Sri Lanka lifts Facebook ban after anti-Muslim violence ends
Source: Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government on Thursday ended a weeklong ban on social media that was imposed because of concerns that it was being […]
Al Jazeera did a hard-hitting investigation into US and Israeli lobbying – so why won’t they air it?
According to Swisher, if his documentary on the American lobby doesn’t air soon, ‘it might prove to be ammunition sought by a group of zealous US politicians who wish to declare Al Jazeera a foreign entity, and label us journalists as ‘spies’’ Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 15 March 2018 13:45 […]
The UN’s crimes of omission
Mar 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Nabil Fahmy CAIRO — When the United Nations was founded, its primary goals, as stated in its Charter’s preamble, included saving future generations from […]
Socio-cultural politics, the Middle East and the academy
Mar 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Marwan M. Obeidat Men of letters in the field of socio-cultural politics dealing with the American legacy in the academy of the Middle East, are in a dire need today, more than any other time, to respond to two crucial issues for intellectuals in […]
UNRWA receives new cash pledges, yet insufficient for survival
World’s action or inaction determines fate of millions of Palestinians — Safadi By Agencies – Mar 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi chairs a ministerial conference to garner […]
The Best Ted Talk to Learn about Mormonism
Letting go of God by Julia Sweeney The second half of this video is about Mormonism. When two young Mormon missionaries knock on Julia Sweeney’s door one day, it touches […]
Microplastic Contamination Is Found in Most Bottled Water, a New Study Says
Source: Time By LAIGNEE BARRON 12:31 AM EDT Drinking from a plastic water bottle likely means ingesting microplastic particles, a new study claims, prompting fresh concerns — and calls for scientific […]
Russian spy: Moscow vows swift response on expulsions
Source: BBC News Moscow has vowed there will be a swift response to the expulsion of 23 of its diplomats by Britain. President Vladimir Putin would make a final decision […]
NHS homeopathy ending in London
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News A major centre of homeopathy will no longer be able to spend NHS money on the controversial practice. The […]
Burma is pumping millions into rebuilding Rakhine. But is it for the Rohingya?
Source: The Washington Post By Timothy McLaughlin March 13 This combination of satellite images shows the village of Zone Kar Yar on Dec. 20, 2017, left, and Feb. 13, 2018, right. Predominantly […]
Israelis divided over military drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews
Source: Reuters BY Elana Ringler 3 MIN READ JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A decades-old exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from compulsory military service is a deeply divisive issue in Israel at the […]
El Salvador woman freed after 15 years in jail for abortion
Source: BBC News A 34-year-old woman in El Salvador has been freed after spending 15 years in jail for having an abortion. Maira Verónica Figueroa Marroquín was released after her […]
Indonesia’s Aceh considers beheading as penalty for murder
Source: Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — The conservative Indonesian province of Aceh known for publicly caning gays, adulterers and gamblers is considering the introduction of beheading as a […]
Nigerian campaign group threatens to sue government over abducted girls
Source: Reuters By Afolabi Sotunde, Abraham Achirga 3 MIN READ ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian group that sparked a global campaign for the safe return of schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 said […]
Lightning kills 15 worshippers in Rwanda, as government cracks down on unsafe churches
Source: Religion News Service By Fredrick Nzwili | March 13, 2018 NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — As the Rwandan government continues to shut down houses of worship it deems unsafe and dissenters charge it […]
Mike Pompeo, Trump’s pick to replace Tillerson, has long worried Muslim advocates
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein March 13 at 11:53 AM Email the author Mike Pompeo (left) at a confirmation hearing to be CIA director. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) Rex Tillerson during […]
Al-Qaeda operative born in Texas sentenced to 45 years for conspiring to murder Americans, supporting terrorism
Source: The Washington Post By Ellen Nakashima March 13 at 7:08 PM Email the author A federal judge in Brooklyn handed down a 45-year prison sentence Tuesday to a Texas native convicted last […]
‘Fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban faces looming deadline and uncertain future in Iowa House
Source: HE DES MOINES REGISTER By Brianne Pfannenstiel Nearly all Iowa abortions would be banned under a measure that faces a looming legislative deadline this week and mounting pressure from outside groups. […]
Atheists can ‘go to hell,’ says Sedgwick County commissioner
Source: THE WICHITA EAGLE BY DION LEFLER Atheists who want deliver an invocation at a Sedgwick County Commission meeting can “go to hell,” a county commissioner said Tuesday. “If you don’t […]
Trump boasts he made up trade facts in meeting with Trudeau
ADRIAN MORROW AND MICHELLE ZILIO WASHINGTON AND OTTAWA- globe and mail PUBLISHED MARCH 15, 2018 UPDATED 6 MINUTES AGO U.S. President Donald Trump has admitted to making up information in a meeting with Justin Trudeau, telling the Prime Minister the U.S. has a trade deficit with Canada even though he had no […]