Reuters International JUN 16, 2017 A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet […]
Londoners have said Muslims awake for Ramadan may have helped save a lot of lives Smoke and flames billow from a massive fire that raged in a 27-floor high-rise apartment building in London, WImage Credit: AP People react near a tower block severely damaged by a serious fire, in north […]
More than 5tr pieces of plastic floating in world’s oceans, with more hidden in the guts of marine creatures A beach in the Azores is pictured littered with plastic garbage, […]
Funding terror through ransoms, Qatar has sought to punch above its weight by expanding its brand and influence abroad Image Credit: QNA In April, Shaikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al […]
Source: BBC News By Elizabeth Currid-Halkett From Aeon 14 June 2017 In 1899, the economist Thorstein Veblen observed that silver spoons and corsets were markers of elite social position. In […]
Source: Quartz WRITTEN BY Olivia Goldhill Psychologists have only begun to unravel the concept of “personality,” that all-important but nebulous feature of individual identity. Recent studies suggest that personality traits […]
Source: The New York Times A building spree of houses of worship is furthering the Islamicizationof the country and providing an ongoing economic engine. Photographs by NORMAN BEHREND In […]
Source: NPR BY JANE ARRAF Christians in Minya province have faced long-running tensions with their Muslim neighbors over an issue central to their survival as a community — whether […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is once again flexing his papal muscle by seeking to keep tabs on his cardinals who live in […]
Source: WFPL By Roxanne Scott A gray Honda pulls up on the corner at Fourth and Chestnut and stops at the traffic light. A few people walk up to the left […]
Source: Associated Press By VIVIAN SALAMA WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pushing back on claims that President Donald Trump’s travel ban is soon set to expire amid an […]
Source: The Guardian BY Amanda Holpuch Iraqis are being swept up in immigration raids across the US and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration, in a crackdown attorneys and advocates […]
Source: Time BY Charlotte Alter Jun 14, 2017 James T. Hodgkinson, who injured Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and several others when he opened fire on Republican members of Congress and […]
Source: Time BY Alana Abramson Updated: Jun 15, 2017 8:34 AM ET | Originally published: Jun 15, 2017 A spokesman for President Donald Trump’s personal attorney hit back against a […]
Source: Time BY Michael Scherer Jun 15, 2017 Congressional baseball is a quaint throwback of a sport, not just for the aging players who take the field but for the […]
Source: BBC News By Benjamin Ramm 15 June 2017 Fifty years ago, a song topped the UK charts that expressed the fears of a generation of parents. She’s Leaving Home […]
Source: BBC News At least 17 people died in a massive fire that engulfed a west London block of flats, police said, as they warned that figure could rise further. […]
Source: AT Fifty years after the Six-Day War, which marked the beginning of Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Middle East remains a region in seemingly perpetual crisis. So it is no surprise that, when addressing the region, politicians, diplomats, and the donor and humanitarian community […]
Source: AT A pair of Pakistani lawmakers have demanded a “thorough probe” into the proliferation of “several tons” of nuclear materials to Iran, Libya and North Korea under the country’s former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, who was in power from 1999 until 2008. Pakistan People’s Party Senator Farhatullah Babar and […]
Source: AT The distinguished political scientist Angelo Codevilla coined the ominous term “cold civil war” to describe America’s precarious condition, adding, “Statesmanship’s first task is to prevent it from turning hot.” The attempted massacre June this week June 14 of Republican Congressmen and their staff by a deranged partisan of […]