Source: The Guardian BY Carmela Fonbuena in Manila In the Philippines, where Catholicism is dominant and divorce is still illegal, a young atheist, openly gay lawyer is leading a historic […]
Source: The New York Times By Carlotta Gall June 18, 2018 ISTANBUL — Public schools are closing, on little or no notice, and being replaced by religious schools. Exams are […]
Source: Associated Press OSORNO, Chile (AP) — A papal emissary asked forgiveness Sunday from Roman Catholics in a region of Chile where people bitterly protested a now-resigned bishop who had […]
Source: Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Jewish artifacts, including ancient parchment torahs from one of the world’s oldest synagogues, have gone missing from the Syrian capital amid the tumult of […]
Source: Associated Press By RAHIM FAIEZ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Avtar Singh Khalsa will represent Afghanistan’s tiny Sikh and Hindu minority in the next parliament, where he says he hopes […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Priyadarshini Sen KOLKATA (RNS) — Last year, Hasan Sharif, a 27-year-old Rohingya, observed Eid al-fitr while hiding from Myanmar soldiers in a stranger’s home. His […]
Source: CNN By Hilary Clarke, Valentina DiDonato and Carol Jordan (CNN)Pope Francis compared having an abortion to avoid birth defects to the Nazi era idea of trying to create a […]
Source: CNN By Bukola Adebayo, CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Twin bomb blasts at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 20 people and wounded scores more, local police told CNN. […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL A police officer tries to grab a protester waving former Macedonian and Russian flags atop an armored police vehicle during protests in front of Parliament, […]
Source: The Guardian BY Dan Sabbagh A tribunal has ordered that secret Downing Street files relating to Anglo-Indian relations at the time of the 1984 massacre at the Golden Temple […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL President Donald Trump shows off a “Space Policy Directive” after signing it during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of […]
By Daniel Warner This content was published on June 18, 2018 Fighting to be queen for a summer(Keystone) My favorite was number 73. She had a certain dignity about […]
Source: BBC News By Tali Sharot From Aeon 15 June 2018 Some of the most important decisions you will make in your lifetime will occur while you feel stressed and […]
By Julia Crawford This content was published on June 18, 2018 http://www.swissinfo.ch The small Swiss town of Bex has had an asylum seekers’ centre since 1982 and some refugees […]
Establishing Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as capital only path to peace — His Majesty By JT – Jun 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Amman — His Majesty King Abdullah stressed […]
Jun 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby I find it exceptionally irritating when I hear liberals worry about whether Israel will be able to remain a “Jewish and […]
By AFP – Jun 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Christian woman prays by the closed door of the main entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old […]
By Barbara F. Walter One of the big surprises since the end of the Cold War has been the growth of radical Islamist groups, especially those that adhere to Salafi […]
By Anushay Hossain, who is a writer and political commentator based in Washington. For more, visit AnushaysPoint.com. The views expressed are her own. (CNN) — When Ivanka Trump took the […]
Source: BBC News By Brandon Ambrosino Siri, do you believe in God? “Humans have religion. I just have silicon.” Siri, do you believe in God? “I eschew theological disquisition.” Siri, […]