Source: Asia Times: Although Pakistan has said nothing about the immigration ban, its actions suggest that it got the message from the White House. After years of prevaricating, Pakistani authorities finally arrested the radical Muslim cleric Hafiz Saeed, accused of planning the 2008 Mumbai massacre carried out by Pakistani jihadists. Through […]
JAN. 29, 2017 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces and settlers detained two Palestinians teens at gunpoint on Sunday near an illegal Israeli settlement east of Qalqiliya in the northern occupied West Bank,according to reports from Israeli media, which alleged that the two Palestinians approached the settlement intending to carry out an […]
İBRAHIM KALIN@ikalin1 Published January 21, 2017 Migrants walking through a field to cross the border from Greece to Macedonia near the Greek village of Idomeni, Aug. 29, 2015. (AFP Photo) Given the crisis-ridden and weakened state of politics in the world today, we have to examine how countries from east to […]
Reuters International FEB 3, 2017 – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi attends a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Aziz Taher (reuters_tickers) BEIRUT (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that safe zones would not work inside Syria for […]
Source: The Local Ted Malloch, President Donald Trump’s reported choice of US ambassador to the EU, predicts “seismic shifts” in transatlantic ties and the bloc’s disintegration, in comments to a German news weekly published Friday. After last year’s Brexit vote for Britain to leave the EU, he told Der Spiegel […]
İBRAHIM KALIN@ikalin1 AFP Photo. Al-Ghazali, who lived in the intellectual and spiritual world of the Quran and the Sunnah and enriched it with his own enduring contributions, was a devoted soul and body for attaining true knowledge, wisdom and virtue At a time when it is easy to confuse knowledge […]
By Katy Romy FEB 3, 2017 – Iva Petrusic wanted to become Swiss so she can take part in votes and elections (swissinfo.ch) About 25,000 third generation immigrants could benefit from facilitated citizenship if voters approve a reform on February 12. Iva Petrusic, whose grandfather came from Croatia to […]
Source: The Local The German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister was the first Berlin official to meet the new Donald Trump administration. But whether he managed to solidify transatlantic ties depends on who you ask. Vice Chancellor and newly appointed Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel met his brand new counterpart, US […]
Source: The Local German Chancellor Angela Merkel said European leaders may commit to a union of “different speeds” when they make a major declaration on its future at a summit in Rome next month. The European Union has long been riven by debate about whether all countries must commit to […]
TRUMP DECLARATION FEB 4, 2017 A protest about the Trump ban was held at the International arrivals of Boston’s Logan International Airport on January 28 (Keystone) A Swiss-based Iranian scientist has arrived in the United States to take up her post at Harvard. The scientist had been stopped from flying […]
İLNUR ÇEVIK@ilnurcevik Published February 3, 2017 The visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Ankara was not the bed of roses predicted. Besides frank discussions over the outstanding issues between Ankara and Berlin, she came here with an agenda to prod Ankara over the alleged human rights problems in Turkey and […]
Airlines are now allowing people to enter the US from the affected countries Justin Carissimo New York A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked PresidentDonald Trump’s executive order banning entry into the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries. US District Judge James Robert, who was appointed by President George Bush […]
Source: BBC A US judge in Seattle has issued a temporary nationwide block on President Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim nations. Federal Judge James Robart ruled […]
Source: Pew Research Center Parents of young children support measles, mumps and rubella vaccine requirements but rate the risks higher, the benefits lower. There are not major partisan divisions on […]
Source: Aljazeera The Trump administration said on Thursday that Israel’s building of new settlements and expansion of existing ones in the occupied territories may not help to achieve peace with […]
Source: BBC The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on Iran following its recent ballistic missile test. The US Treasury Department announced the measures against 13 people and a dozen companies […]
Source: The Washington Post By Samantha Schmidt February 3 at 9:32 AM Kellyanne Conway’s erroneous ‘Bowling Green massacre,’ explained In an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Feb. 2, White […]
Source: The Washington Post By Mark Maske The NFL Players Association expressed its support Thursday for Muslim players in the league amid the controversy generated by President Donald Trump‘s immigration order. […]
Source: CBS News By Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto Two weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, the country remains sharply divided along partisan lines. […]
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Friday 3 February 2017 11.50 GMTLast modified on Friday 3 February 2017 14.35 GMT More than 150 mosques around the UK will open their doors […]