‘We will remember this’: US slams UN Jerusalem vote – video
Source: The Guardian The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, speaks at an emergency session of the general assembly ahead of a vote criticising Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem […]
Opioid Crisis Could Be Biggest Hit To U.S. Life Expectancy In A Century, CDC Say
Source: Huffington Post By Nick Wing The average American life expectancy ticked downward for the second straight year in 2016, on the back of surging drug overdose deaths, according to […]
Despite Haley threat, UN votes to condemn Trump’s Jerusalem decision
Source: CNN The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel despite threats from the US to pull funding from the world body. Some 128 countries voted for the resolution, while nine voted “no,” and 35 nations abstained, including Canada, […]
Separatist parties in Spain’s Catalonia win majority in election
Source: CNN “The Catalan Republic has won,” he announced in Brussels in the early hours of Friday morning. “The Spanish government was defeated.” The Spanish government had called an early election in the hope of quelling the separatist movement, whose push for independence triggered the country’s worst political crisis in […]
The embryo is just a year younger than the mother who birthed her
Source: CNN By December, she was on medication to do a “mock transfer”: essentially a series of medical examinations to see whether her uterus would be physically capable of receiving an implanted embryo. In January, the tests were complete, and though Tina required a small procedure to remove a polyp […]
How Saudi Arabia prepares for Women Drivers: Women driving in Saudi Arabia: Important questions answered
ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 17 December 2017 JEDDAH: The General Department of Traffic (GDT) and commanders of road security forces have prepared everything needed to enable the […]
World countries support justice despite intimidation
SOURCE: JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Might does not make right. This was expressed clearly by the vast majority of the world countries when they defied pressure and intimidation and voted at […]
Indonesian police warn Islamists against raids in search of Santa hats
Reuters International This content was published on December 21, 2017 Mobile brigade policemen on motorbikes ride through the business district ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta (reuters_tickers) JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police appealed on Thursday for tolerance and respect for […]
US’s financial threats fail to intimidate international community on Jerusalem
ŞEYMA NAZLI GÜRBÜZ @SeymNazli ISTANBUL People gather at the General Assembly, prior to a vote, Thursday, Dec. 21, at the United Nations headquarters. The U.S. has found itself alone following a U.N. vote condemning Trump’s move on Jerusalem, with a large majority of the international community positioning itself opposite the […]
Former US intelligence agents teach Emiratis how to spy, report says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AFP Photo Former intelligence agents of the United States are teaching their professional expertise to intelligence officers of the United Arab Emirates, according to an official course schedule reviewed by Foreign Policy. Foreign Policy’s latest exclusive report published on Thursday said that Emiratis are being trained […]
UN says ‘one minute’ to Donald Trump
THE EDITORIAL BOARD ISTANBUL The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted 128-9 in favor of a resolution calling on the United States to withdraw its decision to recognize Jerusalem […]
Pakistan :Attaul Haq Qasmi resigns as PTV head to avoid allegations
Imported sexual enhancement drugs worth 150,000 rupees from UK and US every month. His salary was 1.5 million a month, spent millions on his own publicity. Has been given a new name ‘qasmi viagara’. Corruption at its worst in PTV, evidence has been gathered. Was kind and generous with female […]
Anti-Israel protests in Berlin, by immigrants, dismay German officials
Source: The Washington Post By Rick Noack and Luisa Beck December 20 at 4:49 PM BERLIN — Protests against Israel, sparked by President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as its capital, are once again forcing […]
Hindu nationalists warn Christian missionary schools they celebrate Christmas ‘at their own risk’
Source: The Telegraph BY Rahul Bedi, new delhi 21 DECEMBER 2017 • 10:20AM A Right-wing Hindu revivalist organisation has warned Christian missionary schools in northern India that they celebrate Christmas at “their own risk” as […]
Reza Aslan’s ‘God: A Human History’
Source: The New York Times By EMMA GREEN A word of advice to the religiously curious: Don’t trust any history of God that has only 171 pages of text. Reza Aslan’s […]
Finsbury Park van attack: why an imam saved a terror suspect
Source: The Guardian BY Burhan Wazir ‘Muslims are portrayed in an unfavourable light in the media’ … Mohammed Mahmoud at his mosque. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian On a humid evening in June, Mohammed Mahmoud, the 31-year-old imam of the Muslim Welfare House in Finsbury Park, north London, finished tarawih, the evening […]
After U.S. veto, U.N. General Assembly to meet on Jerusalem status
Source: Reuters BY Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The 193-member United Nations General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday at the request of Arab and […]
BBC to increase religious coverage to better represent all faiths
Source: The Guardian BY Nicola Slawson The BBC is set to increase its coverage of religions after a year-long review found that people of all faiths were “often absent, poorly presented or […]
Twitter suspends Britain First leaders
Source: BBC News Twitter has suspended the accounts of two leaders of a British far-right group shortly after revising its rules on hate speech. Paul Golding, Britain First’s leader, and […]
EU laws do not cover Sharia divorce, says ECJ
Source: BBC News A couple in Germany who divorced in a Sharia court in Syria cannot have their divorce validated under EU law, Europe’s top court has ruled. The European […]