Why most of the universe in invisible
Source: BBC About 95% of the cosmos cannot be seen by any telescopes, because it is made of mysterious “dark matter” and “dark energy” that do not interact with […]
This Is One of the Best Point-and-Shoot Cameras You Can Buy
Source: Time By Alex Fitzpatrick Mar 15, 2017 As a person with a little bit of knowledge about cameras and a lot of experience spending far too much money on them, […]
Dutch Leader Claims Victory Over ‘Wrong Kind of Populism’ in Election
Source: Time BY Mike Corder and Raf Casert / AP Updated: Mar 16, 2017 9:47 PM ET | Originally published: Mar 15, 2017 (THE HAGUE, Netherlands) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark […]
Germany’s Merkel ‘too busy’ to visit Algeria in 2017
March 17, 2017 BERLIN, GERMANY – DECEMBER 23: German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a press conference at the German Chancellery in Berlin, Germany on December 23, 2016. ( Cüneyt Karadağ – Anadolu Agency ) March 17, 2017 at 3:13 pm 0 SHARES Germany has reportedly declined an invitation for an […]
Trump Blasts ‘Unprecedented Judicial Overreach’ by Courts Blocking Travel Ban
Source: Time BY Zeke J Miller Mar 16, 2017 President Donald Trump blasted a federal judge’s temporary restraining order preventing the enforcement of key sections of his latest travel ban, calling […]
From the Algerian Press: Security Services Arrest 25 youth, Elders Of Ahmadiyya Followers
2Religious affairs minister: Algeria is protected from extremism 2017/01/15 Mourad.B/English version: Dalila Henac Research and investigation team dismantled, in coordination with other units of the National Gendarmerie, in Biskra (southern Algeria), on Sunday, a network that is affiliated with the Ahmadiyya community, which is made up of 25 people who […]
Two routes to an impasse: Understanding Turkey’s Kurdish policy
Ayşegül Aydın and Cem Emrence December 2016 Download the full paper Kurdish groups in the Middle East are once again occupying global headlines today. While the Western media typically labels them as trustworthy friends in a region rife with enemies and shifting alliances, many regional actors see the Kurds as problematic, […]
These claims are ridiculous
Source:CNN The White House has promised not to repeat allegations that a UK intelligence agency spied on US President Donald Trump at the behest of former President Barack Obama, the British government said Friday. A spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said UK officials had protested to the Trump […]
Military action against North Korea an ‘option’, says top US diplomat
Source: Dawn Military action by the United States against nuclear-armed North Korea is an “option on the table” if the threat from the rogue regime escalates, Washington’s top diplomat Rex Tillerson said on Friday. The strong comments from the secretary of state, in Asia for his first foray into crisis […]
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day and What is the Muslim Times Doing for You
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A very happy St. Patrick’s Day to all those who are celebrating today, from the whole of […]
Makkah’s clock tower among world’s most expensive skyscrapers
By Food & Travel Desk Published: March 17, 2017 PHOTO: HOTELS.COM Hovering skyscrapers are reshaping skylines across the world’s major cities. Over the last few decades hundreds of skyscrapers have been […]
Israel’s response to UN agency’s ‘apartheid’ finding is a distraction from the real issues
Israel likened the report to a Nazi propaganda publication, rather than focusing on the reasons why its actions are being criticised Rashmee Roshan Lall In response to being called an “apartheid regime” by a UN regional commission, Israel compared the report to Nazi propaganda tabloid Der Sturmer, and foreign ministry spokesman […]
The men in this Karachi neighbourhood don’t let women obtain CNICs
By YUSRA SALIM Published: March 17, 2017 KARACHI: There exist women in Karachi – the most ‘modern’ city of Pakistan perhaps – who are still deprived of franchise: female residents of a neighbourhood in Mauripur are not allowed to obtain Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs). Mauripur is a suburban area […]
Fear, hunger and destruction in Mosul Old City as IS under pressure
Reuters International MAR 17, 2017 – Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 14, 2017. Picture taken March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By John Davison MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – After five months of intense fighting, Iraqi forces […]
On anti-Semitism, anti-Islam and fictitious alliances in U.S.
HATEM BAZIAN@hatembazian Protesters holding up signs in a demonstration against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning Muslims from certain countries, Seattle, Jan. 29. It is high time for a courageous political, social, and economic faith-based coalition between American Muslims and Jews (who are aware of the danger of Zionism) […]
58 dead, ‘dozens’ wounded in raids on Aleppo mosque
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP BEIRUT AA Photo The US military says it carried out an air strike in northern Syria against an Al-Qaeda target, but denies deliberately targeting a mosque where at least 42 people were killed according to an independent monitor. Turkey’s official Anadolu Agency reported that the […]
View from Turkey: Trying to out-smart Wilders did not work
HAKKI ÖCAL@hakkiocal Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (L) gestures while debating with the Netherlands’ far-right politician Geert Wilders in Rotterdam on March 13, prior to the Dutch parliamentary elections held on March 15. One racist fascist was more than enough in Dutch politics. Rutte lost plain and simple The liberal-turned […]
Israel’s Netanyahu repeats promise to build new West Bank settlement
By Reuters – Mar 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Abdullah Haj Mohammad, the head of Jalud village’s council, stands in front of the Jewish settlement unit of Shvut Rachel as he speaks during a tour organised by the Palestinian authorities for ambassadors based in Tel Aviv and consuls based in […]
The world’s most popular countries
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE By Food & Travel Desk Published: March 13, 2017 PHOTO: EXCLUSIVEPIX MEDIA Sweden, Canada and Switzerland have made it to the top three most popular countries in the world. The Reputation Institute has taken into consideration a number of markers in order to determine which countries have […]
World’s most powerful countries revealed
By News Desk Published: March 17, 2017 PHOTO: REUTERS US News and World Report released its latest edition of ‘Best Countries‘ study where they evaluated 80 countries on a wide range of criteria including citizenship, quality of life and cultural history. Another major marker was ‘power’, which measured how economically and […]