Source: BBC News Australian political leaders, including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, have come out in support of a campaign for same-sex marriage. More than 20,000 people gathered in Sydney to […]
Source: BBC News China, the world’s biggest car market, plans to ban the production and sale of diesel and petrol cars and vans. The country’s vice minister of industry said […]
Source: BBC News Parts of the city of Miami are under water as Hurricane Irma heads for mainland Florida, triggering storm surges across the south of the state. The category […]
By Samuel Jaberg, Stefania Summermatter This content was published on August 23, 2017 The cost of the mosque is expected to be around CHF8 million (http://www.mosqueefribourg.ch) A Muslim association is planning to construct a luxurious mosque in canton Fribourg. The five-storey building will house two prayer rooms, a school, […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo In his address before heads of states and representatives from predominantly Muslim countries, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged Muslims around the world Sunday to unite […]
I am an old man in the apogee of my days and that’s why I know we are on the cusp of war – if not in North Korea then somewhere else – simply because of the way we have allowed society to become. As a young man in uniform, […]
Sep 09,2017 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL According to recent UN reports, Gaza has become a sinking boat, with poverty, unemployment and environmental concerns reaching unprecedented dangerous levels. Reports now say overall unemployment in the coastal Palestinian enclave has topped 41 per cent; more alarmingly, unemployment among the youth, a huge, restive, portion […]
Qatari and Saudi leaders express willingness to start talks in phone call, but apparent protocol dispute causes hiccup. Mohammed bin Salman and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani [Getty] Saudi Arabia says plans to hold talks with Qatar have been suspended, shortly after the emergence of reports that a phone call […]
Saudi Arabia ARAB NEWS | Published — Friday 10 September 2010 JEDDAH: Euphoria generated by Friday’s phone call between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani was punctured within minutes by distorted news reports from the state-run Qatar News Agency (QNA). During the […]
Clinton’s honesty – two words which when combined will make some of her haters choke – liberates her not just to critique herself, but also anyone else she thinks contributed to her loss David Usborne New York @dusborne 58 comments There is little point writing a tell-all if you are not […]
By AFP – Sep 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi mechanics work in a garage in east Mosul on Wednesday, as they repair vehicles that were damaged during the offensive to retake Iraq’s second-largest city from Daesh (AFP photo) MOSUL, Iraq — Two months since Iraqi forces recaptured Mosul […]
Source: The Guardian North Queensland MP George Christensen, who brought the motion to the federal conference, argued it was needed for security reasons A motion to ban the burqa was […]
Source: Huffington Post This natural phenomenon occurs after extremely powerful storms. By Carla Herreria Hurricane Irma is so powerful, it sucked the ocean away from beaches in the Bahamas on […]
Source: Huffington Post By David Hinckley , Contributor “[Ending DACA] turns our beloved immigrants into political hockey pucks, and they shouldn’t be.” 09/05/2017 05:29 pm ET Updated 4 days ago BRENDAN MCDERMID / […]
Source: Huffington Post A new study reveals major changes to the American religious landscape in recent decades. By Antonia Blumberg CHIP SOMODEVILLA VIA GETTY IMAGES Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump […]
Source: Time BY Markham Heid Aug 10, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. In the fitness world, the word “miracle” gets thrown around like a two-pound dumbbell. But when […]
Source: Time BY Jay Reeves, Tamara Lush / AP Updated: 7:04 PM ET (NAPLES, Fla.) — Hurricane Irma’s leading edges whipped palm trees and kicked up the surf as the […]
By JIM BRONSKILLThe Canadian Press Fri., Sept. 8, 2017 OTTAWA—The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the path for extradition of two B.C. residents to India to face murder charges in a so-called honour killing. A mother and uncle accused in the so-called “honour” killing of Jaswinder Sidhu (left), from […]
God is offended, but He will stop Hurricane Irma if the Supreme Court bans abortion and gay marriage, according to controversial Pastor Kevin Swanson. Swanson, a darling of the right-wing who hosts a popular radio program for conservative Christians, says we can stop Hurricane Irma if we can convince the […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 25 July 2017 Photo: rawpixel/Depositphotos More than a third of immigrants living in Switzerland say they have experienced discrimination, but most feel their lives have improved here, […]