By Yara Bayoumy and Warren Strobel | WASHINGTON Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an effort to help Republican Donald Trump’s electoral chances by discrediting Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign, U.S. intelligence agencies said in an assessment on Friday. Russia’s objectives were to undermine public faith in the […]
Jan 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Antonio Guterres, the new secretary general of the United Nations who replaced Ban Ki-moon, assumed his post on January 1 with a pledge to overhaul the world body. Guterres is aware that there is widespread scepticism and cynicism about the UN, and that much […]
Momani says move would inflame Arab, Muslim sentiments across world By JT – Jan 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Jordan has been spearheading efforts to protect Jerusalem’s Arab-Islamic identity in the face of Judaisation policies (File photo) AMMAN — Jordan has warned of “catastrophic” repercussions if President-elect Donald Trump […]
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I leads the Epiphany ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, January 6, 2017. (Reuters Photo) In the freezing waters of Bosporus, far from the typically warm Middle East where Jesus Christ emerged, the faithful braved the cold to mark his baptism […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Osman Bayezid Osmanoğlu, the 44th head of the Ottoman family, has died at the age of 92 on Friday in New York. Osmanoğlu is the second son of Sultan Abdülmecid I’s grandson Ibrahim Tevfik by his fourth wife Hadice Sadiye Hanım. If the Ottoman monarchy were restored, […]
January 5, 2017 TEHRAN – Iranian Parliament Vice-Speaker Ali Motahari said on Wednesday re-launching haj should be deferred until Saudi Arabia has paid restitution to the families of Iranians who lost their lives during a 2015 haj crush. During the haj stampede in Mina in September 2015, 464 Iranian pilgrims […]
Source: ET Former chief of army staff (COAS) General (retd) Raheel Sharif has been appointed chief of Islamic military alliance and posted in Saudi Arabia, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif confirmed on Friday. Speaking in Geo TV’s programme ‘Naya Pakistan’, the defence minister admitted that an agreement had been finalised a few days […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred; killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet and Steve Almasy (CNN) Five people […]
Source. The Local Three years ago the US withdrew their last tank from European soil. But on Friday a tank brigade will start being unloaded in Bremerhaven on its way to NATO’s eastern frontier. The arrival of three US military cargo ships at the north German port signals a step […]
Source: The Local American journalist Sandhya Kambhampati was stopped by police 23 times within her first nine months of living in Berlin. Now she’s investigating racial profiling in Germany – and is looking for others to share experiences.The first time 24-year-old Sandhya Kambhampati was stopped by an officer in Berlin, […]
The Muslim Times has a large collection of articles to promote modern Islamic family values. Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor As an American Muslim living in […]
Source: Time Moscow has been a key supporter of Assad’s government in Syria’s devastating civil war Russia announced on Friday that it is withdrawing its aircraft carrier and some other […]
Source: BBC Donald Trump has tweeted that Toyota will face hefty tariffs on cars built in Mexico for the US market if it builds Corollas south of the border. The […]
Source: BBC By Maddy Savage 6 January 2017 It’s 13:30 and 28-year-old Mårten Pella’s smartphone starts pinging, a signal that it’s time for us to stop working around his living […]
Source: BBC Top Republicans in the US state of Texas have unveiled a bill that would ban transgender people from using the toilet of their choice. The Texas Privacy Act […]
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Bangladesh police say a militant suspected of being one of the leaders of an attack on a popular cafe in Bangladesh’s capital that […]
Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) New Army regulations will allow soldiers to wear turbans, beards and hijabs under most circumstances, reflecting a change Sikhs have sought for […]
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency By Gabrielle Birkner LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Rabbi Marvin Hier has known Charles and Seryl Kushner — Jared Kushner’s parents and Donald Trump’s in-laws — for decades. […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor President-elect Donald Trump’s longtime religious adviser, Paula White, is firing back at critics who have called her a heretic and questioned her […]
Source: BBC The US has identified the Russian agents behind alleged hacking ahead of the presidential election won by Donald Trump in November, reports say. The agents, whose names have […]