January 18, 2017 TEHRAN – Iran regards tourism industry a source for generating wealth, and is seeking to make the best use of positive atmosphere created in the wake of the nuclear deal, known as JCPOA, signed in January 2016. Iran needs to breathe fresh air into the sector […]
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL A collective exhibition titled ‘Migrant Colors’ is now on display in Istanbul, bringing together the works of six artists from Kosovo, displaying unique examples of their art The “Migrant Colors” exhibition is now on in Beşiktaş, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Kosovo Prizren […]
JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The Astana peace talks brokered by Russia and Turkey appear to be in precarious position due to the fact that the ceasefire between Damascus and the rebel forces, painstakingly brokered by Moscow and Ankara, is often violated. As such, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday […]
At least 26,000 people have fled Gambia into Senegal fearing President Yahya Jammeh’s decision to stay in power after losing an election in December could spark unrest, the United Nations said on Wednesday, citing Senegalese government figures. “Up until the night of the 16th there were 26,000 people …. The […]
Gwynne Dyer JORDAN TIMES “I can’t wait to see how the incoming administration deals with AI,” said US Secretary of State John Kerry in a less-than-gracious reference to the fact that the Trump team has not got a clue about the real driving force in the changing world economy. What […]
How might Europe turn Brexit to its advantage? There was something of that in the Prime Minister’s speech but what she says carries no force. What we think does not matter. It is up to them Hamish McRae How can Brexit be better for Europe? From the UK perspective the whole business […]
Anyone who’s visited the West Bank these past few years, looked at the Jewish colonies built on stolen Arab land, witnessed the occupation and the filth of Gaza and observed its brutal Hamas militia leaders – and realised that Netanyahu will soon be the most left-wing member of his increasingly […]
Source : The New York Times By Sopan Deb “Look at how many brown people are here!” Dean Obeidallah said to cheers after taking the stage Sunday at the Comic […]
Source: The New York Times By ALISSA J. RUBIN, BENOÎT MORENNE and ISABEL KERSHNER PARIS — An effort by France to give impetus to the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process through […]
Source: BBC By Lipika Pelham|New York “I remember my father showing me the scars he had on his head from when he used to be beaten up by the children […]
Source: BBC About 13 million pages of declassified documents from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have been released online. The records include UFO sightings and psychic experiments from the […]
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) In one of his last official acts, President Obama has designated Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and other civil rights landmarks in […]
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe (Editor’s note: Since Donald Trump’s victory in last year’s election, many Christians became convinced he was chosen by God to be president even though he […]
Source: NPR By SARAH MCCAMMON The abortion rate in the United States fell to its lowest level since the historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalized abortion nationwide, a new report finds. The report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports legalized abortion, puts the rate at 14.6 […]
Source: Time Jeffrey Kluger Gene Cernan never knew about the plan NASA approved to cut him loose in space — or at least he didn’t know about it at the […]
Source: Time BY Ryan Teague Beckwith@ryanbeckwith Chris Wilson@chriswilsondc The country that Donald Trump will assume leadership of on Jan. 20, 2017 looks vastly different from the one that President Obama […]
Source: Dawn Last week, officials from Morocco’s interior ministry took to the markets. There they visited some merchants and handed them a letter. “We notice that you sell the burqa,” the letter noted, before asking the merchants to get rid of the existing stock within 48 hours and to not […]
Source: The Local Despite a major 2015 Constitutional Court ruling striking down absolute headscarf bans in schools, a lower court has rejected a case brought by a woman who was not allowed to teach due to wearing the garment. An Osnabrück court on Wednesday dismissed a complaint filed by a […]
Source: Review of Religions ADDRESS BY WORLDWIDE HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY AT THE CALGARY PEACE SYMPOSIUM IN CANADA On 11th November 2016, the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya […]
Palestine: Fatah and Hamas to form unity government Source: Al Jazeerah Agreement reached after three days of talks in Moscow paving the way for the formation of a new National […]