PEACE POLICY: Syrian civil society meets in Geneva to discuss peace
By Kathrin Ammann THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 A Syrian girl walks past a hospital in Jarablus, northern Syria, in May. The three red […]
Massive boom hopes to corral Pacific Ocean’s plastic trash
Previous 1 / 2 2 / 2 9 million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean annually and that a solution must include a multi-pronged approach, including stopping plastic […]
Stranger than fiction: 15-year-old girl is youngest English-language Saudi author
AMEERA ABID September 08, 20182 Young author said she had her share of naysayers and detractors who told her she was not old enough to succeed Althekair recently appeared at […]
Why we should all worry about Google’s anonymous algorithms
CORNELIA MEYER September 08, 2018 There was a sense of déjà vu when Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey testified before the US Senate […]
Jordan: Female domestic workers
Counterproductive decisions Sep 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL According to the Ministry of Labour (MoL), there are some 58,262 guest domestic workers in the Kingdom who come from Africa, Asia […]
Bringing people into the politics of aid
Sep 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – FARES BRAIZAT Jordan has been a beneficiary of economic and military aid since its inception. Although aid currently constitutes around 10 per cent of […]
UNICEF slashes services to Syrian refugees due to shortfall
Agency has been forced to leave out 45,000 vulnerable Syrian refugee children in Jordan from a cash aid programme By Ana V. Ibáñez Prieto – Sep 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES […]
Egypt sentences hundreds over 2013 pro-Morsi protests
Source: BBC News Egypt has delivered verdicts for more than 700 people over a pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in after President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in 2013. The court confirmed 75 people’s […]
My daughter prayed to Alexa – Here’s the incredible thing that happened next
Source: Fox News By Jeremiah J. Johnston The most meaningful parenting experiences often come in the unplanned, organic moments of life. The problem is, all the interruptions of our always […]
Unprecedented mass denials from a U.S. asylum program leave Christians from Iran stranded in Vienna
Source: Los Angeles Times By SARAH PARVINI Even as it cracked down on immigration from predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East and Africa, the Trump administration stressed that the safety […]
Meet the Worshipers Who Believe They’re Aliens in Human Form
Source: National Geographic BY YE CHARLOTTE MING PHOTOGRAPHS BY GUI CHRIST An hour outside Brazil’s futuristic capital, Brasilia, lies one of the country’s spiritual capitals: Vale do Amanhecer, which translates to Sunrise Valley or […]
Ancient church hidden in Turkish lake and a Pagan temple may lie beneath it
Source: Fox News By Tom Metcalfe When Mustafa Şahin first saw photographs of the submerged ancient church under the waves of Turkey’s Lake Iznik, he couldn’t quite believe what he […]
Pakistan’s new government removes Ahmadi from economic council
Pakistan removes minority Ahmadi from economic council Source: Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The government of Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister removed a minority Ahmadi Muslim from a recently established […]
Banned from meeting in church, Rwandan worshippers gather at home
Source: Religion News Service By Tonny Onyulo KIGALI, Rwanda (RNS) – Grace Umutesi has secretly been conducting services in her house in the Bannyahe slum on the outskirts of the […]
Argentina: Raid at school for deaf in clerical abuse probe
Source: Associated Press By LUIS ANDRES HENAO BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine authorities raided a Catholic-run school for youths with hearing disabilities Thursday as part of an investigation into […]
Chile prosecutors question bishop in clerical abuse scandal
Source: Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Prosecutors questioned Roman Catholic bishop emeritus Juan Barros as part of an investigation into sex abuse allegations against a former Chilean military chaplain. […]
Catholic Business Leaders Hold Back Donation to Vatican Amid Church Crisis
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett The crisis in the Roman Catholic Church is hitting the Vatican’s bank account. Legatus: Ambassadors for Christ in the Marketplace, an organization of […]
Navjot Singh Sidhu Credits Pakistan for Opening Kartarpur Sahib Corridor For Indian Sikh Pilgrims
Navjot Singh Sidhu thanked Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s decision of keeping politics separate from religion and hoped that the decision will lessen the gap between the two countries. News18.com Updated:September […]
The Leading News in Dawn Today is About Imran Rasul and Atif Mian
More embarrassment for govt as second economist resigns from EAC over Atif Mian’s exclusion Source: Dawn London-based economist Dr Imran Rasul has become the second member of government’s Economic Advisory […]