Remembering King’s last sermon with renewed hope
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service is marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with stories and commentaries looking […]
Malala’s brief but revealing homecoming to Pakistan
Source: BBC News By M Ilyas Khan Malala Yousafzai’s first homecoming in six years was brief, and revealing. Brief, given the amount of time she would have otherwise liked to […]
Fiji PM: Climate change threatens our survival
Source: BBC News Fiji’s prime minister has said the Pacific island nation is in “a fight for survival” as climate change brings “almost constant” deadly cyclones. Frank Bainimarama said Fiji […]
Was ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ anti-Semitic?
Source: Religion News Service By Jeffrey Salkin | April 2, 2018 John Legend, as Jesus, is carried during a dress rehearsal scene from NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.” Photo by Virginia […]
The remarkable story of how the king of Thailand once tried to populate America with wild elephants
Source: Independent Elephants are Thailand’s national animal, so it’s only natural that King Mongkut in 1861 offered to send a pair to the United States as a gift of a […]
Reporter Podcast Uganda’s Generous Treatment of Refugees
Maria Feck and Christoph Titz traveled to Uganda and were particularly impressed by the large numbers of refugees taken in by the small country. In an interview, the reporters […]
Erdoğan, Putin launch Turkey’s first nuclear plant in Akkuyu
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin review a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace Complex […]
US establishes 2 bases in northern Syria’s YPG-occupied Manbij
ANADOLU AGENCY MANBIJ, Syria DHA Photo The U.S. is setting up two bases in Syria’s northern Manbij region, currently occupied by YPG/PKK terrorists, Anadolu Agency learned on Tuesday. The […]
Renewables, purchasing power By the numbers: cocoa, test tube babies and an old shoe
This content was published on March 31, 2018 (Keystone) Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch contains a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure. Here’s a round-up […]
German military ends mission in Somalia after 8 years
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA BERLIN Reuters File Photo After eight years the German army has ended its training mission to Somalia and has returned all Bundeswehr soldiers to […]
UK: “Violent scourge” on London’s streets as murder figures overtake New York
Police and forensic officers work at the scene of a gun crime in Tottenham, in the north of London, Britain, on Tuesday. — EPA LONDON — London police investigated more murders than New York over the last two months, statistics show, as the mayor’s office condemned a “violent scourge” on the […]
How Indian media fuel hate and bigotry
Aijaz Zaka Syed THAT much of Indian media has turned rotten is an open secret. Everyone who regularly watches television news or reads newspaper is sick and tired of all the hate, bigotry and intolerance openly peddled by the leading players in the name of journalism, investigative reporting and debate. […]
‘Love a Muslim Day’ list in response to hate letter
Source: BBC The man who created a ‘Love a Muslim Day’ list in response to letters promoting hateful acts hopes his idea will “bring people together”. It was sparked by […]
Saudi crown prince visits Virgin Galactic and Mojavi Air and Space port in California
click to view photos 16 photos Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman visited Virgin Galactic and Mojavi Air and Space port in California on Monday. During the visit, […]
A disturbing number of millennials believe that the Earth is flat, study reveals
Source: Independent By Greg Evans The Flat Earth conspiracy is starting to feel like that annoying relative who always outstays their welcome at family events. The more coverage that it […]
Egypt’s Sisi sweeps vote with 97 per cent, turnout down
‘Sisi’s serious contenders had withdrawn, been sidelined or detained’ By AFP – Apr 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in Tahrir Square after presidential […]
‘Final evacuation deal’ reached for Syria’s Ghouta
‘Rebels to leave Douma for opposition territory in northern Syria’ By AFP – Apr 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A man walks with his bicycle at a damaged site in the […]
A letter to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
Apr 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby During the week of March 25, 2018, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi led a delegation of ten house democrats to Israel and Jordan. […]
Expansion of Allen Mosque will make room for Collin’s booming Muslim population
Nanette Light, Staff Writer An old soccer field is now a pile of dirt as an Allen mosque moves forward with an expansion that will nearly double its capacity. The plan […]
Irish attitudes to immigration worse than European average – report
Updated / Thursday, 29 Mar 2018 Support for Muslim and Roma immigration is lower in Ireland than the average for ten other countries surveyed By Joe Little Religious & Social […]