The mandate of the United Nations is to preserve peace in the world, but when it comes to the Syrian crisis, the global body has failed badly. Will the UN’s new secretary-general be able to finally introduce necessary reforms? By SPIEGEL Staff Photos AFP January 12, 2017 02:49 PM The […]
Buried amid tens of thousands of pages of former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s secret emails, now being made public by the US Government, is a devastating email exchange between Clinton and her confidential adviser, Sid Blumenthal. It’s about Qaddafi and the US-coordinated intervention in 2011 to topple the […]
Jay Syrmopoulos January 14, 2016 58 Comments Washington, D.C. – In spite of French-led U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 creating a no-fly zone over Libya with the express intent of protecting civilians, one of the over 3,000 new Hillary Clinton emails released by the State Department on New Year’s Eve, contain […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 15 January 2017 A picture taken on October 16, 2013 shows Muslim pilgrims heading to the “Jamarat” ritual, the symbolic stoning of Satan, where they throw pebbles at pillars, in Mina near the holy city of Makkah. (AFP) RIYADH: A senior Moroccan official […]
Source: Arab News RABAT: Morocco’s ban on the sale and production of full-face veils (burqa) has sharply divided opinions in the North African country. Writers and intellectuals have condemned the […]
JOYCE KARAM | Published — Sunday 15 January 2017 Dina Habib Powell. (AP) WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump has been heavily criticized this week for controversial tweets and a fiery press conference. However, one announcement from the incoming administration is garnering positive feedback and bipartisan praise: The appointment of Dina […]
Jan 14,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Elizabeth Drew With Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the United States fast approaching, the strangest — even craziest — post-election transition in US history is about to come to an end. This period has provided a clear demonstration of how unpredictable life with President […]
Jan 14,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Syrian President Bashar Assad was recently quoted by the Syrian state news agency SANA as having told French media, following a visit by French MPs to the liberated Aleppo, that he was “ready to discuss anything” at the projected peace conference in the Kazakh […]
Jan 14,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Mohamed Yahya Africa bears the brunt of lives lost, economies ruined and relationships fractured by terrorism. It is the continent where Al Qaeda launched its war against the United States in 1998, by bombing the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 12 January 2017 Photo: SBB Members of the public are calling on Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) to remove controversial posters from its railway stations just days after right-wing campaigners launched their provocative publicity campaign. The poster, unveiled in railway stations on Monday, shows a woman wearing a […]
Source: Huffington post By Gilbert Reilhac Mandatory school activities overrode religious convictions. A Muslim couple who refused on religious grounds to allow their two young daughters take part in boys-and-girls […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor In the years since his election, Pope Francis has appeared to soften the church’s historically punitive tone towards women who have had […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post A 155-year-old Baptist church in Washington DC recently named a married, gay couple to be its senior ministers with […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Cavan Sieczkowski Deputy Director, News & Analytics Thousands of people lent their names to a petition created by George Takei to take a stand against a possible […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Lisa Capretto Five children. Five countries. Five religions. It might seem as if children like that couldn’t be more different, but in less than five minutes, director […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and secular leaders gathered inside Planned Parenthood Metro Washington’s new Carol Whitehill Moses health center on Tuesday to […]
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Source: Time BY Kate Samuelson Millennial children are earning around 20% less than their baby boomer parents despite being better educated, new research says. Analysis of Federal Reserve data by the […]
Source: Time By Michael Tarm and Don Babwin / AP (CHICAGO) — Institutional problems within the Chicago Police Department have led to serious civil rights violations for years, including racial bias […]
Source: BBC By Douglas Heaven 13 January 2017 Your book talks about the new globalisation. What’s new? Profile: Richard Baldwin Richard Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate […]