Voyager: Inside the world’s greatest space mission
Source: BBC News By Richard Hollingham In a beige-coloured cubicle, on the ground floor of a nondescript suburban office block in Pasadena, California, history is being made. In fact, […]
Trump pushes debunked ‘pig’s blood’ myth, hours after Barcelona attack
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has invoked a debunked myth about a general who fought Islamist militants by using pig’s blood to commit mass executions. The president’s tweet […]
Israel’s response to Charlottesville hasn’t been as clear as you might have expected
Source: The Washington Post By Loveday Morris and Ruth Eglash August 16 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Aug. 13. (Dan Balilty/Reuters) As neo-Nazis and white supremacists […]
Hell on Earth: Libyan Camps for Refugees Are Not the Answer
There are many who would like to see migrants sheltered in reception camps in Libya. But a recent report compiled by European Union diplomats who visited the country reveals that […]
Lebanese army finds surface-to-air missile in Nusra Front arms cache-security source
Reuters International AUGUST 18, 2017 www.swissinfo.ch BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese army found a surface-to-air missile (SAM) in a weapons cache left by Nusra Front militants after it took over some of the jihadists’ positions in northeast Lebanon, a Lebanese security source said on Friday. The cache also […]
AROSA – JEWISH GUESTS: Swiss tourist industry challenged by cultural differences
By Simon Bradley AUGUST 16, 2017 4:56 PMAUG 16, 2017 – 16:56 A Chinese tourist walks through the Swiss mountain resort of Lauterbrunnen (Keystone) The recent incident at an Arosa hotel, which had put up a sign instructing Jewish guests to shower before using the swimming pool, has raised […]
National President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Spain Condemns tragic & barbaric attacks in Barcelona
Source: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/842511/las-ramblas-barcelona-gunmen-in-restaurant-terror-spain Abdul Razzaq, National President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Spain, said: “The victims of the tragic and barbaric attacks in Barcelona and their families are in our special thoughts and prayers. “To harm the innocent is never acceptable and goes against the teachings of Islam, the Holy Qur’an and […]
Glimpses into the life of a Global Nomad – Part Four
PART FOUR In August 1966, my divorce from Barbara came through. In Rabwah I had theclosest contact to Sahibzada Mirza Mubarak Ahmad, the son of the second Khalifaand the […]
Egypt blocks Algerian humanitarian-aid convoy into Gaza
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Egyptian security forces stand guard at the border as Palestinian Muslim pilgrims arrive at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip, […]
Jordan visit: Erdogan in new push for Syria peace
MENEKSE TOKYAY | Published — Saturday 19 August 2017 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to supporters after attending Friday prayers in Istanbul. (AP) ANKARA: The conflict in Syria will […]
Program launched to help 200 young Saudi men and women marry
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 19 August 2017 The program helps 200 low-income brides and grooms marry by providing financial aid and charity programs to build stable families. JEDDAH: […]
‘Voice of reason:’ Arab tweeps welcome Qatar’s Sheikh Abdullah as possible mediator to end rift with Doha
Aisha Fareed | Arab News Staff | Published — Saturday 19 August 2017 Qatar’s Sheikh Abdullah Ali Al-Thani. (Photo courtesy: social media) JEDDAH: Following a series of high profile meetings with the Saudi leadership which resulted in King Salman ordering the easing of border restrictions and offering to cover all […]
Two young Arab leaders to keep an eye on
Aug 17,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI If you were looking for a single moment that captured the peculiar nature of leadership and how history is determined in […]
US forces to stay in Syria for decades, say militia allies
By Reuters – Aug 17,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Smoke rises after an air strike during fighting between members of the Syrian Democratic Forces and Daesh militants in Raqqa, Syria, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) AIN ISSA, Syria — Washington’s main Syrian ally in the fight against the Daesh terror group […]
Trump’s claim that a general dipped bullets in pigs’ blood is fake news – but the US massacre of Moro Muslims isn’t
Pershing had left the islands and the Philippine-US war was officially over when the Americans slaughtered the Moro Muslims in their hundreds – men, women and children. With Trump-like enthusiasm, Republican President Theodore Roosevelt congratulated the US commanders on their ‘brilliant feat of arms’ Robert Fisk @indyvoices I don’t know […]
‘I have wrinkles, he has freshness.
Source: Daily Mail The wife of French President Emmanuel Macron today spoke for the first time about being married to a man 25 years her junior, saying: ‘The only problem is that he’s younger than me’.In a brutally honest interview, 64-year-old Brigitte Macron admitted that she was reminded of the […]
Confused by fasting?
Source: Daily Mail Confused by fasting? You are not alone. Yet, the below guide takes you through the different diets available and how you could benefit from cutting calories. The health benefits of embracing, rather than fearing, hunger have been increasingly recognised and are challenging the traditional three-meal, two-snack mindset.Fasting, whether […]
Steve Bannon fired as Trump White House’s top strategist
Source: BBC Mr Bannon is known to have competed for influence in the West Wing against more moderate factions, including members of the Trump family.He told the Bloomberg TV network: “I’m leaving the White House and going to war for Trump against his opponents – on Capitol Hill, in the […]
New Ahmadiyya Mosque in city of Giessen Germany
By Zubair Khan Khalifa of Islam His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, while visitng Germany soon will be inaugurating the newly built Ahmadiyya Mosque in the city of Giessen.