Source: CNN On November 12, Asgardia cemented its presence in outer space by launching the Asgardia-1 satellite. The “nanosat” — it is roughly the size of a loaf of bread — undertook a two-day journey from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, the United States, to the International Space Station […]
Source: CNN Rome (CNN)The two struck a striking figure: the Pope in his white cassock and his snazzy new ride with its white gleam. This photo was taken Wednesday at the Vatican as Pope Francis was gifted with a special edition Lamborghini Huracan. It shows the Pope signing the hood […]
Source: CNN Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — “Eight hundred,” says the auctioneer. “900 … 1,000 … 1,100 …” Sold. For 1,200 Libyan dinars — the equivalent of $800. Not a used car, a piece of land, or an item of furniture. Not “merchandise” at all, but two human beings. One of […]
Mohamad Bazzi For The Straits Times Published The Middle East suddenly hurtled towards a regional conflict over the past week, after Saudi Arabia charged that a missile fired at its capital from Yemen was provided to rebels by Iran and constituted “an act of war”. “Iran cannot lob missiles at […]
Recent moves by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, have exploited and exacerbated the Middle East’s deep sectarian divides. Laura King and Nabih BulosContact Reporter From the rocky Mediterranean coast […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 15, 2017 FILE PHOTO: Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic appears in court at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 15, 2017 Muslims attend evening prayer at the Bajrakli mosque in the district of Dorcol in Belgrade, Serbia July 9, 2013. REUTERS/Marko […]
Source: Swiss Info By Saad Sayeed RABWAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – Crammed into buses and mini-vans, more than 10,000 Pakistanis travelled to a mosque on the outskirts of the small Punjabi […]
This content was published on November 15, 2017 5:08 PMNov 15, 2017 – 17:08 Pakistan’s foreign minister was not diplomatic about India in his acceptance speech (Geneva School of Diplomacy) While accepting an honorary doctorate from the Geneva School of Diplomacy, Pakistan’s foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif called India […]
Ben De Pear 15 Nov 2017 Welcome to the new Zimbabwe! It’s a lot like the old one from before – so said a friend in Harare as news spread that what is called a “bloodless correction” has restored Zimbabwe’s Chimurenga – struggle or war vet generation to supremacy. The […]
Nov 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Even though the plight of the Palestinian refugees gets at times forgotten amidst the growing refugee crisis worldwide, they cannot forget their predicament, and neither should the international community whose complicity or inaction gave rise to their dispossession. It is the West that robbed […]
Nov 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Tehran was a show of solidarity with Iran at a time the country is facing […]
Nov 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab In a moving ceremony held at the Free Evangelical Church in Amman’s Khalda neighbourhood on November 14, members of evangelical churches in Palestine and Jordan announced the creation of a unified coordinating alliance, made up of: the Council of Local Evangelical Churches […]
By Mohammad Ghazal – Nov 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES The Red Sea- Dead Sea project is planned to generate more water for Jordan and save the Dead Sea (Photo courtesy […]
Source: BBC News Why would anyone donate their eggs to help a stranger have a child? Elaine Chong explains her reasons. I first heard about egg donation when I was […]
Source: CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN)More than 16,000 scientists from 184 countries have published a second warning to humanity advising that we need to change our wicked ways to help […]
Source: The New Yorker By Christina Binkley November 13, 2017 Mattel’s Barbie modelled on the American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad has muscular legs and wears a hijab. Photograph courtesy Mattel In 1959, the […]
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities in China’s far western region of Xinjiang have in recent months detained up to 30 relatives of an exiled ethnic Uighur leader, Rebiya Kadeer, […]
Source: The Guardian BY Kareem Shaheen and Gokce Saracoglu in Istanbul Bill allowing Muslim clerics to conduct civil marriages passed despite protests amid fears it could lead to more child brides President […]
Source: Associated Press By MENELAOS HADJICOTSIS NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — At over 60 meters (200 feet) high, the four black-coned minarets of the nearly completed Hala Sultan mosque tower over […]