South African child ‘virtually cured’ of HIV
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News, Paris Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe child caught the infection from its mother around the time of birth A […]
Five injured in Swiss chainsaw attack
Source: ET GENEVA: A man armed with a chainsaw injured at least five people in an attack in a Swiss town on Monday, local media reported. The Blick news site said police, ambulances and a helicopter had rushed to the scene in Schaffhausen and had sealed off the area. Witnesses, including a […]
Eclipsing the plight of blasphemy: Aasia Bibi campaign sees light
Source: ET In 2009, a member of the Christian minority, just 1.6 per cent of the total population of Pakistan, Aasia Bibi was brazenly charged for blasphemy. As narrated by her daughter, Esham, her mother toiled in the heat of Sheikupura picking berries and as she sipped water to quench […]
Fleeing IS militant got his eyeshadow and lipstick right but forgot to shave
Source: ET An Islamic State militant tried escape Mosul disguised as a woman, but was apprehended as he forgot to shave off his beard and moustache,Mail Online reported. The ISIS fighter was trying to get away from the former militant stronghold as Mosul was recaptured, but did not quite get his escape plan right. Dressed in […]
Canada: Majority of Canadian claim religion does more harm than good
Source: Patheos July 23, 2017 by Michael Stone 10 Comments Religion rejected: Over half of Canadians now say that religion does more harm than good, according to a new poll. A new survey conducted by […]
Woman beats man with shoe after he ‘made lewd advances’ in Dubai mall
Source: Arab News DUBAI: A Bahraini woman beat a man with her shoe after he stopped her in a mall in Dubai and asked her for sex, she told the Dubai Court of First Instance this week. The 28-year-old Algerian man, who was visiting Dubai, has been jailed for six […]
The end of Lebanon
Source: Arab News: The battle of Jaroud Arsal, launched by Hezbollah on the Lebanese-Syrian border, has multiple goals. This battle was waged after a primary Russian-US agreement regarding safe zones in Syria. Iran apparently did not welcome this agreement, thinking it marginalized Tehran; its discontent was manifested in efforts to […]
7 German habits that foreigners really struggle to cope with
Source: The Local 1. They are very direct Some cultures wind everything they say into convoluted sentences, for fear of being thought rude. In China, saying ‘no’ to people directly can cause terrible offence. That great ambassador of Britishness, Hugh Grant, can’t finish a sentence without stuttering “I’m so terribly […]
Mary Magdalene: The Single Best Argument For Women Priests
Source: Huffington Post By Kerry Walters; Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Gettysburg College; Catholic priest On 22 July each year, the Christian community venerates a saint who is the single best argument […]
It can be dangerous to have leaders with no experience of war – as Macron’s spat with his military chief shows
As David Cameron found when he was considering intervention in Libya, those who have experienced, or at least know about war, are generally warier about the prospect than those who have not, and more conservative in their assessment of what can be achieved Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices 4 days ago 32 […]
A view from Turkey: A secret phone call between plotters and the US Embassy
YAHYA BOSTAN@yahyabostan The outrageous phone call between the U.S. Embassy officers and Gülenist putschists in January 2014 needs to be investigated in detail by U.S. authorities Articles It was just a few days after last summer’s coup attempt. Adil Öksüz, a Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) member who spent the night […]
German media failed to report refugee crisis honestly
Source: The Local An influential German institute has studied thousands of article published by daily newspapers during the refugee crisis. Their conclusion: journalists lost their objectivity and drove a wedge through society. As hundreds of thousands of refugees arrived in Germany in 2015 and early 2016, daily newspapers took on […]
Are Europe’s Muslims the new Jews?
YAHYA BOSTAN@yahyabostan Published July 2, 2017 Participants carry a banner reading “Muslims and Friends against Terror and Violence” as they take part “The Not With Us” rally against the rising anti-Islam sentiment and extremism in Cologne, Germany, June 17. It is important for European leaders to call it as they see […]
Germany’s Gay Pride march celebrates same-sex marriage law
Source: The Local Tens of thousands of people marched through Berlin for the annual Gay Pride parade on Saturday, just weeks after Germany’s parliament legalised same-sex marriage. This year’s march had as its official theme the fight against the far right. But most of those taking part appeared to be celebrating the […]
German President ‘irritated’ with how Trump’s presidency is going
Source: The Local German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a TV interview that though he is “irritated” about a lot of things happening under US President Donald Trump, he still has hope for the transatlantic relationship. Steinmeier said in the interview with ZDF on Sunday that there has “never been […]
Israel and Jordan in diplomatic standoff after embassy deaths
Source: BBC Israel and Jordan are involved in a diplomatic standoff after an Israeli guard reportedly shot dead a Jordanian attacker near the embassy in Amman. Jordanian police want to question the guard and have sealed off the area, but Israel says he has diplomatic immunity. A second Jordanian hit […]
US-led coalition says more to do in Syria after Daesh loses Raqqa
US-backed forces successfully route Daesh from several areas since their creation in 2014 By AFP – Jul 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Syrians clear up the rubble of their houses that were destroyed during clashes on the outskirts of Raqqa, on Wednesday, as Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-Arab alliance, are […]
Erdogan in the Gulf seeking to ease Qatar crisis
By AFP – Jul 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Sunday and released by Turkey’s Presidential Press Service shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) meeting with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during Erdogan’s official visit in Jeddah (AFP photo) KUWAIT CITY — President […]
Jerusalem: Reason needs to prevail
Jul 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on the fast-deteriorating situation in East Jerusalem as a result of Israel’s grave violations of the legal and historical status of the holy places there, especially of Al Aqsa Mosque. The site has been the […]
Dozens dead after Kabul bomb attack
Source: CNN At least 24 people have been killed in a car bomb attack in Kabul on Monday morning, according to an Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman. At least 42 others were injured in the blast. The blast occurred around 6:40 a.m. local time (10:10 pm ET), when a Toyota Corolla exploded […]