From the sectionMiddle East US President Donald Trump has said he will work very hard to deliver “really a great peace deal” between Israel and the Palestinians. After his first meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr Trump told his visitor both sides would have to make compromises. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable February 14 at 2:20 PM ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In the space of a few days last month, five Pakistani bloggers — all known as left-leaning […]
Source: The New York Times By YISHAI FLEISHER HEBRON, West Bank — Last week, Israel’s Parliament passed a controversial bill that allows the government to retroactively authorize contested West Bank […]
Barack Hussein Obama II born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office. Born in […]
Source: Religion & Politics By Michael Schulson “We are in a third world war,” said Shlomo Riskin, slamming his fist on the table. We were sitting in a windowless room […]
Source: NPR By SHAINA SHEALY It’s nighttime in a forest in the western Indian state of Gujarat. By the light of his cell phone, camel herder Jat Saleh Amir, 18, pumps […]
Source: Time By Kate Samuelson An embryo preserved in a 250 million-year-old fossil is evidence that a type of animal previously thought to only lay eggs could actually have a live […]
The Local news@thelocal.de 14 February 2017 Frankfurt. Photo: DPA Prosecutors in Frankfurt are investigating two people for making up a crime, after they claimed in a national newspaper that dozens of Arab men rioted and sexually assaulted women at New Year. The claims first appeared in Bild newspaper on February […]
Geert Wilders is dragging all of Dutch politics in a nationalist direction Feb 11th 2017 | AMSTERDAM “THERE’S something wrong with our country,” began an open letter to the Dutch people published last month. It went on to moan about those who “abuse our country’s freedom to cause havoc, when they […]
Since the President’s rise to power, Israel’s government has been drunk with power and impunity. It has dropped its thin mask of supporting the two state solution, moving at a dizzying speed to build as many settlements as possible in the occupied Palestinian territory Omar Barghouti When President Donald Trump […]
By Craig Considine CHARLES PHELPS CUSHING/CLASSICSTOCK VIA GETTY IMAGES Support for Donald Trump is surging across the United States. This is particularly troubling because in recent weeks, he has called for banning Muslim immigration, shutting down mosques, spying on Muslims, making Muslims carry ID badges, and a few other […]
Raoul Peck ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ on Solely Using James Baldwin’s Words “I Am Not Your Negro” (Magnolia), Raoul Peck’s acclaimed documentary on author James Baldwin, opened extremely well […]
Source: The Muslim Sunrise is the oldest Muslim publication of North America. Its winter volume explores unity and diversity in our global village: Winter-2016 By Mazher Ahmad, who is a […]
Source: Huffington Post Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Staff members at a campus cultural center spread fliers that make Muslim students feel welcome. Staff at a Rutgers […]
Source: The Local Up until recently it seemed a very safe bet that Angela Merkel would win another term as Chancellor in September’s election. But more and more polling suggests otherwise. The most recent poll by YouGov published on Monday showed that 64 percent of Germans are in favour of […]
Source: The Local The major parties making up Germany’s coalition government have agreed to a proposed law that would invalidate marriages involving children under 16. Leaders of the Social Democrats (SPD) and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Union parties said they had agreed on a proposed law to ban marriage for […]
Source:CNN Frustrated with the lack of job opportunities, especially for the growing number of people with college degrees, El Yassami, 25, fled the country in hopes of finding work in Europe. He studied industrial refrigeration at a vocational college but wasn’t able to find a secure well paid job in […]
Source: CNN In Hindu-majority India, many believe the cow is sacred and often call the animal the “cow mother.” Cow milk and ghee, a type of clarified butter, are widely used in Hindu religious ceremonies. The cow is not only valued for its dairy products, but also for its urine. […]
Source: CNN High-level advisers close to then-presidential nominee Donald Trump were in constant communication during the campaign with Russians known to US intelligence, multiple current and former intelligence, law enforcement and administration officials tell CNN. President-elect Trump and then-President Barack Obama were both briefed on details of the extensive communications between […]
by: Cem Nizamoglu Throughout history, trade routes played a central role in the transfer of goods and exchange of ideas between different parts of the world. The historic Silk Roads, which were a network of trade routes across land and sea that connected the lands from China across Asia to […]