Source: BBC The winners have been announced for a photography competition capturing wildlife and scenery from across the Galapagos Islands. Please see the pictures in BBC Suggested Reading and Viewing […]
Daniel Foppa Ressortleiter Inland @DFoppa14.08.2017 (Possible prohibition of the importation of Halal and Kosher Meat into Switzerland) (Halal and Kosher slaughter is already prohibited) When the National Council adopted the motion to ban imports of animal-induced products in June, the emotions were high in Romandy: (French speaking Switzerland) […]
By Luigi Jorio AUGUST 11, 2017 Mussie Zerai is often on the telephone helping migrants (Keystone) An Eritrean Catholic priest living in Switzerland says his efforts to save migrants’ lives show the need for nations to rescue more people trying to reach Europe through the Mediterranean. Nominated […]
After several hours of violence on Saturday, Trump finally stepped to the microphone to make a pathetically weak gesture in the vicinity of a statement condemning it, couched in the false equivalence of “both sides do it.” Josh Levin has it about right: image: http://wp.production.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/files/2016/04/racism550.jpg “We’re closely following the terrible events […]
Mid-August remains an annual reminder of the shared history and mutually assured destruction that binds India and Pakistan together Kunwar Khuldune Shahid in Lahore http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/india-pakistan-partition-violence-islam-hinduism-mutual-destruction-70-years-a7889606.html Pakistan came into being based on an idea, since dubbed the Two Nation Theory, that underlined, in no uncertain terms, that Hindus and Muslims were mutually antagonistic, different beings, […]
Source: ABNA Findings by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners indicate that 84 per cent of the people returning had been displaced within Syria, and the rest returned from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. Refugees returning from Turkey and Jordan reportedly returned mainly to Aleppo and Al Hasakeh […]
By: Edited Press Release Dublin, Ireland—Aug. 11 Team USA secured a definitive victory in the eighth and last leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Europe Division 1 League in Dublin today when producing the only 0 score in a hard-fought competition. On level pegging with the Irish at the […]
Source: The Local German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday slammed as “disgusting” the role of white supremacists in a violent protest in Virginia and an “evil attack” against counter-demonstrators that left one woman dead, her spokesman said. In sharply worded remarks, Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert expressed shock at the weekend rally […]
Source: The Local An inebriated American tourist was beaten up in the German city of Dresden after he repeatedly raised his arm to give the Nazi salute, police said Sunday.The 41-year-old American, who was lightly injured in the attack, is now under investigation for violating the law against the use […]
This bill board is on a highway in Multan. Paying tribute to one of the founding father of Pakistan Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan ( 1893-1985), who drafted the Lahore Resolution on March 23, 1940. He was first Foreign Minister of Pakistan, a world statesman, author of many books. ============================== Chaudhry Sir Muhammad […]
by: Salah Zaimeche Hama is famed for its huge water wheels and it produced great scholars in geography, mathematics, medicine and much more. Here we look at a few of […]
The number of suspected cases of cholera resulting from an epidemic in war-torn Yemen has reached 500,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. At least 1,975 people have died since the waterborne disease began to spread rapidly at the end of April. The WHO said the overall caseload had declined […]
Image captionThere were heavy rains overnight Dozens of people are feared trapped after a mudslide near Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. A hillside in the Regent area collapsed early on […]
Source: BBC Hundreds of people are feared dead and others trapped in their homes after a mudslide near Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. A hillside in the Regent area collapsed early on Monday following heavy rains leaving many houses completely covered in mud. A BBC reporter at the scene says many people may […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Recent tragedies in Charlottesville has shook the conscience of a nation wounded by racism once again. The […]
A friend of Heather Heyer who was killed in the Charlottesville car attack has spoken to the BBC. Please watch the video in BBC Suggested Reading To Refute the Hate-mongering […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Pakistani girls attend a ceremony at the mausoleum of founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, as national celebrates the Independence Day, in Karachi, Pakistan, Aug. […]
MANSHIYEH, Jordan A picture taken on August 4, 2017 shows displaced Syrian children, who fled from Daesh’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, receiving humanitarian aid delivered by UNICEF at a temporary camp (AFP Photo) Since his family fled civil war in Syria five years ago, 15-year-old Ali al-Sbehi hasn’t set foot […]
Source: CNN Their fight began as early as the late 19th century, when some took to the battlefields and one queen even led an armed rebellion against the British. They also fought a domestic battle against oppressive traditions, such as sati (the burning of a wife on her husband’s funeral […]
Source: The Guardian By Jonathan Freedland The notion that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is considering a run for president in 2020 seemed fanciful until the final days of last year, when he posted […]
