Atif R. Mian’s appointment: Moment of truth for Imran Khan
Source: The News After facing host of controversies in its early days in power, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government is once again caught in the eye of the storm. The latest controversy […]
Atif R Mian highlights the most important issue facing Pakistan
KARACHI: Noted economist Atif R Mian, who has been included by Prime Minister Imran Khan, in the newly constituted Economic Advisory Council to assist the government in policy making has […]
Swiss retiree invents ‘king of all barbecues’
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 23 May 2018 Photo: Grillrad.ch Some people are at a loss when they retire, but Swiss engineer and sausage lover Gabriel Strebel didn’t waste any time. […]
What is the Role of UNIFIL?
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams August 30, 2018 This month the new head of UNIFIL took up his post. The new UNIFIL Force Commander and Head of Mission is Major […]
Ghana: Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission condemns Imams elections violence
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission has condemned as un-Islamic and a heinous rejection of guidelines provided by Holy Prophet Muhammad, all acts of violence that attended the recent elections of Imams […]
IHC takes up plea against inclusion of minority member in EAC today
Islamabad-A single bench of the Islamabad High Court will take up a petition today (Thursday) against the inclusion of Atif Mian in the newly constituted Economic Advisory Council by Pakistan […]
Erdogan has limited options to save Turkey from financial crisis
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 FILE PHOTO: A 20 lira banknote is seen through a magnifying lens in this illustration picture taken in Istanbul […]
Three years on from Alan Kurdi’s death and life is no better for child refugees in Europe
Though many grassroots organisations and charities are filling the gaps, they’re doing the work that the government should be doing Katy Fallon 80 years on from the Kindertransport and three […]
Rohingya protesters call for freedom for Reuters reporters in Myanmar
Source: Reuters COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – About 50 Rohingya Muslim refugees gathered in a muddy sports field in a camp in Bangladesh on Wednesday to protest against the conviction […]
Labour adopts IHRA antisemitism definition in full
Source: The Guardian By Dan Sabbagh Labour’s ruling body has agreed to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism in full after a tense meeting in which an accompanying […]
Man who stabbed two american tourists blames Geert Wilders for motivation
Man who stabbed American tourists in Amsterdam names Wilders, cites ‘insults’ to Islam Source: Reuters AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam’s central station last […]
The movie bogeyman of the year? Fundamentalist religion
Source: The Guardian BY Tom Beasley Towards the end of Desiree Akhavan’s incendiary sophomore feature, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Chloë Grace Moretz’s central character attacks the anti-LGBT Christians running the conversion […]
A teacher made a Hitler joke in the classroom. It tore the school apart
Source: New York Times Ben Frisch opened his Feb. 14 pre-calculus class at Friends Seminary the same way that he opened all his classes over the course of his 34 […]
President Trump Is Using His Anti-Mueller Playbook on Woodward
Source: Time By BRIAN BENNETT and RYAN TEAGUE BECKWITH For President Donald Trump, Bob Woodward presents a similar challenge as Robert Mueller. The two men are veterans of the Washington Establishment, respected by […]
20 Years Of Google Has Changed the Way We Think. Here’s How, According to a Historian of Information
By LILY ROTHMAN September 4, 2018 It might sound obvious to say that Google has changed the world in the 20 years since it was founded on Sept. 4, 1998. Google, and its parent companyAlphabet, is involved in […]
Ayanna Pressley: African-American woman wins Massachusetts primary
Source: BBC News Ayanna Pressley is set to become the first African-American woman elected to the US Congress in Massachusetts, following a primary upset. The 44-year-old Boston city councillor beat […]
Myanmar military accused of genocide
Debating the definition of genocide will not save the Rohingya Source: The Guardian A UN report has accused the Myanmar military of genocide. The report is being taken, by some at least, […]
Pope Francis is facing the greatest challenge of his papacy
As crisis envelops Catholic Church, is Pope Francis facing a ‘watershed moment’? Source: Washington Post By Chico Harlan September 3 ROME — For some, the accusations sending tremors through the Catholic Church […]
Should You Track Your Teen’s Location?
Source: New York Times By Lisa Damour If you want to start a heated debate, ask a group of parents what they think about using technology to track a teenager’s location. […]
Upholding minorities’ rights is the responsibility of an Islamic republic: Fawad Chaudhry
Source: Dawn Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday asserted that it is the responsibility of an Islamic republic to uphold the rights of its minorities. Chaudhry’s statement comes a day after he defended the appointment of leading international academic Atif Mian to the government’s Economic Advisory Council amidst a […]