WEF Davos 2018
Visit https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/in-depth/wef-2018 for all updates on the World Economic Forum’s Davos meeting 2018 The biggest names from politics, business and civil society descend on Davos for the 48th WEF annual […]
News from Lebanon: Syria conflict: 15 refugees found frozen to death
20 January 2018 Fifteen Syrian refugees – some of them children – have been found frozen to death while trying to cross the mountainous border into Lebanon. Thirteen bodies were […]
Saudi-led coalition announces $1.5 billion in new aid for war-torn Yemen
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP RIYADH In this Aug. 25, 2017 file photo, people inspect the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo) A […]
Turkish forces push into Syria, clash with Kurdish militia
By Reuters – Jan 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Turkish armoured vehicles move towards Hassa district of Hatay, Turkey, as part of the ‘Operation Olive Branch’ on Sunday (Anadolu Agency photo) […]
View from Jordan: Ominous signs in Syria’s Afrin
Jan 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Turkey’s military intervention in the northern Syrian city of Afrin under the code name “Olive Branch” will certainly complicate the already complicated conflict in Syria. Ankara has been threatening all along to strike at the so-called Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) deployed along its southern border with […]
Angelina Jolie gene testing for all?
Source: BBC By James Gallagher; Health and science correspondent, BBC News Testing all women for the “Angelina Jolie gene”, even if not considered at risk, would prevent cancers, save lives […]
New office will help medical providers deny treatment on religious grounds
Source: The Guardian BY Jessica Glenza in New York The Trump administration is creating an office to protect the religious rights of medical providers, including those who may oppose abortion or transgender rights, in […]
Pakistani humanist denied UK asylum after failing to identify Plato
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Man who renounced Islam says he has received death threats from family members in Pakistan A Pakistani man who renounced his Muslim faith and […]
East London primary school backs down over hijab ban
Source: The Guardian Richard Adams Education editor Chair of governors at St Stephen’s primary school in Newham resigns following complaints from parents. A primary school that controversially banned pupils from wearing […]
Facebook to use surveys to boost ‘trustworthy’ news
Source; BBC News BY Dave Lee North America technology reporter Facebook has announced it will prioritise news sources deemed to be more trustworthy on its News Feed. The firm said the social […]
Why is Turkey attacking Syria?
Source: BBC News Turkish war planes have launched air strikes on Kurdish positions in northern Syria. The BBC’s Mark Lowen explains why – and why now. Original Source
Roe v. Wade Lawyer ‘Amazed’ Americans Still Fighting Over Abortion
Source: Time By OLIVIA B. WAXMAN January 20, 2018 It was 45 years ago Monday — on Jan. 22, 1973 — that the U.S. Supreme Court announced its 7-2 decision in Roe […]
USA: Imam Nasir represents Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at Detroit’s Interfaith Event
“Ahmadiyya Muslim community is peaceful community. We spread peace and abide by the laws of the land“. – Said Imam Shamshad A. Nasir of the Ahmadiyya Masjid Mahmood in Rochester Hills. Detroit Regional Interfaith Voice for Equity event was held on Jan 18th, 2018 at Serenity Christian Church (24120 N […]
Berlin’s Syrian poet: ‘More than just a refugee’
Acclaimed poet Widad Nabi speaks about her journey from Aleppo to Germany, the struggles she faced, and the power of writing Nabi has made a new life for herself in […]
There is something rotten in the state of Israel
Yossi Mekelberg | Published — Saturday 20 January 2018 Thousands of Israelis have been taking to the streets at the end of every single Jewish Sabbath for the past two […]
Wilders, Dutch far-right protesters decry Islam, government
#Politics Wilders’s party will compete in Rotterdam against Denk party, backed by Turkish and Moroccan communities Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, left, leads protest in Rotterdam on Saturday (AFP) MEE […]
How the Western media distorts the Middle East
Dr. Naif Alhadari | Published — Sunday 21 January 2018 How Western media covers Arab issues and events in the Islamic world, and their bias in any item that deals with the region’s politics or personalities, has become a phenomenon that is quite noticeable, especially when it has to do […]
Egyptian diplomacy and troubled waters on the Nile
Abdellatif El-Menawy | Published — Sunday 21 January 2018 Until recently, relations between Egypt and Ethiopia were governed by an agreement signed under the auspices of Britain in 1902, in […]
Several people killed after gunmen attack luxury hotel in Kabul
Afghan special forces kill two of the four attackers and surround building as night falls Emma Graham-Harrison, Haroon Janjua in Peshawar and agencies Sat 20 Jan 2018 Several people were […]
Syria: Turkey war planes launch strikes on Afrin
Source: BBC News Turkish war planes have launched air strikes on Kurdish positions in northern Syria, in a move likely to cause tensions with the US. Turkey wants to oust […]