Israel launches attacks in Syria after F-16 crashes
Reuters International This content was published on February 10, 2018 The remains of an F-16 Israeli war plane are seen near the Israeli village of Harduf, Israel February 10, […]
Difficult talks ahead for Tillerson and Turkish officials amid Afrin operation
DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS ISTANBUL U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson steps off his plane as he arrives to the presidential hangar in Mexico City, Mexico February 1, 2018. (Reuters […]
Turkey’s resolve to eliminate YPG collides with US support for terrorists in Manbij
ŞEYMA NAZLI GÜRBÜZ, MEHMET ÇELIK ISTANBUL A US military vehicle= drives near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, on March 5, […]
Lebanon signs offshore drilling deal with 3 oil firms despite dispute with Israel
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Lebanese President Michel Aoun, center, speaks during the signing ceremony with an international consortium to start exploratory offshore drilling for oil and gas in […]
800 female Daesh terrorists detained in northern Syria
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA BERLIN Some 800 women who had joined Daesh are being detained in the Kurdish regions of northern Syria with their children, German newspaper Die Welt reported on Saturday, citing a terrorism expert from Human Rights Watch (HRW). Among the 800 were 15 German women, […]
Religion and Violence in Myanmar
Sitagu Sayadaw’s Case for Mass Killing By Matthew J. Walton Since late August, more than 600,000 Rohingya have left Myanmar, fleeing a state-led campaign of violence against them. The Rohingya […]
Bangladesh ex PM: Khaleda Zia jailed for five years in corruption case
Faisal Mahmood- Dhaka, Bangladesh – A court in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, has sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to jail in a corruption case. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Special Court-5 on Thursday sentenced the two-time former prime minister to five years rigorous imprisonment. He read out selected parts of the 632-page […]
Israel agrees to open graves in search for ‘stolen babies’
Families allege thousands of Yemeni Jewish children were abducted after state’s founding Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem Children were allegedly stolen and given to Jewish families of western origin in Israel […]
Human smugglers in Libya have links to security services — UN report
By Reuters – Feb 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Members of the self-styled Libyan National Army, loyal to the country’s east strongman Khalifa Haftar, patrol the roads leading into the eastern […]
The long read The fight for the right to be a Muslim in America
Source: The Guardian A bitter legal row over a mosque in an affluent New Jersey town shows the new face of Islamophobia in the age of Trump. By Andrew Rice Forty […]
Hijab Protests Expose Iran’s Core Divide
Source: The New Yorker By Robin Wright It was the quietest protest Iran has ever witnessed. Vida Movahed, a thirty-one-year-old mother of a toddler, stood atop a large utility box on Tehran’s busy Enghelab […]
Why the Pope Is Genuflecting to China
Source: The New York Times BY Yi-Zheng Lian On Feb. 1, the same day that new repressive regulations of religion went into force in China, the Vatican took a deep bow […]
Pope Francis’ reputation on sex abuse ‘has gone from bad to worse’
Source: Religion News Service By Christopher Lamb | February 7, 2018 Osorno Bishop Juan Barros, left, in Iquique, Chile, on Jan. 18, 2018. Pope Francis in Lima, Peru, on Jan. 21, 2018. (Left: […]
Danish government proposes ban on full-face veils
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse in Stockholm A woman wearing a niqab. It is not known how many women wear the niqab and burqa in Denmark. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters The […]
Australian Prime Minister To Issue National Apology For Child Sexual Abuse
Source: NPR BY JAMES DOUBEK Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he will offer a national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse before the end of the year. It […]
Pope’s Controversial China Overture Has Cold-War Precedent
Source: Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca Feb. 7, 2018 8:00 a.m. ET ROME—Pope Francis’ overture to Communist China echoes the Vatican’s conciliatory approach to Soviet-bloc states during much […]
Maxi dresses, cardigans and hijabs: Essentials in Macy’s new fashion line aimed at Muslim women
Source: The Washington Post By Tracy Jan February 7 Email the author Macy’s is the latest U.S. brand to tap into the growing Islamic clothing market. (Macy’s) Macy’s is launching a “modest” fashion […]
AP Exclusive: Vatican to interview Chile victim in person
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and EVA VERGARA VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s sex-crimes expert is changing plans and will fly to New York to take in-person testimony […]
Boston police’s social media surveillance unfairly targeted Muslims, ACLU says
Source: Boston Globe By Alanna Durkin Richer ASSOCIATED PRESS FEBRUARY 07, 2018 BOSTON (AP) — A social media monitoring tool used by the Boston Police Department to identify potential threats swept up […]
Trump’s National Prayer Breakfast speech infused with God-and-country references
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey President Trump spoke about America’s religious tradition and the importance of God at the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 8. (Reuters) President Trump delivered […]