The Diplomat: Last week, a court in Pakistan’s Punjab province sentenced to death three men of the persecuted Ahmadi community on charges of violating the country’s blasphemy law. According to a spokesperson for the Ahmadi community, “The convicted men were trying to take down a poster, which had anti-Ahmadi slogans and text that […]
Reuters International This content was published on October 21, 2017 5:02 PMOct 21, 2017 – 17:02 FILE PHOTO: A sign warns of surveillance at the International Arrival area, on the day that U.S. President Donald Trump’s limited travel ban, approved by the U.S. Supreme Court, goes into effect, at […]
Reuters International This content was published on October 22, 2017 10:24 AMOct 22, 2017 – 10:24 FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees, who crossed the border from Myanmar two days before, walk […]
This content was published on October 21, 2017 Psychological distress can often cause physical symptoms such as pain and difficulty breathing in asylum-seekers, the researchers found.(Keystone) Asylum-seekers often experience traumatic events before migrating to Europe, but even after they obtain refugee status, stressful conditions can foster or exacerbate mental health […]
By Reuters – Oct 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian Democratic Forces fighters ride atop of military vehicle as they celebrate victory in Raqqa, Syria, on Tuesday (Reuters photo) WASHINGTON — The defeat of the Daesh terror group in its de facto capital Raqqa may only be the start of a […]
Oct 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL While the Arab world is deep in unrest, Israel is insidiously working to implant more settlements in the West Bank, which Israel occupied in […]
Source: The Guardian By Ashifa Kassam in Toronto Justin Trudeau has said it is not the government’s business to tell a woman what or what not to wear after the Canadian province […]
Source: Time BY Feliz Solomon / Dhaka, Bangladesh 12:06 AM ET U.N. agencies convene Monday in Geneva to request a sum of $434 million to fund a massive emergency response to the Rohingya refugee crisis in eastern Bangladesh, where nearly 600,000 people have crossed the border after fleeing recent violence in Myanmar. […]
Source: Time (STERLING, Va.) — President Donald Trump says the end of the Islamic State “is in sight” after the militant group was driven out of Raqqa, its self-declared capital […]
Source: BBC News Jimmy Carter, George HW Bush, Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama appear together at a concert to raise funds for hurricane-hit areas. The past leaders […]
thestar.com By JENNIFER YANGIdentity and Inequality Reporter Sun., Oct. 22, 2017 Ayman Elkasrawy got the phone call late on a Sunday night in February. An incredulous friend was on the line, with a strange and troubling question. “Did you pray for the killing of the Jews?” The friend sent him an […]
Scientists say Bali’s Mount Agung volcano is set to blow. Previous major volcanic eruptions have had a cooling effect on the climate, with one even leading to what became known as the “year without a summer.” Plunging temperatures, snow, freezing rain and gloomy days devoid of sunshine – such was […]
Reuters International This content was published on October 22, 2017 FILE PHOTO: A fighter of Syrian Democratic Forces stands amidst the ruins of buildings near the Clock Square in […]
ALICIA BULLER | Published — Saturday 21 October 2017 SVETI STEFAN: Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne wants Saudis to visit and invest in his hurricane-battered country. He is considering bringing halal standards to the islands for the first time in a bid to attract more Arabs visitors. In […]
Rodolfo C. Estimo Jr. | Published — Sunday 22 October 2017 RIYADH: The OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) will hold its 4th international seminar on “The Role of […]
Oct 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi Judging by the recent events and developments on the Iraqi Kurdish front, it appears that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), under the […]
Kurdish leaders before the referendum and Brexiteers before the vote in 2016 could paint their critics as unpatriotic. Compromise becomes impossible even when the alternative is to disappear over a cliff edge Patrick Cockburn @indyworld Iraq sends artillery into Kirkuk after taking it back from the semi-independent Kurdistan Regional Government […]
The Progress 1000: London’s most influential people 2017 – Social Pillars: Faith Source: Evening Standard The Queen Defender of the Faith This year, Queen Elizabeth II became the first British […]
Source: BBC News The world’s first floating wind farm has started delivering electricity to the Scottish grid. Five giant turbines have been tethered to the seabed about 15 miles from […]
Source: Dawn BY Ali Akbar Speaking at a Khatm-i-Nabuwwat Conference in Peshawar on Wednesday and campaigning for the NA-4 seat at the same time, the emir of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), […]