French soldier shoots attacker outside Louvre
Source: BBC A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with a machete shouting “Allahu Akbar”, police say. The […]
Malaysian PM sends off aid ship bound for Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar
Reuters International FEB 3, 2017 – FILE PHOTO – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives for a news conference at a mosque outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 5, 2015. REUTERS/Olivia Harris/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Friday sent off a […]
Automatic open door for Eritreans is shut
Switzerland: ASYLUM POLITIC FEB 2, 2017 – No more automatic entry for Eritreans illegally fleeing (Keystone) A Swiss court has ruled that the nation’s policy toward Eritrean refugees needs tightening. The Federal Administrative Court’s decision handed down on Thursday says Switzerland will no longer recognize Eritreans as refugees solely […]
Swiss-based scientist sues Trump as ex-US envoy blasts policy
IMMIGRATION BAN By John Heilprin FEB 3, 2017 – A group of women in New York participate in evening prayers as people gather for a rally against the new ban on Muslims from certain countries (Keystone) An Iranian scientist who lives in Switzerland is suing US President Donald Trump and […]
What the history of Greece can tell us about the fight against Isis
Modern Greece and its crises were shaped by the legacy of a violent conflict in the post-war years – an atrocity long forgotten as the fight to stabilise the Middle East distracts our leaders Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 2 February 2017 184 https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheIndependentOnline%2F&width=450&layout=button&action=like&size=large&show_faces=false&share=false&height=35&appId=235586169789578 Click to follow The Independent Online Golden Dawn supporters […]
Meet the First Woman to Win the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics”
Source: Mother Jones By Katie Rose Quandt On Wednesday, Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman in 78 years to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal, considered the highest honor in mathematics. She was selected for “stunning advances in the theory of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces.” The Fields Medal […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Myanmar takes part in its National Book Fair
Please refer to the video showing the President of Myanmar opening the Book Fair: Report from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Myanmar: “The Glad Tiding Literature” run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Myanmar had successfully put up a 3 days book stall at the Nobel Myanmar Literary Festival […]
Scientists discover lost continent under tropical island Mauritius
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL File Photo A group of researchers headed by Wits University geologist Professor Lewis Ashwal have revealed that a lost continent is buried under the island of Mauritius. Their new study, which focused on the break-up process of the continents to understand the planet’s geological history, was published […]
Aleppo’s Twitter girl to Trump: Syrian kids not terrorists
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Bana Alabed (L), settled in Turkey she arrived from Aleppo with her family. Bana Alabed, 7, a Syrian girl whose Twitter posts on life during wartime in Aleppo made her a phenomenon, pleaded to U.S. President Donald Trump to lift the ban on Syrians. […]
How safe, a safe zone?
Feb 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL US President Donald Trump said last week that he “will absolutely do safe zones in Syria”, intended to protect the displaced, vulnerable Syrians and, presumably, put an end to the flow of refugees to the West, the US included. The departments of state and […]
‘Delusional, unstable and dangerous’
Feb 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen It is significant that there have been demonstrations at airports and in cities across the US against Donald Trump’s decree banning citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries from entering the US for months until “extreme vetting” procedures decide who may be admitted. US […]
Trump says his travel ban needed to ensure U.S. religious freedom
Reuters International FEB 2, 2017 – DAY 9 / JANUARY 28: Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump agreed to try to rebuild U.S.-Russia ties and to cooperate in Syria, the Kremlin said, after the two men spoke for the first time since Trump’s inauguration. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (reuters_tickers) By […]
Checking “alternative facts” in a Swiss vote campaign
FACT CHECK By Geraldine Wong Sak Hoi FEB 2, 2017 Some campaigners claim that Islamist extremists could obtain the Swiss passport under a proposed facilitated naturalisation procedure, as this poster from the youth wing of the Swiss People’s Party in canton Schwyz shows. (jsvp-sz.ch) Misinformation has been a recurring feature […]
LA? Not quite. Swiss plane makes emergency landing in Iqaluit
Source: Swissinfo.ch and agencies/ts A plane from Swiss International Air Lines flying from Zurich to Los Angeles has made an emergency landing at Iqaluit in northern Canada. The landing went smoothly and all passengers and crew are safe. A technical problem caused the left engine of the Boeing 777-300ER to […]
How Camping Helps You Sleep Better
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Spending time in nature can work wonders for human health, from lowering blood pressure and stress hormones to sparking feelings of awe. Growing research suggests it […]
Texas Governor Blocks Funding for Austin Because It’s a Sanctuary City
Source: Time By Josh Sanburn Texas’s governor blocked funding this week to Travis County — home to Austin — over the county’s refusal to cooperate with federal authorities on detaining undocumented immigrants. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott withheld $1.5 million in grant money on Wednesday after Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez […]
The surgeon giving his patients VR instead of sedatives
Source: BBC By Jo Marchant From Mosaic 2 February 2017 Ana Maria has never been to Machu Picchu. The 61-year-oldalways wanted to visit the mountain ruins but she suffers from […]
US-Australia refugee deal: Trump in ‘worst call’ with Turnbull
Source: BBC A phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has called into question a refugee resettlement deal. The Washington Post reported Mr Trump called […]
Non-Muslim Americans wear hijab in solidarity for World Hijab Day
Source: BBC Women in America walked in the shoes of Muslim women by wearing a hijab for World Hijab Day. The BBC asked non-Muslim women why they decided to don […]
Trump Pushes Dark View of Islam to Center of U.S. Policy-Making
Source: The New York Times BY SCOTT SHANE, MATTHEW ROSENBERG and ERIC LIPTON WASHINGTON — It was at a campaign rally in August that President Trump most fully unveiled the […]