One Morning in Baghdad
Fifteen years after the U.S. invasion, there’s no satisfying answer to the question: What were we doing in Iraq anyway? Maya Alleruzzo / AP / Katie Martin / The Atlantic […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community says Time has come to stop blaming only Muslims for the World’s Problems
Source: Khalifa of Islam On 17 March 2018, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at […]
More anti-Muslim, conspiratorial tweets emerge from Trump’s pick for top UN migration job
Source: CNN By Andrew Kaczynski and Nathan McDermott, CNN Ken Isaacs (CNN)Ken Isaacs, the Trump administration pick to head the international organization that coordinates assistance to migrants worldwide, once wrote […]
Stephen Hawking to Be Interred at Westminster Abbey
Source: The New York Times By DENNIS OVERBYE MARCH 21, 2018 Stephen Hawking will be interred at Westminster Abbey in London, keeping company with the likes of Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton. CreditBruno […]
European court upholds German move to take kids from sect
Source: Associated Press By DAVID RISING BERLIN (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday upheld Germany’s decision to take away the children of families in a Christian […]
Ontario Catholic school board faces backlash over controversial donation policy
Source: The Globe and Mail BY CAROLINE ALPHONSO Ontario’s Education Minister is concerned that a Catholic school board did not properly consult with the community before adopting a controversial policy […]
Police investigating after man caught on video vandalizing Thornhill synagogue
Source: TORONTO STAR By ALEXANDRA JONES York Regional Police are investigating a “hate-motivated crime” after the front doors of a synagogue in Thornhill were smashed in an apparent outburst of anti-Semitic […]
The last male rhino of its kind dies. African religious leaders call it a spiritual loss.
Source: Religion News Service By Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Religious leaders who campaign for wildlife conservation are mourning the death of the world’s last male northern white rhino, calling […]
Archbishop of Canterbury ‘ashamed’ of Church over abuse
Source: BBC News The Archbishop of Canterbury has said how “ashamed” he is of the Church in the wake of the child sex abuse inquiry. The Most Rev Justin Welby told […]
Gay hospital chaplain loses discrimination appeal against C of E
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Court rules church had right to bar Jeremy Pemberton from NHS job because he had married Canon Jeremy Pemberton (right) claimed he was discriminated […]
Nonbelievers ask Sedgwick County to drop meeting prayers after ‘go to hell’ comment
Source: THE WICHITA EAGLE BY DION LEFLER A group of nonbelievers is asking the Sedgwick County Commission to either drop its weekly religious invocation entirely or replace it with a […]
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill requiring public schools to post ‘In God We Trust’ motto
Source: USA Today A bill requiring Tennessee schools to prominently display the national “In God We Trust” motto is headed to the governor for his signature. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Susan […]
Memphis megachurch pastor resigns following sexual abuse investigation
Source: USA Today Ron Maxey, The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal MEMPHIS — A pastor accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Texas 20 years ago resigned from his ministerial post Tuesday at […]
Former Mormon mission president accused of sexual assault
Source: Associated Press By BRADY McCOMBS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is investigating a former missionary training center president who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman […]
Bones of giant sloth discovered in Los Angeles
Source: CBS This Morning One of the largest subway construction projects in the country is providing a window into Los Angeles’ ancient past. We first took you underground last summer where […]
As a rabbi, I will violate the Sabbath to help save lives from gun violence
Source: RNS By Joshua Hammerman (RNS) — I’ll be joining local teens on the March for Our Lives on Saturday (March 24), and by traveling, I will violate the Jewish Sabbath […]
As we look back on the horror of Iraq 15 years later, I wonder – would this have happened if Trump was president?
Those crossed swords in Baghdad, the rockets swooping heavenwards in the giant wall painting in his palace conference room, the military parades – they would surely have tickled the interest of […]
Polluted oceans – Swiss research ship sails on seas of plastic
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43983430&locale=en Embed code This content was published on March 23, 2018 In 2015, a sailing boat flying the Swiss flag set out on a four-year voyage around the […]
Turkey condemns ‘unacceptable’ EU statement on Greece, Cyprus
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo Related Articles Energy Turkey determined to protect own, Turkish Cypriot rights in East Med, President Erdoğan says Turkey cannot accept the final statement […]
Turkey lifts ban on flights to KRG, resumes flights to Irbil
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL Prime Minister Yıldırım confirmed on Friday the resumption of international flights to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Friday and the lifting of the […]