The health benefits of coffee
Source: BBC Food By Nicola Shubrook Coffee is a brewed drink prepared using roasted coffee beans which are taken from the berries of the Coffea plant. There are two main species of coffee beans […]
Catalan referendum: ‘Hundreds hurt’ as police try to stop voters
Source: BBC News Catalan emergency officials say 761 people have been injured as police used force to try to block voting in Catalonia’s independence referendum. The Spanish government has pledged […]
Could wood pulp make cars lighter and more efficient?
Source: BBC News By Virginia Harrison Business reporter, Singapore Car parts of the future could be made out of a surprising material. Wood. Researchers in Japan are working to create […]
Abu Ghraib: The legacy of torture in the war on terror
Abu Ghraib prison was closed in 2014, but its horrendous legacy lives on. Black strips placed by censors mask the identity of detainees in an undated combination of photos from Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison released in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit [Reuters] By Maha Hilal @mahmooha2013 Dr Maha […]
Canada: Edmonton Terrorist Attack, cop stabbed
EDMONTON—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning violent events in Edmonton as a “terrorist attack” following a chaotic night that saw a police officer stabbed and several pedestrians run down with a cube van. Edmonton police said they have arrested a 30-year-old man and they think he acted alone. But police […]
Wives of IS Fighters: A German Love Story Goes Awry in the ‘Caliphate’
A student from Germany followed her husband to Syria to join Islamic State. Now the 29 year old is stuck in an Iraqi army camp for prisoners of war with her three children as she awaits her fate: either a return to Germany or draconian punishment. By Katrin Kuntz (Text) […]
Ghana wakes up and smells the coffee
Sunday October 1 2017 A man holds a colander full of dried Robusta coffee cherries before the beans are removed from their peel in the village of Leklebi Agbesia in the Volta Region of Ghana on August 23, 2017. Ghanaian coffee is a matter of heritage and personal pride for […]
Muslim-American Massachusetts activist launches run for Congress
Scott Malone FILE PHOTO: Nadeem Mazen, Cambridge city councillor, Muslim and founder of JetPAC, speaks to students in the AP Government class at Al-Noor Islamic high school in Mansfield, Massachusetts, U.S. February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – A two-term Cambridge, Massachusetts, city councilor and founder of […]
Secret Teacher: we must play our part in giving Muslim students a voice
Terrorist attacks and negative media portrayals of Islam make it hard for young British Muslims to find their place in society, but teachers can help Read more from the Secret Teacher ‘What happens when they see their religion being hijacked by terrorists and represented in a way that is unrecognisable […]
Austrian police force women to uncover their faces as country’s ‘burka ban’ comes into force
Generally, scarves, clown disguises and medical masks will be banned in public Restrictions are aimed at ‘ensuring the cohesion of society in an open society’ They came into force today and anyone violating the rules will get a €150 fine By Gareth Davies and Keiran Southern For Mailonline Published: 12:44 […]
Only a partitioned island will bring the dispute between Turkish and Greek Cypriots to an end
In one of its worst strategic decisions ever, the European Union (sadly, with UK acquiescence) had agreed that Cyprus should join the EU on 1 May 2004, whether agreement had […]
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles on the anticipated genetic revolution
For our collection of articles about genetics please find the tab under the main menu Religion & Science DNA surgery on embryos removes disease Source: BBC News By James Gallagher; Health […]
Ghana: 90-year-old denied bride for being an ahmadiyya muslim
File photo A 90-year-old man, Sadick Ohene Adu, is demanding a refund of money paid as dowry to the family of his bride, after they refused to allow her to […]
Turkish clout in Balkans creates jitters in some European capitals
YUNUS PAKSOY @yunuspaksoy ANKARA Turkey’s development projects, soft power activities and growing economic operations in the Balkans, especially over the past 15 years, have sounded alarm bells in some European capitals as Turkish influence has led to one-sided verbal skirmishes from time to time. Ankara has sought ways to implement […]
Iraq offering to pay KRG gov’t employees in full in return for Kirkuk oil: PM Abadi
REUTERS BAGHDAD Iraqi premier-designate Haider al-Abadi speaks at his first press conference since accepting the nomination to be Iraq’s next prime minister, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 25, 2014. (AP Photo) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Saturday pressed the case for the central government in Baghdad to receive the revenue […]
‘Arabs should not miss Iraq, Syria rebuild opportunity’
By JT – Sep 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Industry, Trade and Supply Minister Yarub Qudah on Saturday called on Arab stakeholders to take the initiative and compete for the largest possible share in project worth $2 trillion, designed for Iraq and Syria rebuild schemes, the Jordan News Agency, […]
Objects of exile : The special objects young immigrants hold close to their hearts
By Photo Editor Helen James and Stefania Summermatter This content was published on September 30, 2017 11:00 AMSep 30, 2017 – 11:00 A Chilean photographer who came to Switzerland as […]
Russia was the target of Nato’s own fake news
Military and media reports hyped the Zapad military exercise as a major threat. In fact, what took place was nothing as dramatic as the West’s warnings would have led you to believe Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices Friday 22 September 2017 Russian military jets fly over Moscow in August during Zapad-17 AP Whatever happened to the imminent outbreak […]
What Should Trump Do About the Kurds?
By Michael Rubin On 10/1/17 This article first appeared on the American Enterprise Institute site. On September 25, Iraqi Kurdistan held an independence referendum not only in its recognized territory, […]
S. Arabia: The Brave Female Activists Who Fought to Lift Driving Ban
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/29/brave-female-activists-who-fought-lift-saudi-arabias-driving-ban By Rothna Begum Researcher, Women’s Rights DivisionRothna_BegumAfter more than two decades of campaigning, Saudi women activists are celebrating a long-awaited victory: the right to drive a car. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman decreed this week that women will be allowed to drive, ending the kingdom’s status as the only country in the […]