been made in dealing with the underlying conditions that […]