Virginia Senate passes bill to allow guns in churches
Source: Associated Press By ALAN SUDERMAN RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate has passed legislation aimed at allowing guns in church in response to a deadly church shooting in […]
Jews Feast On Forbidden Foods To Remember Rabbis’ Radical Banquet
Source: NPR By ASHLEY GOLDSMITH When a journalist and chef made the decision to host a dinner party and invite members of the Illuminoshi (a not-so-secret society of San Francisco Bay […]
King Abdullah: US must get a major Israeli concession after Jerusalem recognition
Jordanian king insists that US is the only power that can broker a peace deal between the two parties By Jacob Magid Today, 2:20 Jordan’s King Abdullah (R) speaks with […]
Pope: ‘Fake news’ is evil, journalists must search for truth
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is denouncing “fake news” as evil and is urging journalists to make it their mission to search for […]
U.N. calls on Myanmar for unhindered access to Rohingya camps
Source: Reuters MAUNGDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – The United Nations on Wednesday called on Myanmar to give aid agencies unhindered access to camps it has built for tens of thousands of […]
Indian police detain dozens protesting against controversial movie
Source: Reuters By Rupam Jain, Swati Bhat NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Right-wing Hindu groups in India stepped up protests on Wednesday against the release of a controversial Bollywood film, as several […]
India’s Sacred Cow Now Threatens an $83 Billion Dairy Industry
Source: Bloomberg By Anindya Upadhyay,Pratik Parija,Kanika Sood and P R Sanjai Violence against cattle owners—in a Hindu-majority country under a populist government—resulted in 11 deaths last year. Narendra Modi at an agricultural fair […]
Mashhad in the spotlight: inequality plagues Iran’s holy city
Source: The Guardian By Phil Hoad The wave of anti-government protests in Iran at the end of December began in one of the country’s conservative strongholds: its second city, Mashhad. Site […]
Camels banned from Saudi beauty contest over Botox
Source: BBC News Twelve prized camels have been disqualified from a beauty contest in Saudi Arabia after their owners tried to tweak their good looks with Botox. Thousands of camels […]
They spoke out against immigrants. So she unearthed their own immigrant ancestors
Source: CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN)If you think the ongoing immigration debates don’t apply to you, Jennifer Mendelsohnhas some news: They probably do. Mendelsohn, a journalist, author and passionate genealogist, has […]
Clergy Abuse Advocates Fear Pope Francis Is Making It Harder For Victims To Speak Up
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla When Joelle Casteix heard Pope Francis accuse sex abuse victims in Chile of slander, the pontiff’s words hit close to home. Francis told reporters Thursday that he […]
At Davos forum, UN agency launches report spotlighting benefits of investing in better migration data
Investing in value-based migration data that squarely focuses on impact can benefit the world to the tune of $35 billion dollars, according to a new report launched Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, by the United Nations migration agency. A study by the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Global Migration Data Analysis […]
North Korea calls for reunification ‘breakthrough’ with South Korea
Announcement is another sign of eased relations between Pyongyang and Seoul The Independent Online Jeremy B White San Francisco Thursday 25 January 2018 North Korea issued a rare announcement asking […]
FATAL OBSESSION: For Islam and against America: What fuelled Pakistan’s nuclear black market?
Boys and their toys. (Reuters/Stringer) Share Written by Hassan Abbas January 22, 2018 Quartz india Evidence indicates that it is difficult to make generalisations about the whole nuclear proliferation episode involving Pakistan, as different sets of motivations, circumstances, and players were involved in the three cases under discussion. Even […]
Rohingya crisis: US diplomat quits advisory panel
Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned from an international panel set up by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to advise on the Rohingya crisis. He claimed the […]
WEF 2018: Fringe players aim to upstage Trump in Davos
By Matthew Allen in Davos This content was published on January 22, 2018 WEF hopes to solve some of the problems facing the world, rather than simply rearranging the chairs […]
In graphics : Who makes up the in-crowd at WEF?
By Marguerite Meyer and Kai Reusser in depth: WEF Davos 2018 This content was published on January 24, 2018 The issues discussed at the World Economic Forum may seem to reflect the topics of our time, but a closer look at the guest list shows that little has changed. The average […]
Peter Maurer: Hacking and cyber warfare are top humanitarian concerns
By Matthew Allen, Carlo Pisani in depth: WEF Davos 2018 https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43847744&locale=en Embed code This content was published on January 24, 2018 11:00 AMJan 24, 2018 – 11:00 The mounting threat of […]
Igniting another Palestinian Intifada
Jan 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL US Vice President Mike Pence’s speech at the Israeli Knesset last Monday dashed all hopes that President Donald Trump’s administration can be remotely even-handed on the Palestinian conflict. The words of Pence were nothing but an extravaganza of praise for Israel, its history […]
The Arab view: Mike Pence’s failed visit
Jan 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab The just concluded visit to the Middle East by US Vice President Mike Pence has been a failure if measured against its […]