No more safe passage for Red Cross in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Taliban withdraws protection for Red Cross Source: BBC News The Taliban says it will no longer allow safe passage to Red Cross staff working in Afghanistan. The militants accuse […]
Ilhan Omar Wins Democratic Primary For Congress In Minnesota
Source: Huffington Post By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar won the Democratic primary on Tuesday for the state’s 5th Congressional District, putting her on a path to make history. […]
Hajj: how it demonstrates Unity
Hajj: How the true face of Islam in unity is reflected in this once-in-a-lifetime journey 1 / 3 Young Asian Muslim man in ihram clothes with prayer beads. (Shutterstock) 2 […]
Saudi Arabia praised for services and facilities for Hajj pilgrims
Members of the Sports Academy, Kyrgyzstan, reach Makkah under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Guests Program. (AN photo) Tareq Al-Thaqafi August 16, 2018 Guests laud King Salman’s efforts […]
How Europe can learn to stop worrying and love power
Aug 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Zaki Laidi PARIS — US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker may have averted a trade war last month, but the […]
Translating Quran for today
By Chicago Tribune By Laleh Bakhtiar, who is a former lecturer at the University of Chicago. Her translation of the Quran from classical Arabic to contemporary English After spending 40 […]
The Elephants May Hold Key to Prevent Cancers in Humans
Elephants rarely get cancer. Here’s why this matters to humans Source: CNN By Michael Nedelman, CNN You’d think elephants would be getting cancer left and right: They are giants of […]
Pakistan’s Religious minorities: The significant “Other”
Source: Global Village Space By Asif Aqeel, who is a prominent journalist, researcher and writer, and a vocal member of Pakistan’s Christian community. His area of work is “Marginality & […]
Turkey’s Economy Takes a Tumble. What’s Next?
(CHRIS MCGRATH/Getty Images) Stratfor’s geopolitical guidance provides insight on what we’re watching out for in the week ahead. The Big Picture After recent elections, the biggest challenge for the Turkish […]
Pakistan leader Imran Khan risks Trump’s wrath by backing TURKEY in lira crash crisis
PAKISTAN’S prime minister-elect Imran Khan has risked angering Donald Trump by siding with Turkey in its dispute with the US. By Tom Parfitt PUBLISHED: 16:07, Tue, Aug 14, 2018 | […]
‘Hijab is like a key’ – Myanmar blogger battles bias with beauty campaign
Reuters International This content was published on August 14, 2018 Blogger Win Lae Phyu Sin, 19, attends a beauty product launch event with other beauty bloggers in Yangon, Myanmar, May […]
The Iraqi Spy Who Infiltrated ISIS
Source: The New York Times By Margaret Coker BAGHDAD — The driver was sweating as his white Kia pickup truck sped along a rain-slicked Baghdad highway toward a neighborhood bustling […]
Event held by the Roman Catholic church denies stall to LGBT Catholic group
Catholic LGBT group rejected by event pope will attend in Dublin Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent An organisation representing LGBT Catholics around the world has been denied permission […]
Abbot’s murder in desert monastery shocks Egypt’s Christians
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI and SAMY MAGDY CAIRO (AP) — It reads like a murder mystery set in an exotic locale: an abbot found dead in a desert […]
Indonesian woman complaining about mosque loudspeaker charged with blasphemy
Indonesia woman irked by mosque noise on trial for blasphemy Source: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian prosecutors have demanded an 18-month prison term for a woman who was […]
Israel lets food, goods back into Gaza as Egypt pushes truce
Reuters International This content was published on August 15, 2018 A truck carrying goods arrives at Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem […]
Australian senator calls for ‘final solution to immigration problem’
Source: The Guardian Crossbencher Fraser Anning widely condemned for speech praising white Australia policy and pushing for plebiscite on Muslim immigration An Australian crossbench senator has invoked the term “the […]
Bosnia’s leaders call for withdrawal of government report on massacre of Bosnian Muslims
Bosnian Serb leader denies genocide in Srebrenica massacre Source: Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The leader of Bosnia’s Serbs denied on Tuesday that genocide was committed in Srebrenica […]
Inside Geneva: The hardest job? Change at the top of UN Human Rights
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva This content was published on August 13, 2018 Human rights groups protested the eviction of inhabitants of a Roma camp in the Italian capital […]
All you need to know about the high-profile trial of American pastor Andrew Brunson
Turkish star witnesses against US pastor Andrew Brunson are his expelled congregants Source: Religion News Service BY Umar Farooq IZMIR, Turkey (RNS) — As Turkish prosecutors prepare for the high-profile trial […]