WHY REPUBLICANS COULD REGRET OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE
Source: The New Yorker By Eyal Press Every year around the anniversary of Roe v. Wade—January 22, 1973—protesters from across the country gather in Washington, D.C., for the March […]
Trump Renews Vow for Jerusalem Embassy, a Gift of Uncertain Value
Source: The New York Times By IAN FISHER and ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM — It started, as it has in American presidential races for decades, as a campaign line, one that […]
‘Dangerous and unpredictable’: Here’s how unpopular Trump is in German polls
Source: The Local A new poll ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration shows that most Germans are pessimistic about what he will bring to Europe. According to the poll released on Friday by opinion research group Civey, very few Germans have anything positive to say about Trump. Just 5.2 percent of […]
Gambia crisis: Jammeh given last chance to resign as troops close in
Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image captionNews of Adama Barrow’s presidency was met with celebrations in the Gambian capital Banjul West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh a final opportunity to relinquish power after Senegalese troops entered The Gambia. Mr Jammeh has been given until noon on Friday to leave office or […]
Guantanamo Bay, the infamous jail Obama could not shut
By AFP – Jan 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES In this February 2, 2002 file photo, a detainee from Afghanistan is carried on a stretcher before being interrogated by military officials at the detention facility Camp X-Ray on Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba (AP photo) WASHINGTON — […]
Evaluating Obama’s foreign policy
Jan 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power When President Barack Obama leaves office, will the world be better or worse than eight years ago? Taking the big picture, so often obscured by the wars and uprisings that dominate the front page, more often than not he has resisted the foreignpolicy […]
Hello Mr President
Source: ET Like it or not Donald Trump is going to be sworn in as President of the United States of America tomorrow, Friday 20th January 2017. He comes into office with the lowest approval rating of any president since Adam was a lad. Some of the scandals that dog […]
India’s elusive ‘Cold Start’ doctrine and Pakistan’s military preparedness
Source: ET India has twice made exceptions of not appointing the senior-most lieutenant general for the covet post of chief of army staff in 33 years. This time, the Modi government superseded two lieutenant generals – Praveen Bakshi and Mohamed Ali Hariz – to elevate Bipin Rawat as army commander-in-chief. […]
Uber Dubai gets its first female limo driver
Joining the ranks of women cabbies in pink scarves you see at Dubai airport, Uber Dubai got its first female limo driver yesterday. The driver Fritzie Castro, 43, a Filipina, has been in Dubai for seven years. She works the 4am-4pm shift, waking up six days a week at 2 […]
History Channel Documentary: Banned from the Bible Secrets of the Apostles
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AFTERMATH: SIXTEEN WRITERS ON TRUMP’S AMERICA
Source: The New Yorker Essays by Toni Morrison, Atul Gawande, Hilary Mantel, George Packer, Jane Mayer, Jeffrey Toobin, Junot Díaz, and more. A DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION By George Packer Four decades […]
Should You Give Your Baby Acupuncture?
Source: Motto By Amanda MacMillan Acupuncture may help babies who cry too much, according to a new study published in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine. Infants with colic—crying for more than […]
How Mormon Polygamy In The 19th Century Fueled Women’s Activism
Source: NPR Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich says that for Mormon women living in 19th century Utah, “plural marriages” were empowering in complicated ways. TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is […]
What Thomas Merton and Muhammad Ali Had in Common
Source: The New York Times By LONNIE ALI On an afternoon in 1958, near the shopping district at Walnut and Fourth Streets in Louisville, Ky., Thomas Merton was moving about […]
Crowdfunding raises $100,000 for new Australia Day campaign with girls in hijabs
Source: The Guardian By Helen Davidson Anti-racism campaigners have called for the return of an Australia Day billboard in Melbourne which was taken down after the company allegedly received threats over […]
Egypt puts soccer star Aboutrika on no-fly, terror list
Source: Associated Press By BRIAN ROHAN CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have placed one of the country’s all-time greatest soccer players on a terror watch and no-fly list, over accusations […]
Malaysia says OIC will push Myanmar to halt Rohingya crisis
Source:Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s foreign minister said Wednesday that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is expected to call for a halt to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya […]
Homeless man suspected of torching Bellevue mosque is charged
Source: The Seattle Times A homeless man suspected of setting fire to a Bellevue mosque early Saturday morning was charged with second-degree arson Tuesday by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s […]
America’s oldest Muslim families on the Trump presidency: ‘This can’t deter us’
Source: The Guardian By Ryan Schuessler When Alyssa Haughwout heard the news that Donald Trump had become the president-elect of the United States, her first thought was about the century-old mosque […]
This Muslim-Run Clinic Offers Free Health Care To Those In Need
Source: The Huffington Post By Elyse Wanshel Associate Editor, Trends, The Huffington Post The American Muslim Community Center in Orlando, Florida, has converted an old doctor’s office into a free clinic […]