Moshe Ya’alon’s office refuses to elaborate after alluding to contact with terror group BY JUDAH ARI GROSS April 24, 2017, Former Israeli defense minister Moshe ‘Bogie’ Ya’alon speaks at the Hebrew University, on January 18, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) WRITERS Judah Ari GrossJudah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel’s military […]
Members ‘took revenge on the pigs’ after the fatal attack occurred, a source claimed Lucy Pasha-Robinson @lucypasha Militants had been trying to remove the animals (not pictured) near Kirkuk when they […]
Apr 25,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif It is a new era for French politics following the outcome of the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, which, as most polls had predicted, was won by independent centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, followed by far right leader Marine Le Pen. […]
Apr 25,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud Israel has resorted to three main strategies to suppress Palestinian calls for justice and human rights, including the right of return for refugees. One is dedicated to rewriting history; another attempts to distract from present realities altogether and a third aims at reclaiming […]
Reuters International APR 25, 2017 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (reuters_tickers) By Samia Nakhoul, Nick Tattersall and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will not wait at Europe’s door forever and is ready to […]
By Regula Bochsler APR 23, 2017 Pope Gregory XIII announced a major calendar reform on February 24, 1582(Andreas Praefcke/wikimedia commons) Catholics and Protestants in Switzerland fought, literally, for more […]
By Julie Hunt APR 25, 2017 Abdurahman Mohamad Mah arrived in Switzerland as a refugee at the age of six. Now he is a neurobiologist. This is his story. […]
Never before in the six-decade history of the Fifth Republic have French voters so thoroughly rejected establishment parties. In this new political reality, only one thing is certain: There are no certainties. A Commentary by Julia Amalia Heyer in Paris Photos DPA April 24, 2017 12:08 PM Print Feedback Comment […]
A significant number of eligible Turkish voters living in Europe supported the referendum that curtails democracy in Turkey. That has triggered calls for consequences in both Berlin and Brussels and stirred up […]
Benjamin Netanyahu cancels talks with Sigmar Gabriel after German foreign minister vows to meet Israeli rights groups German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel (left) with Israel’s president, Reuven Rivlin, in […]
Ivanka Trump elicited groans and hisses on Tuesday from some members of the audience at a conference in Germany after she defended her father’s attitude and record on women, calling him a “tremendous champion” of families. RUSSELL GOLDMANAPRIL 25, 2017https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/world/europe/ivanka-trump-is-jeered-in-berlin-after-defending-her-father.html An entrepreneur and an adviser to the president, Ms. Trump, […]
Source: Reuters A military court in Somalia has executed four men it said were al Shabaab militants who were behind a 2016 attack that killed 80 people, a military officer […]
Source: CBC News By Jesse Johnston This month marks 70 years since Sikhs were given the right to vote in British Columbia and two South Asian candidates want to mark the […]
Source: Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s anti-EU U.K. Independence Party says it will promote social unity by banning face-covering veils and barring the opening of new Islamic schools. The […]
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Source: Religion News Service By Chris Herlinger | 3 hours ago (RNS) American scholar Alvin Plantinga, a pioneering advocate for theism, or belief in God, as a serious philosophical position […]
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis hopes to mend ties with Muslims on his trip to Egypt on Friday but faces criticism from church conservatives for […]
Source: The New York Times By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ Walking past a mosque in Kashgar, a city in China’s western region of Xinjiang. More than 10 million Uighurs, a mostly […]
Source: BBC By Jeremy Coles 25 April 2017 Most of us would confess to having a soft spot for these charismatic birds. Penguins permeate our daily lives, featuring on items […]
BY Amanda MacMillan Scientists have long suspected that cinnamon can help prevent blood-sugar spikes and protect against insulin resistance, a risk factor for diabetes. But how, exactly, has remained a mystery—and […]