Source: Huffington Post By Marcy Wheeler Guest Writer REUTERS/YURI GRIPAS/JOSHUA ROBERTS Former CIA Director John Brennan, Senator Dianne Feinstein, CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel and President Barack Obama. In […]
Source: NPR BY BILAL QURESHI In the great cultural ‘awokening‘ that has followed the rise of Donald Trump, the stories of Muslim-Americans wrestling with questions of selfhood, belonging, and bigotry have […]
Source: Bloomberg By Archana Chaudhary and Upmanyu Trivedi India’s Supreme Court today started hearing final arguments by religious groups over ownership of land in the northern […]
Source: Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A father testified in an Australian court Thursday that his son said he was sexually abused by Vatican Cardinal George Pell during a […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — Chinese health authorities told a Vatican trafficking conference that Beijing’s efforts to crack down on illegal “underground” organ transplants have resulted […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Former archbishop tells child sexual abuse inquiry ‘there was perhaps overcompensation’ for repressive views Rowan Williams: ‘I think there has been a sea change […]
Source: BBC News Rwanda has banned mosques in the capital, Kigali, from using loudspeakers during the call to prayer. They say the calls, made five times a day, have been […]
Source: The Globe and Mail NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh participated in a pro-sovereignty seminar in 2016 with the co-founder of the British-based National Sikh Youth Federation who endorsed the use […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]