The ‘Al Zaher’ house has an important place in Lebanon’s history, but its current proprietors have tried to stop portraits of some of its prolific political visitors being hung there Robert Fisk Beirut @indyvoices When British artist Tom Young was invited to exhibit his paintings of Beirut at the former […]
Source: BBC Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison has unveiled a new budget which includes a surprise rise in taxation for the country’s five biggest banks from July. Mr Morrison also announced […]
Source: USA Today Traci Watson, Special for USA TODAY When scientists needed a name for a newfound dinosaur with wicked horns and protruding spikes, they knew exactly who to call. […]
Source: The Ne Yorker Zainab Ahmad has prosecuted thirteen international terrorist suspects for the American government. She hasn’t lost yet. By William Finnegan Zainab Ahmad had a small disaster in […]
Source: Religion News Service By Josephine McKenna VATICAN CITY (RNS) It’s rare to see Pope Francis bopping behind the walls of the Apostolic Palace. Actually, if anyone has ever seen […]
Source: Associated Press By MEREDITH HOFFMAN AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Many state-funded Texas adoption and foster care agencies routinely deny non-Christian, gay, and unmarried applicants on religious grounds — and […]
Source: BBC By Steve John Powell 9 May 2017 As the sleek shinkansen bullet train glided noiselessly into the station, I watched a strange ritual begin. During the brief stop, […]
Source: The New York Times Book Review by Lesley Hazelton, who is the author of “The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad” and, most recently, “Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto.” THE ISLAMIC […]
Source: Time By Alex Altman,Zeke J Miller 10:09 PM ET President Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey rocked Washington on Tuesday, raising questions about the future of the […]
Source: Time BY Tessa Berenson 8:27 PM ET When President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, people were quick to cry Nixon. “This is Nixonian,” Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) said. […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about pyramid-shaped structures. For the geometric term, see Pyramid (geometry). For other uses, see Pyramid (disambiguation). The Egyptian pyramids of the Giza […]
Source: Independent Outspoken atheist quotes sentence from ‘The God Delusion’ in solidarity Richard Dawkins has challenged Irish police to arrest him for blasphemy they investigated Stephen Fry for calling God “capricious, […]
India Supreme Court to commence hearing on triple talaq from tomorrow Source: Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will commence hearing from tomorrow on a batch of pleas […]
Source: Ghana Business Dr Shimaila Ibrahim medical doctor in charge of the Daboase Ahmadiyya Hospital has entreated young ladies, especially teenagers to desist from engaging in early sex to prevent cervical cancer. She explained that about 90 per cent of cancers were caused by the Human Papilloma Virus which was […]
Washington, May 7http://tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-american-doctor-shot-dead-in-michigan/403599.html A 32-year-old Indian-American doctor has been shot dead under mysterious circumstances in a car in the US state of Michigan. Rakesh Kumar, who worked in the Urology Department of the Henry Ford Hospital, was found dead on the passenger seat of a car in a rest area, some 90 […]
Ary HermawanThe Jakarta Post EDITOR’S NOTE: SEE LAST PARAGRAPH | Sun, March 12, 2017 | King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of […]
Source: The Jakarta Post The now suspended Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who was found guilty of blasphemy by the North Jakarta District Court and sentenced to two years […]
News DeskThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Wed, May 10, 2017 Balloons fill the front yard of City Hall in Jakarta on Monday. The balloons were sent by supporters of outgoing […]
Jakarta | Wed, May 10, 2017 Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat hold a press conference after the Jakarta gubernatorial runoff election on April 19. (JP/Seto Wardhana.) Acting […]
Source: CNN “So proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal Parliament!,” Waters tweeted. “We need more #women & parents in Parli.” The Australian Parliament changed its rules last year to allow female lawmakers to nurse their infants in the chamber. Before that, […]