Source: Reuters BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – Jewish groups in Europe and the United States expressed alarm at the success of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Sunday’s parliamentary election and urged other parties not to form alliances with it. But a leading member of the AfD, which won 12.6 […]
Source: The New York Times By MICHAEL D. SHEAR WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday issued a new order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries, […]
AMNA EHTESHAM KHAISHGI | Published — Monday 25 September 2017 LAHORE: Every afternoon for 20 years, Huzaifa Ahmad’s mother opened the door of her home in Lahore and fed dozens of people who had nothing to eat. “All of us in the family were instructed not to take more […]
Columns Chris Doyle | Published — Sunday 24 September 2017 50 years on, stereotypes of Arab world still linger Fifty years ago, an opinion poll found that 98 percent of the British population knew little or nothing about the Arab world. This was a prime concern for the newly created […]
Source: Arab News By Nidhal Guessoum, who is a professor of physics and astronomy at the American University of Sharjah, UAE. A new trend has developed and grown fast in the Arab world: People rejecting basic scientific knowledge on the grounds that it comes from the West (which “cannot be […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN Published20 hours ago Demonstrators protest against the anti-immigration party AfD after German general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2017.(REUTERS Photo) Major Jewish groups have expressed alarm and dismay that the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany has won seats in Germany’s parliament. German Central Council of Jews […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL A Turkish military helicopter flies near the Habur border gate between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurdish region in Şırnak province, Turkey. (AA Photo) The Iraqi government asked the Kurdish Regional Government on Sunday to hand over international border posts and its international airports, retaliating […]
Source: Huffington Post “We don’t have the resources to meet the demand through the public system of care. I wish we did.” By Lindsay Holmes, Beth Shelburne 09/20/2017 05:46 am […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla, Chris McGonigal Days after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit central Mexico, residents are in part turning to prayer and spirituality to cope with the devastation. […]
Source: Time By Jill Colvin and Matthew Lee / AP Updated: 4:53 AM ET | Originally published: 7:55 PM ET (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing […]
Source: BBC News The Myanmar authorities have accused Muslim Rohingya militants of killing 28 Hindu villagers whose bodies were allegedly found in a mass grave. The army says the bodies […]
Source: Chicago Tribune Several dozen tradition-minded Roman Catholic theologians, priests and academics have formally accused Pope Francis of spreading heresy with his 2016 opening to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics. In a […]
Source: Time BY Nash Jenkins Sep 22, 2017 Republicans in Alabama will go to the polls Tuesday to choose their party’s candidate for the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions […]
Source: Time BY Aric Jenkins Updated: Sep 23, 2017 6:28 PM ET President Donald Trump has three suggestions to fix the NFL: stop disciplining players for hard hits, boycott games when […]
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin Sep 22, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. This week marks one year since world leaders met at the United Nations General Assembly in New York […]
A Saudi cleric who said women should not be allowed to drive because they have a “quarter” of the brainpower of men has been banned from preaching, the government said on Friday. https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/9/22/saudi-cleric-suspended-for-calling-women-quarter-brained Saad al-Hijri was suspended from leading prayers and all other religious activity in the southern province of […]
UNICEF congratulate government for bold and positive step By Mahmoud Al Abed – Sep 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Children inside a classroom at Zaatri refugee camp, host to tens of […]
The country is outraged that Colin Firth has abandoned us to become Italian, but we could all take a lesson from his pragmatic attitude and realise that nationality is meaningless except when it comes to travelling without a visa Rae Bathgate Saying that nationality means nothing is a bit like declaring […]
While their neighbours are busy building weapons, the Kurds are taking in refugees, yet many Middle Eastern countries as well as the UK and the US seem to be opposed to Kurdish independence Mohammed Ali The Kurds deserve a chance to speak up about their own independence Reuters Often enough […]
For 20 years, Switzerland has been helping asylum seekers who choose to return to their home countries. The government is positive that giving money and advice to people to return home is part and parcel of a credible asylum policy. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) For the government Switzerland’s repatriation program is a success story. It says, helping […]