Lebanon signs its first offshore energy exploration agreements for block containing waters claimed by Israel By Reuters – Feb 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — A senior US diplomat met Lebanese officials on Wednesday in Beirut as part of a US shuttle diplomacy effort to resolve tensions between Israel and […]
Epigraph: “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” — George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731][Note 1][Note 2] – December […]
Feb 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The deadly and destructive war in Syria did not end with the fall of Daesh’s capital at Raqqa, in the […]
Feb 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a strong intervention regarding what Palestinians want, and the genuine desire for peace through negotiations. In his […]
Bollywood mega star, Amitabh Bachchan meeting with UK minister Lord Tariq Mahmood Ahmad. ============================ Ahmadi delegation in Germany with Pakistan Army Chief of Staff Mr Qamar Bajwa Mr Irfan Khan is in the middle.
Prakash Kumar, DH News Service, New Delhi, Feb 21 2018, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday inaugurated Delhi’s first-of-its-kind arboretum and a city heritage park developed by the Aga Khan […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP TAIPEI This photo taken on January 19, 2018 shows a chef preparing a Halal meal at the Gaia Hotel, which caters to tourists from […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DHA Photo Tombi, an orange tabby cat who became known as the classroom cat in a primary school in Turkey’s Izmir province will return to his […]
By Owen Amos BBC News, Washington DC 20 February 2018 After 17 people were killed in Florida, could these measures stop US school shootings? 1. Don’t name the shooter In […]
Source: The Washington Post By Dara Elasfar February 16 The Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea were supposed to include two mobile prayer rooms, but threats of protests scuttled those plans. (Jean […]
Source: The Washington Post By Soner Cagaptay February 16 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey speaks with supporters in Ankara on Feb. 2. (Murat Cetinmuhurdar/AP) Soner Cagaptay, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute […]
Source: Associated Press By VANESSA GERA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Matylda Jonas-Kowalik has spent most of her 22 years secure in the belief that she would never know the discrimination, […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis revived his lapsed sex abuse advisory commission by naming new members Saturday, after coming under fire for his […]
Source: CNN By Katy Scott, CNN Clothes from the Verona Collection which is being stocked at department store Macy’s. (CNN)American department store Macy’s sparked a fierce debate on Thursday, when […]
Source: Religion News Service By Bobby Ross Jr. | February 18, 2018 Demonstrators in Plano, Texas, on Feb. 18, 2018, outside a city council meeting called to address council member Tom Harrison’s anti-Islam […]
Source: The New York Times Hijras occupy a special place in Hinduism. But their relationship to modern Mumbai, where transgender people are legally recognized, remains fraught. Photographs by Sara Hylton Text […]
Barkhat Dutthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/ Indians are furious over a $1.8 billion bank fraud case involving Nirav Modi, a billionaire and the man whom Vanity Fair called (in an astonishingly poor sense of timing) “the atelier of India’s most ambitious luxury jewelry brand.” The diamond merchant, who boasts showrooms from Mumbai to Macau, and whose ornaments […]
Source: NPR BY JUAN VIDAL The first Bible I ever purchased was a New International Version Student Life Bible; it was black with neon pink and green lettering. I picked it […]
Source: The Economist NOT enough people want to teach the subject, and there are plenty of pupils, tax-payers and even head teachers who are highly sceptical about its benefits. And […]
Source: MSN (Reuters) – U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, who counseled presidents and preached to millions across the world from his native North Carolina to communist North Korea during his 70 […]