Indonesian police kill bomber, investigate for link to IS sympathizers
Source: Reuters By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Gayatri Suroyo | JAKARTA Indonesian police killed a militant on Monday after he detonated a small bomb in the city of Bandung […]
Last letters : From Mosul schoolboys to Islamic State ‘martyrs’
Source: Reuters By Stephen Kalin | MOSUL, IRAQ “My dear family, please forgive me,” reads the handwritten letter discarded in the dusty halls of an Islamic State training compound in […]
After anti-Trump protests, the president’s fans organize their own rallies
Source: Reuters By Jonathan Allen | NEW YORK Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump are holding rallies in towns and cities across the country on Monday, partly as a rebuttal […]
White House Refuses To Guarantee People Won’t Lose Health Insurance From Repeal
Source: Huffington Post You know, because a lot of people will probably lose their coverage. By Matt Fuller THE WASHINGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGESTrump said during his campaign that his […]
Battle for west Mosul: Bombs ‘fall like rain’ on front line
Source: BBC By Wyre Davies BBC News, Northern Iraq Image copyrightAPImage captionCivilians are fleeing west Mosul amid fierce clashes between Iraqi forces and so-called Islamic State militants This weekend as […]
Fox News’s ‘Swedish defence advisor’ unknown to country’s military officials
Source: The Guardian After Donald Trump’s infamous ‘what’s happening in Sweden’ comment, Nils Bildt was billed on The O’Reilly Factor as Swedish national security advisor Nils Bildt appears on Fox […]
The gruelling, six-hour commute of Beijing’s workers
Source: BBC By Danny Vincent 22 February 2017 On some days, Zhang Xia spends more time commuting to work than she does in the office. The 39-year-old marketing manager lives […]
The secret of how diamonds are made by nature
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Oscars 2017: Moonlight wins best picture after announcement mix-up
Source: BBC Moonlight has won best picture at the Oscars – but only after an error saw La La Land initially declared the winner. The La La Land producers were […]
Chile floods: Millions without water in capital Santiago
Source: BBC Rainstorms and landslides in Chile have contaminated a major river forcing the authorities to cut off drinking water to at least four million people in the capital, Santiago. […]
What’s your most unshakeable belief? Share your story
Source: CNN By Reza Aslan (CNN)As a writer and scholar of religions, I am often asked how, knowing all that I know about the religions of the world, I can […]
Ahmadi Muslim and Pakistani Diplomat!
Source: HT There are several Muslim-majority countries where Mahershala Ali’s Oscar win for his role in Moonlight won’t be celebrated. That’s because he belongs to the minority Ahmadi sect.In countries such as Malaysia and Pakistan, Ahmadis are reviled by hardline Sunni Muslim groups as heretics, apostates and even infidels. So much […]
Catholicism has done more harm to Australia than Islam. Where’s the outrage?
Source: The Guardian By Kristina Keneally Every Muslim who speaks out is expected to own, explain and condemn any act carried out by Muslims worldwide. The same doesn’t apply to […]
Germany hit by 10 anti-migrant attacks a day, report says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Exterior view on a planned refugees home that burnt down in Remchingen, Germany, 18 July 2015. The cause for the fire remains unclear, police will not exclude arson. (EPA Photo) Violent attacks against refugees across Germany has drastically increased as the latest report suggests there have been […]
People of Al Bab in Syria tell of last days under Daesh
By AFP – Feb 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A girl holds teddy bears in the Syrian town of Al Bab after the town centre has been entirely freed from Daesh terrorists by Free Syrian Army, backed by Turkish military, as a part of the operation ‘Euphrates Shield’ in Aleppo, […]
German driver arrested after ramming crowd, police say no signs of terrorism
Reuters International FEB 26, 2017 BERLIN (Reuters) – A German driver who rammed a crowd of shoppers in Heidelberg, killing one man and injuring two others, has no apparent link to terrorism and has refused to answer questions about the incident, police said on Sunday. The 35-year-old suspect, who […]
In Bavarian town, Syrian sisters get to grips with Germany’s freedoms
Reuters International FEB 22, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: Syrian refugees Nawar (L) and Mayar Ballish make falafel sandwiches at a German Christmas market in Schillingsfuerst, Germany, November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Michelle Martin/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Michelle Martin and Ameenah Sawwan SCHILLINGSFUERST, Germany (Reuters) – More than a year ago, Mayar […]
Woman deported from UK despite being married to Briton for 27 years
Irene Clennell, who has children and a grandchild in the UK, lost indefinite leave to remain after spending time in Singapore caring for parents Irene Clennell first arrived in London in 1988 and married John, a British man, two years later. Nicola Slawson @nicola_slawson Sunday 26 February 2017 22.52 GMTLast modified […]
Kandahar attack which killed UAE officials planned in Pakistan: Afghan official
Source: ET A senior UAE police official held the Afghan government responsible for the deadly bombing in Kandahar which on January 10 killed five UAE diplomats and injured its ambassador. The blast had occurred inside the Kandahar governor’s high-security guest house where the UAE diplomats, including Ambassador Juma Mohammed Abdullah […]
Mahershala Ali’s Oscar win stirs controversy in Pakistan
Source: The Express Tribune Controversy arose in Pakistan after Mahershala Ali — who won the best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday for his portrayal of a drug dealer in coming-of-age […]