Indonesia earthquake: Huge surge in death toll
Source: BBC News At least 832 people were killed in the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the national disaster agency says. Many people were […]
Can American Men and Women Ever Really Be Equal?
Source: Time By Irin Carmon | Photographs by Elin Berge for TIME By the time I arrive in Stockholm, I know to expect the dads. Enlightened Swedish dads, with their easy security […]
A Serious lesson for Muslims
By The people who have an interest in the future of America were tense on the morning of Friday, September 28, 2018. Many of you may have done your share of the work to preserve our freedom and keep our systems from crumbling. I did my individual share of emails […]
Hundreds of cases a day and a flair for drama: India’s crusading Supreme Court
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman, Hari Kumar and Kai Schultz NEW DELHI — Following the headlines, you might get the feeling that India’s Supreme Court is everywhere at once, all […]
Turkey May Target Mormons Next After Case Against U.S. Pastor
Source: Bloomberg By Marc Champion and Cagan Koc The apartment where Kenneth and Marilyn Abney once worked as Mormon missionaries sits opposite the local high school for Alsancak, a lively […]
Women serving decades-long prison terms for abortion in El Salvador hope change is coming
Source: The Washington Post By Anna-Catherine Brigida SAN SALVADOR — Alba Lorena Rodríguez was five months pregnant when she started to feel sharp pains in her stomach while at home in December […]
Seeing Ally Against Muslims, Some German Jews Embrace Far Right, to Dismay of Others
Source: The New York Times By Melissa Eddy BERLIN — Efforts by Jews to form their own group within a far-right German political party have been met with criticism from […]
Israeli-Palestinian Divide Deepens, With No Sign of Compromise at U.N.
Source: The New York Times By Rick Gladstone The Israeli and Palestinian leaders gave diametrically different appraisals of their protracted conflict on Thursday, with speeches at the United Nations General […]
Archbishop Viganò renews his criticism of Pope Francis in a new letter
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer September 27 at 9:47 PM The former Vatican ambassador to the United States who sparked a firestorm in the Catholic Church last month by […]
Germany announces €116m for UN refugee agency
AFP news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 29 September 2018 German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas addressed the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday. Photo: Angela Weiss / AFP […]
‘Celibacy is not a dogma’: German Catholic Church to examine practices
AFP news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 28 September 2018 Pope Francis speaking at the Vatican in 2014. Photo: DPA The German Catholic Church vowed Thursday a thorough look at its practices including the […]
Scouts: A colonial-age movement formed by Christians, cherished by millions of Muslims worldwide
Previous 1 / 4 2 / 4 3 / 4 4 / 4 Next Updated 29 September 2018 ANNA PUKAS September 29, 2018 It is 57 years since the first […]
Out Damned Spot ! Oh Pakistan …
Out Damned Spot! Asif M Basit Change is probably the one thing that consistently happens to Pakistan. One day there is a democratically elected government (as democratic as possible in […]
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan arrives in Madinah during maiden visit to Saudi Arabia
Previous 1 / 4 2 / 4 3 / 4 4 / 4 Next Updated 19 September 2018 ARAB NEWS Although bilateral relations and regional security are on the […]
Indian Expat wins first prize in Qur’an memorization contest
Prince Mishaal Bin Majed, governor of Jeddah, presents Abdullah Abdul Mateen Usmani the key of the car he won as first prize in the Qur’an memorization contest. — Courtesy photo […]
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia signed three agreements: Fawad Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed “three grant agreements”, saying that the country is bringing a major investment in the China-Pakistan […]
Why Saudi Arabia and Iran are desperately trying to court Imran Khan
For the first time in their modern relations, neither Iran nor Saudi Arabia have a political pawn in Islamabad that they can manipulate Kamal Alam Thursday 27 September 2018 […]
UK closing statement at 39th UN Human Rights Council
Press release Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon welcomes the conclusions of the 39th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on 28 September 2018. Published 28 September 2018 From: Foreign & […]
Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya pledges $15,000 donation for Pakistan’s dams (in addition to 1 million $ personal donation)
Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya (JA) has announced to donate $15,000 in the dams fund after Prime Minister Imran Khan made an appeal to local and overseas Pakistanis to help the country counter […]
Tehran to host Inter-Islamic Network on Virtual Universities General Assembly
September 24, 2018 TEHRAN – Iran will host the 1st General Assembly of the Inter-Islamic Network on Virtual Universities on September 24. Tehran’s Payam-e Noor University will host the event, […]