Gay Chechens flee threats, beatings and exorcism
Source: BBC News Family pressure has fuelled a sense of persecution felt by gay people in Chechnya, a mainly Muslim region in southern Russia. Dozens have fled and some have […]
Christian women in the U.S. are more religious than their male counterparts
Source: Pew Research Center BY DALIA FAHMY A woman prays at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) In many parts of the world, women […]
With Millennials less likely to believe in God, churches work hard to buck trends
Source: ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES BY John Boyle, jboyle@citizen-times.com The statistics are daunting, particularly when it comes to the “nones.” Fewer younger people, particularly Millennials, attend church or believe in God, and they’re less likely […]
Gaza’s 70 years of woe
Reuters International This content was published on April 6, 2018 Palestinians gather at the Israel-Gaza border during a protest demanding the right to return to their homeland, east […]
Older adults grow just as many new brain cells as young people
Source: Science Daily Date:April 5, 2018 Source:Cell Press Summary:Researchers show for the first time that healthy older men and women can generate just as many new brain cells as younger […]
Hungary elections: Another populist test for Europe?
Source: Aljazeera by Patrick Strickland 12 hours ago A government billboard is seen displaying George Soros in October 2017 [Bernadett Szabo/Reuters]With Hungarians slated to head to the polls on Sunday, […]
The Surgeon General Urges More Americans to Carry Overdose Antidote to Prevent Opioid Deaths
Source: Time By R.J. RICO / AP April 5, 2018 (ATLANTA) — The nation’s chief doctor wants more Americans to start carrying the overdose antidote naloxone to help combat the nation’s […]
This Study Could Explain Why Our Brains Perform Worse As We Age
Source: Time By ALICE PARK For a long time researchers thought the brain did not make new cells. That meant that as the existing cells died with age, nerve connections were […]
Fear grips Yemen’s Aden as deadly attacks target clerics
Source: Associated Press By AHMED AL-HAJ SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A spate of deadly drive-by shootings targeting Muslim clerics and preachers has sparked panic and fear in Yemen’s southern port […]
Saudi cinema screens reopen on 18 April ‘with Black Panther’
Source: BBC News Saudi Arabia’s first cinema in more than 35 years will open on 18 April, showing the action movie Black Panther. It is part of a deal done […]
Missionaries at border spread Christianity to North Korea
Source: Associated Press By HYUNG-JIN KIM and GERRY SHIH SOUTHERN JILIN PROVINCE, China (AP) — To the North Koreans gathered beneath a crucifix in an apartment in this northeastern Chinese […]
The ISIS Files
Source: The New York Times By Rukmini Callimachi Photographs by Ivor Prickett April 4, 2018 On five trips to battle-scarred Iraq, journalists for The New York Times scoured old Islamic State offices, […]
French cardinal to stand trial in sex abuse cover-up case
Source: Associated Press By PHILIPPE SOTTO PARIS (AP) — A French court has set a date in early 2019 for the criminal trial of a French cardinal and a high-ranking […]
New Documents Reveal How the FBI Deployed a Televangelist to Discredit Martin Luther King
Source: Religion And Politics By Lerone A. Martin | April 3, 2018 In 2017, the National Archives released a new trove of FBI files in response to a Freedom of Information Act […]
USA: “Coffee Cake & True Islam” event attended by students of Local University of Dayton, Ohio
“Islam is a religion of Peace and Tolerance” said Imam Shamshad. Report by Abdul Qudoos Ahmad Dayton The very popular “Coffee Cake & True Islam” event happens very regularly on […]
Duterte: If my plane explodes, you can ask the CIA
Source: Al Jazeerah In an expletive-filled tirade, Philippine president also accuses the US government of lacking ‘word of honour’. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has launched a fresh expletive-filled tirade against […]
Book Review: Factfulness by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Source of the review: Goodreads Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends—what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school—we systematically get the answers […]
UAE to observe Isra -Wal -Miraj holiday next week
UAE to observe Isra Wal Miraj holiday next week April 14. Web Report/Dubai UAE traditionally announces a one-day holiday to observe the holy day. The auspicious day of Isra Wal Miraj will be observed next week on Saturday, April 14. The day, which is observed on the 27th day of […]
First Cinema to open in Arabia April 18.
Tequila on The Rock, as Mohammed bin Salman parties in Hollywood #SaudiStruggle A-lister The Rock uses Instagram to hail ‘historic night’ of boozy debates on reform with Saudi crown prince, before editing post The Rock and bin Salman met at Rupert Murdoch’s flash Hollywood mansion (AFP/composite) Thursday 5 April 2018 […]
Austria’s government aims to ban headscarves in kindergartens
Source: Reuters International VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s right-wing government announced plans on Wednesday to ban girls from wearing headscarves in kindergarten and primary schools to combat what it sees as […]