Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters | Caption I always like it when a few words convey a lot – in this case, #LessonsfromGambia. From where? The oft-overlooked country – and its neighbors – just sent a loud message to African leaders who hang on too long, and to citizens eager for change. – […]
Reuters International JAN 29, 2017 Human rights activists hold a picture of Salman Haider, who is missing, during a protest to condemn the disappearances of social activists in Karachi, Pakistan January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (reuters_tickers) By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani blogger Aasim Saeed who went missing […]
ACLU and lawyers for two Iraqis held at New York’s JFK airport celebrate World reacts to Donald Trump’s US travel ban – live updates Iraqi immigrant Hameed Darweesh walks out of Terminal 4 at JFK with Congressman Jerrold Nadler (L) and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (R) after being released on Saturday. […]
Reuters International JAN 29, 2017 – 01:51 A displaced Iraqi boy holds a white flag as his family flees during the battle between Iraqi rapid response forces and Islamic State militants at Tigris river frontline between east and west of Mosul , Iraq, January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (reuters_tickers) By […]
Reuters International JAN 27, 2017 – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan greets the audience during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, January 27, 2017. Yasin Bulbul/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS (reuters_tickers) By Ercan Gurses and Ayhan Uyanik ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Campaigning has not officially started, but a string […]
MIGRATION, EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT JAN 28, 2017 The SDC gives aid in times of crisis, here a delivery of humanitarian aid set for Nepal, after an earthquake there in 2015 (Keystone) The Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SDC) will focus its work over the next four years on education, […]
Source: NYT But Mr. Trump has had dreadful weeks before — and here we are. Several months ago, many people thought that he would badly lose the presidential race and build a television network, Trump TV. Instead, he has won both: a presidency that seeks to broadcast a separate media […]
Saturday, January 28, 2017 Following the shock announcement that citizens of seven Arab nations would not be allowed entry into the United States of America as of Friday 27th January 2017 for a period of 90 days, Iraq has decided to respond with equal measures. Iraq has implemented the exact […]
Sarah Lee Jan 28, 2017 On Friday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order freezing the refugee resettlement program and is expected to prioritize Christian refugees over Muslim refugees. But there’s a group of immigrants — many of them Muslim — waiting for their visas that are also being frozen […]
Source NYT ROME — It began as a fight over staffing. Then came a dispute about condoms, followed by papal concerns about Freemasons. Now it has become a full-scale proxy war between Pope Francis and the Vatican traditionalists who oppose him, with the battleground being a Renaissance palace flanked by […]
Source: ThinkProgress.org “When, in writing for the majority of the Court, I adopt a general rule, and say, ‘This is the basis of our decision,’” the late Justice Antonin Scalia once warned, “I not only constrain lower courts, I constrain myself as well.” For, “if the next case should have […]
Source: ThinProgress.org On Friday evening, Hameed Khalid Darweesh was among the many refugees and immigrants whose travel plans were abruptly interrupted when President Donald Trump signed his executive order on immigration. The order blocks the entry of Syrian refugees into the United States indefinitely; blocks entry for all refugees for […]
Source:Thinkprogress.org A federal judge has sided with the ACLU, preventing individuals from majority Muslim countries who arrive at U.S. airports from being deported as a result of Donald Trump’s executive order. Trump’s order banned all citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the country. The […]
Source: Thinkprogress.org A Texas mosque was set on fire just hours after Trump signed an executive order restricting migration from Muslim-majority countries. The Islamic Center of Victoria was set on fire around 2 a.m. on Saturday, according to local reports. Victoria Fire Marshal Tom Legler told the Victoria Advocate he […]
We ask a group about their experiences of racism, acceptance and Irishness Patsy McGarry Play Video University students talk about growing up Muslim in Ireland, Islamophobia and choosing to wear the hijab. Video: Kathleen Harris They are an upcoming generation of Irish Muslims – probably the first to have […]
Qasim Rashid I’m an immigrant, an American Muslim and I have family overseas. A Muslim ban would materially impact me — but I can’t help but thank President Trump. I thank him, but not because I think the ban is a necessary — it’s not. Our immigration and refugee process […]
Reuters International JAN 28, 2017 – Women check their luggage after arriving on a flight from Dubai on Emirates Flight 203 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., January 28, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (reuters_tickers) By Yeganeh Torbati and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald […]
Reuters International JAN 28, 2017 – 12:09 FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a news conference near the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. To match Insight IRAN-CONTRACTS/ REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo (reuters_tickers) DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani […]
This self-serving move may only be the beginning from the new President. If he can stop refugees from coming in, who’s to say he won’t also kick them out – or worse? Robert Fisk @indyvoices So Donald Trump is going to f**k them all. No excuses for such filthy words today. I’m only […]
Source: Huffington Post BRUSSELS — Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from various countries have decided to approach the Government of Pakistan on the issue of alleged violation of human […]