Source: The Guardian BY Gareth Hutchens Cabinet appoints former Liberal minister to examine consequences of any changes in light of impending legalisation of marriage equality Philip Ruddock has been appointed to […]
Source: CNN After coalition talks to form a new government unexpectedly collapsed late on Sunday, dealing a blow to longtime Chancellor Angela Merkel, it was President Steinmeier — a man more accustomed to unveiling monuments than dirtying his hands with parliamentary politics — who was given the unenviable task of […]
Source: Reuters BY Ellen Francis, Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday shelved his decision to resign as prime minister at the request of President Michel Aoun, easing […]
Source: Assoicated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has added in a private meeting with Myanmar’s military chief during his upcoming trip to the region in […]
Source: CNN By Laura Jarrett, CNN Washington (CNN)The Justice Department is actively investigating Harvard University’s use of race in its admissions policies and has concluded the school is “out of compliance” […]
Source: CNN By Tamara Qiblawi and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Beirut (CNN)Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Wednesday he was putting his resignation on hold, more than two weeks after he shocked the […]
Source: Reuters BY Antoni Slodkowski, Yimou Lee YANGON/NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Members of the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday operations carried out against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar had “all the hallmarks” […]
Source: New York Times By Maya Salam Not to rain on our Thanksgiving Day parade, but the story of the first Thanksgiving, as most Americans have been taught it, is […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada, the United States, some of the Caribbean islands, and […]
Source: Associated Press By MUNEEZA NAQVI NEW DELHI (AP) — A member of India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party offered 100 million rupees ($1.5 million) to anyone who beheads the lead […]
Source: BBC News Shaimaa Ahmed, a 25-year-old known professionally as Shyma, was arrested by Egyptian police on Saturday on suspicion of “inciting debauchery”. It came after the racy video for her song, I Have Issues, sparked outrage in the socially conservative country. She has apologised to people who took the […]
Source: The Guardian BY Ruth Maclean West Africa correspondent and agencies Dozens of people have been killed by a suicide bomb attack during morning prayers in a mosque in north-east Nigeria. Boko […]
Source: Associated Press KEHRORE PAKKA, Pakistan (AP) — Kausar Parveen struggles through tears as she remembers the blood-soaked pants of her 9-year-old son, raped by a religious cleric. Each time […]
Source: NJ.com By Sara Jerde sjerde@njadvancemedia.com, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com A New Jersey atheist group best known for its national billboard campaign against Christmas now has its hackles up over an event that it calls unconstitutional […]
Source: Associated Presss By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER HONOLULU (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the latest travel ban to take full effect. […]
By JT – Nov 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – His Majesty King Abdullah receives a delegation from the World Council of Churches in Amman on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Royal […]
By Reuters – Nov 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pose during a trilateral meeting on […]
The legacy of the vicious Bosnian war still haunts the region nearly two decades on Will Gore @willjgore Ratko Mladic has been brought to justice – but the international community could […]
Nov 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The declaration by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) that it is freezing all communication with the US, following the Trump administration’s decision to close its diplomatic mission in Washington is play acting. Although concern has been expressed that cutting communication would […]
Source: Auburn Pub.com Justin Ritzel justin.ritzel@lee.net SYRACUSE — What is it like to work for ESPN when the line between sports and politics has blurred? Adnan Virk, a sportscaster for […]