A decade and a half later, it’s clear there are no winners Rachel Leah 03.20.2018 Fifteen years ago, American troops invaded Iraq in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist […]
By SINAN ANTOON MARCH 19, 2018 A statue of Saddam Hussein in front of the burning National Olympic Committee in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2003. Credit Tyler Hicks/The New York Times […]
Source: Wired By EMMA BRYCE In October 2017, Charlie Paton was driving across the parched plains of northwestern Somaliland when he passed a seemingly endless queue of rumbling trucks. Each was […]
Source: The Washington Post By Swati Gupta More than 350 Hindu priests have gathered in India this week for a multiday religious ceremony to pray that the gods deliver them […]
Source: Reuters By Raya Jalabi MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – For residents of the Old City, returning to Mosul is an exercise in trying to forget. Moayad stands in front of […]
Source: The Guardian BY Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent Pontiff to visit in August, three months after country votes on whether to repeal ban Pope Francis waves to the faithful in St […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The head of the Vatican’s communications department resigned Wednesday after he mischaracterized a private letter from retired Pope Benedict XVI, […]
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Anti-Defamation League is lashing out at one of Israel’s chief rabbis for comparing black people to monkeys. The New York City-based organization devoted […]
Source: BBC News Nearly all of the 110 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by militants in the town of Dapchi last month have been returned, the government says. Officials said at least […]
Source: Associated Press By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SUSANNAH GEORGE BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to the Islamic State group or […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sharif Hassan and Pamela Constable KABUL — When a suicide bomber killed at least 30 people Wednesday near the majestic Sakhi shrine in west Kabul, where worshipers had gathered […]
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent More than half see being British as important, compared with 44% of general population Muslims pray for Eid al-Fitr at a park in London. […]
Source: The Guardian Europe’s march towards a post-Christian society has been starkly illustrated by research showing a majority of young people in a dozen countries do not follow a religion. […]
Source: NPR By TERRY GROSS For years, religion scholar Bart Ehrman wanted to write a book about the early spread of Christianity, but he shied away from it because the topic […]
Source: USA Today By Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press Amber Sawyer was just 8 years old when it happened. She was watching cartoons on the living room floor of her Mississippi home […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 22 March 2018 Photo showing Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Pentagon. (SPA) Photo showing Crown Prince […]
Mar 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab It was dubbed as a meeting to save Gaza. The meeting summoned by the US peace envoy Jason Greenblatt was called a […]
Mar 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab It can be argued that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas blew his fuse on Monday, when he insulting US Ambassador to Israel David […]
Mar 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah takes part in a question-answer session at a meeting with students in The Hague on Tuesday (Photo courtesy of Royal […]
By Ana V. Ibáñez Prieto – Mar 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Prince Hassan, Grand Mufti Mohammad Khalayleh, Bishop Elias Toume, KAICIID Senior Adviser Mohamed Abu Nimer, German Deputy Ambassador Ralf […]