Source: The Times Islamic State used a Cardiff company to finance terror plots in the West and send money to its operatives.Military-grade surveillance equipment, which the FBI believed could be used for aerial targeting, was also sent to Madrid, The Sunday Times reported.Siful Sujan, a high-ranking Isis official who was […]
NYtimes.com 2017/08/19 LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Parliament is poised to pass the nation’s first law recognizing transgender people as equal citizens and laying out penalties for discrimination and violence against them, a surprising victory for activists in a country with deeply conservative social views. The Transgender Persons Protection of Rights […]
(A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen – Associate Chief Editor, The Muslim Times) – back to Switzerland and on to Thailand – and into polygamy). My wife […]
Source: Reuters KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistani soldiers on Saturday carried the flag-draped coffin of German-born Catholic nun Ruth Pfau to a state funeral where she was honored after devoting her […]
Source: NPR BY LAUREN FRAYER When children in Turkey head back to school this fall, something will be missing from their textbooks: any mention of evolution. The Turkish government is phasing […]
Source: Reuters By Doina Chiacu and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two prominent religious conservatives defended U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday after he was widely criticized for blaming both white […]
Source: NPR By SARAH MCCAMMON A group of alumni from one of the country’s most influential evangelical Christian universities is condemning their school’s president for his continued alignment with President Trump. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey August 18 Evangelical author Eric Metaxas (left) and megachurch pastor A.R. Bernard (right) at the White House on May 4, 2017. (Photo courtesy of […]
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley August 20 at 4:09 PM BARCELONA — In the aftermath of Europe’s latest terrorist attack , a set of familiar tensions clouded this sunny, vibrant city Sunday . Some […]
Source: BBC News The head of the Philippines Catholic Church has criticised the government’s bloody campaign against drugs. Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle condemned “those who kill even the helpless”. Police […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday urged countries to greatly improve their welcome to migrants and stop collective expulsions, saying migrants’ dignity […]
Source: The New York Times By ROD NORDLAND and FATIMA FAIZI KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan singer and pop star Aryana Saeed, as famous here for her curve-hugging costumes as she is for […]
Source: CNN By Jessica Suerth Updated 1059 GMT (1859 HKT) August 21, 2017 (CNN) More than 150 years after the Civil War ended, the Confederacy is memorialized with statues, monuments […]
Reuters International AUGUST 20, 2017 www.swissinfo.ch Mala Bakhtiar, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK’s) Politburo Executive Secretary speaks during an interview with Reuters in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq August 19, […]
President says Russian, Iranian aid crucial to recovery of territory By Reuters – Aug 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A handout photo released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency […]
Aug 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré The scale of human suffering currently engulfing drought-stricken Somalia is almost indescribable. It is difficult to find words to convey the devastation and misery gripping the country, now in the midst of a prolonged period of record-low rainfall. I watched emaciated herds of […]
One factor common amongst these attackers is their youth: the alleged offender in the Barcelona attack, Younes Abouyaaqoub, is 22 years old. The suspected terrorists shot dead by police in Cambrils were aged between 17 and 24 Imam Qari Asim 330 comments This week has seen three terror attacks in […]
How many times denser than the average black hole would a chap need to be to accuse a man – who has devoted himself to unravelling truths hidden deep within […]
(A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen – Associate Chief Editor, The Muslim Times) – on to Switzerland and Antigua and Barbuda). Well, after this most strange transfer […]
Source: CDC A total solar eclipse—when the moon completely covers the sun—will be visible from coast to coast on August 21, 2017. This amazing event lasts only about 2 minutes […]