Why I took my wife’s last name
Source: BBC News These days many women keep their own name when they marry, and couples are increasingly opting for a double-barrelled or merged name. But men who take their […]
Muslim county in China bans children from religious events over break
Source: Reuters BY Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) – A mostly Muslim county in western China has banned children from attending religious events over a winter break, an education bureau […]
Renowned Buddhist scholar faces jail for ‘criticizing’ Thai monarchy
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston Sulak Sivaraksa, center, walks to a military court on Dec. 7, 2017, in Bangkok to find out whether the military prosecutor proceeded with the […]
Myanmar police shoot dead seven protesters in troubled Rakhine
Source: Reuters YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar police shot dead seven demonstrators, while 12 were injured in troubled Rakhine State, after a local gathering celebrating an ancient Buddhist Arakan kingdom turned […]
Families of captive French jihadis sue to bring them home
Source: Associated Press By LORI HINNANT PARIS (AP) — Six families of French jihadis captured during Islamic State’s retreat filed a complaint Wednesday demanding that the government bring them home, […]
Stressed-out Anglican priests turn to trade unions for support
Source: Religion News Service By Catherine Pepinster LONDON (RNS) — The archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion, was an oil executive who helped […]
US to move embassy to Jerusalem by year’s end, Netanyahu says
Source: CNN By Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN)The United States will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by the end of the year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Pope meets with abuse survivors, weeps with them in Chile
Source: Associated Press By PETER PRENGAMAN and NICOLE WINFIELD SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Pope Francis met on Tuesday with survivors of priests who sexually abused them, wept with them and […]
Iran’s leader accuses Saudis of ‘treason’ against Muslims
Source: Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader accused Saudi rulers on Tuesday of committing “treason” against Muslims by aligning themselves with the United States and Israel. Addressing parliamentary representatives […]
The ‘Two-state Solution’ Only Ever Meant a Big Israel Ruling Over a Palestinian Bantustan. Let It Go
Opinion When the Jewish ‘hard’ left leads the battle for one state, pushing the only political horizon that isn’t apartheid, U.S. Jews attack us – for fighting for the same democratic values they prize so highly back home Jeff Halper Jan 19, 2018 Palestinian girls play at their family’s […]
Restraining order issued for cult leader Adnan Oktar after father’s plea
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The combined photos of Elvan Koçak’s daughters who appeared on Adnan Oktar’s television program. A Turkish court issued a temporary restraining order against television personality and […]
Pope shocks Chile by accusing sex abuse victims of slander
Source: Religion New Service SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Pope Francis accused victims of Chile’s most notorious pedophile of slander, an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal the […]
A missing tourist scattered Bible pages in Israel’s desert. Is ‘Jerusalem Syndrome’ to blame?
Source: The Washington Post By Alex Horton The Negev desert was imposing, but Moses sent 12 scouts to survey the rolling dunes in what is now Israel to search for sanctuary, […]
Abbas says Trump’s policy shift on Jerusalem was ‘sinful’
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO (AP) — The Palestinian president on Wednesday again blasted Donald Trump in a fiery and emotional speech, saying the U.S. leader’s decision to […]
Places in Every State with Native American Meanings
Source: MSN By Tiffany Moran Since 1990, November has been celebrated as Native American Heritage Month in the United States, in reverence of the history of the country’s earliest settlers. […]
Obama Is Returning To Politics in 2018
Source: MSN If President Donald Trump and the Republican Party were already worried about defending their majorities in the House and Senate come November, they will now have another major factor to […]
The boy who stayed awake for 11 days
Source: BBC News By Sarah Keating 18 January 2018 This story is from The Boy Who Stayed Awake for Eleven Days, an episode of Witness produced and presented by Lucy Burns. To listen […]
China’s economy grows by 6.9% in 2017
Source: BBC News China’s economy grew by 6.9% in 2017 according to official data – the first time in seven years the pace of growth has picked up. The figure […]
US slumps in global leadership poll after Trump’s 1st year
Source: CNN By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN (CNN)A year into Donald Trump’s presidency, global confidence in US leadership has fallen to a new low, according to an opinion survey conducted across 134 […]
Sexual abuse case against Mormon Church begins in West Virginia
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer January 18 at 5:54 AM The spire of the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is seen in […]