Source: CNN Iranian President Hassan Rouhani handily won re-election in what amounts to a victory for the Shiite nation’s reformist camp and a sign that citizens favor fruitful engagement with the outside world. Rouhani, who defeated his conservative challenger Ebrahim Raisi in the Friday elections, garnered 57% of the vote, Interior […]
By Jason Lemon; Managing Editor An open letter by Dubai’s ruler highlighting the importance of science and innovation has gone completely viral, receiving tens of millions of views on social […]
Source: 1001 Inventions 2,500% increase in visitor numbers to Jordan Museum for Ibn Al-Haytham Exhibition AMMAN — As part of Jordan’s Year of Science 2017 (JYS), more than 24,000 pupils […]
MAY 19, 2017 – Tougher naturalisation requirements at the federal level from 2018 onwards will make it more difficult to pocket a Swiss passport(Keystone) The Swiss Federal Supreme Court […]
May 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Hidden almost literally under the rubble of war in Syria is an economic success story that is rarely told. Hanan Odah is a 30-year-old Palestinian refugee living in Jaramana refugee camp in Damascus. She supports her family of three, displaced several times, from a thriving […]
The events planned for the President’s summits in Riyadh are pretentious and reek of hypocrisy. There’s even one dedicated to Twitter – in a nation that locks up anyone who uses […]
Source: Independent Exclusive: For the Pentagon to suggest that this was a sideshow to Washington’s battle against Isis was to stretch the truth beyond credibility Robert Fisk The Pentagon’s account […]
Phoebe Moloney16 May 2017 ENCOURAGING DIALOGUE: Usman and Attia-Tull-Karim Mahmood with their children at the Anzac Day service in Lithgow. Usman Mahmood, a Lithgow residents who has organised a question and answer session about Islam on Friday, May 19, in Lithgow has requested community groups to refrain from protesting outside the […]
Source: India The 64-gram satellite has been named after the former Indian president, and a pioneer in aeronautical science in India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. By Aishwarya Krishnan | Published: May 15, 2017 2:53 PM IST India has been a pioneer in the field of science and an 18-year-old teen, […]
Source: Time BY Amanda MacMillan Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen and naproxen are widely used to treat pain and don’t require a prescription. But recent studies suggest that when taken […]
Source: Time (STOCKHOLM) — Sweden’s top prosecutor said Friday she is dropping an investigation into a rape claim against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after almost seven years. The Swedish Prosecution […]
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. In a 48-hour period in November, warplanes bombed five hospitals in Syria, leaving Aleppo’s rebel-controlled section without a functioning […]
Source: BBC China has for the first time extracted gas from an ice-like substance under the South China Sea considered key to future global energy supply. Chinese authorities have described […]
Source: BBC By Edd Gent Ravi is one of thousands of Indian IT workers who will lose their jobs this year, caught between a slump in India’s previously booming IT […]
Source: Pew Research Center One-in-six newlyweds are married to someone of a different race or ethnicity BY GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON AND ANNA BROWN Terminology In 2015, 17% of all U.S. newlyweds […]
Source: Dawn MOST men in the Middle East do not believe in women’s equality. This was what can be concluded from a recent survey conducted by UN Women. The 10,000 […]
Reuters International MAY 19, 2017 – 14:37 FILE PHOTO: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London, Britain February 5, 2016. […]
UNHCR hails development as ‘a milestone’ for 36,000 Syrians living in desert camp Chloe Farand Officials from the IKEA Foundation, and the U.N. refugee agency tour a newly inaugurated solar […]
Tribune News Service, Amritsar, May 19 A doctor kidnapped on Thursday night by gangster Gopi Ghanshaypuria and his accomplices near Ajnala in Amritsar was released after his wife paid a ransom of Rs 7.5 lakh to the kidnappers.The gangster is reportedly linked to Vicky Goundar. (Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)http://tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/amritsar-doc-kidnapped-released-after-wife-pays-rs-7-5-lakh-in-ransom/409550.html The […]
By DAN BILEFSKY and CHRISTINA ANDERSONMAY 18, 2017 NYTimes When a politician in a small town in northern Sweden recently suggested that it subsidize one-hour sex breaks for local employees, Swedes — and people around the world — reacted with a mixture of astonishment, glee and derision. The politician, Per-Erik Muskos, 42, a member of the […]