The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 28 March 2018 Nancy Holten with her daughter’s Swiss passport. Private photo. A Dutch woman who twice had her Swiss citizenship application refused by her local […]
The Local news.france@thelocal.com @thelocalfrance 18 May 2018 France has once again been reduced to near hysteria over the Muslim veil, this time after the president of a local student’s union […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 7 June 2018 ethqs global rankingsepfl ETH Zurich. Photo: Gian Marco Castelberg/ETH Zurich Zurich’s Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) has been named the seventh best […]
Air Commodore Sanjai Chauhan chose not to eject over a Gujarat village, and went down with his fighter jet in a barren field Image Credit: Twitter Indian Air Force […]
Lina Tahlawi’s team selects neighborhoods in the city and walk through the narrow streets to reach out to the destitute. (AN photo by Huda Bashatah) Nada Hameed June 07, 2018 […]
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed signed the agreements. (SPA) The first meeting of the Saudi-Emirati Coordination Council in Jeddah. (SPA) Arab News […]
By AFP – Jun 05,2018 – JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — Turkish troops are advancing on the mountainous Qandil region of northern Iraq where the leadership of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party […]
By AFP – Jun 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky speaks with Ahed Tamimi, her client, in the military court at Ofer Prison, on January 1 (AFP photo) […]
Jun 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen It is both amazing and highly significant that The New York Times journalist Eric Schmitt wrote an account of the campaign against […]
Source: The Washington Post By Kareem FahimJune 5Email the author DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s most conservative Islamists are reeling from a loss of influence that has left them confused about […]
Source: RNS By Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — An Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month has led Roman Catholics to stop administering several sacraments […]
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are ramping up political indoctrination among Tibetan Buddhist clergy and officials in charge of religious affairs as part of a campaign to […]
Source: Reuters Antoni Slodkowski 4 MIN READ YANGON (Reuters) – Safety and “identity” need to be in place for Rohingya Muslim refugees who return to Myanmar, the head of the […]
Source: PRI By Katherine Fung When Neriza Caspe said goodbye to her four children in the Philippines 18 years ago, she didn’t know how long she’d be gone — just that […]
Source: RNS BY Heather Adams LOS ANGELES (RNS) — In May of 2017, Kim Hak Song was on a train on his way back to Dandong, China, the border city where […]
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian men who chant and beat drums to wake up the faithful during Ramadan in Jerusalem’s Old City say they are being unfairly […]
Source: The Guardian Frances Perraudin North of England reporter A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a mosque and a Sikh temple in Leeds were set on fire, in what […]
Source: Associated Press By KYLE POTTER ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress and a top official with the Democratic National Committee, […]
By Celia Luterbacher in Boston This content was published on June 5, 2018 Unmanned aerial vehicles can help provide relief in disaster situations, but there are logistical challenges as well as […]
5 facts about religion in India Source: Pew Research Center By Samirah Majumdar, who is a research analyst focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. India is home to 1.4 […]