Why I am a better person after every Ramadan
For the first time, I was doing something that wasn’t primarily for myself, or for my parents. | 08-06-2018 Moin Qazi @moinqazi123 Religious fasting traditions — from the […]
39,000 Syrian refugees return home for Eid al-Fitr
ANADOLU AGENCY KILIS, Turkey IHA Photo Thousands of Syrian refugees are returning to their home country for the Ramadan holiday after the Turkish army liberated terrorist hotbeds near the border. […]
Greece may face new refugee influx with Ankara halting migrant deal
MEHMET ÇELIK @celik ISTANBUL Greece may be challenged with a new wave of refugees as Ankara announced that the bilateral readmission deal has been suspended – a retaliatory step in […]
Europe accused of failing migrants in Libya as human traffickers thrive
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Jun 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES BRUSSELS — Rising populism across Europe is fuelling human trafficking in Libya where a growing number of migrants are being […]
Eight years on, Syria army conscripts pack bags for home
By AFP – Jun 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian soldier Mohammad Damour takes a selfie at a street market in Damascus after he was discharged from the Syrian army on […]
Swiss apprenticeship model : Asian nations want industry and youth to embrace vocational training
By Anand Chandrasekhar in Winterthur This content was published on June 8, 2018 Wahyo Nursanto and Pramono Setyoko from Indonesia at the VPET Congress in Winterthur (swissinfo.ch) With a […]
Syrian conflict : Carla Del Ponte: ‘We didn’t achieve anything; I’m angry’
By Renat Kuenzi This content was published on June 5, 2018 Against tax fraud, the Mafia, and war criminals: Carla Del Ponte fights tirelessly for justice. (Keystone) Swiss prosecutor […]
Lebanese FM Lashes Out at UNHCR For ‘Intimidating’ Syrian Refugees Return
Lebanese FM Lashes Out at UNHCR For ‘Intimidating’ Syrian Refugees Return Published June 8th, 2018 – 10:00 GMT via SyndiGate.info Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil pledged to take certain steps […]
G7: Trump isolated over trade and Russia on first day
https://emp.bbc.com/emp/SMPj/2.19.5/iframe.html Media captionTrump to G7: ‘They should let Russia come back in Divisions between Donald Trump and other leaders of G7 nations were laid bare on the first day […]
The timely and tragic lessons to be learned from celebrity suicides
André Picard Published June 8, 2018 Every day, about 3,000 people worldwide die by suicide – including 125 in the United States and 10 in Canada. Each of those deaths […]
Lebanon’s mountains are being wiped from the map – but does anyone care?
‘We had a court order for the quarries to stop but after five days the trucks came back and the local police facilitated them’ Robert Fisk Tarshish, central Lebanon @indyvoices A quarry cuts into an entire hill in the Lebanese mountains at Tarshish (Nelofer Pazira) ( ) Rarely are journalists […]
Same Gun Was Used to Kill Two Critics of Hindu Nationalists in India
Source: The New York Times By Maria Abi-Habib The gun that was used last year to kill a prominent journalist critical of the Indian government was the same weapon […]
U.S. plans to return American ISIS suspect to Syria with $4,210, new cellphone and clothes he had when he was picked up
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow U.S. military officials plan to release an American citizen accused of supporting the Islamic State “under safe conditions,” and with $4,210 and a […]
Priest finds €36,000 stashed in confessional box at Rome church
Source: The Guardian By Angela Giuffrida in Rome Rome police and clergy at a church near the Vatican have been left baffled after a package containing €36,000 (£31,500) was found in a confessional box. Police were called to Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci on Wednesday to investigate what priests […]
Abuse survivors launch global bishop accountability effort
Source: Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Some of the most prominent figures in the fight against sexual abuse in the Catholic Church are joining forces in a new international effort […]
Myanmar hardline monks vow to stay on Facebook despite ban
Source: Reuters BY Sam Aung Moon, Yimou Lee YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s hardline monks will dodge bans on Facebook and keep using the social media giant to “tell the truth”, they […]
Sens. Stabenow, Peters slam White House official over Michigan Muslims remarks
Source: Detroit Free Press By Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Gary Peters, D-Mich., are criticizing the new chief of staff of the National Security Council over his […]
‘Make Sure Not to Talk Any Arabic’: American Muslims and Their Guns
Source: The New York Times Photographs by AMR ALFIKY Text by ADEEL HASSAN When Sheima Muhammad takes her Glock pistol to her local gun range in central Ohio, she gets funny looks. […]
Austria to shut seven ‘political’ mosques and expel imams
Source: BBC News Austria has said it will close down seven mosques and expel imams who it says are funded by foreign countries. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the move was […]
The problem with Muslims’ free-hug experiments
Januarsyah Sutan – Jakarta | Fri, June 8, 2018 | First prayer: Muslims perform tarawih (evening Ramadhan prayers) at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta on Wednesday, marking the beginning of […]