IS conflict: Baghdad suicide car bomb blast kills 35
Source: BBC At least 35 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in a busy square in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, security and medical sources say. Sixty-one other […]
Israeli settlements grew on Obama’s watch. They may be poised for a boom on Trump’s.
Source: The Washington Post By Griff Witte SHILOH, West Bank — Through eight years of escalating criticism from the world’s most powerful leader, Israeli construction in these sacred, militarily occupied […]
Pope tells bishops to have zero tolerance for sexual abuse
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has told bishops around the world they must adhere to a policy of zero tolerance for clergy who sexually abuse […]
Nightclub Massacre in Istanbul Exposes Turkey’s Deepening Fault Lines
Source: The New York Times By TIM ARANGO ISTANBUL — When a lone gunman murdered dozens of New Year’s revelers early Sunday, he targeted a symbol of a cosmopolitan Istanbul […]
An Afghan Street Artist Boldly Brings Women’s Stories To Life
Shamsia Hassani hopes her work inspires younger Afghan citizens, both men and women, to create. 12/23/2016 09:37 am ET | Updated Dec 26, 2016 Priscilla Frank Arts Writer, The Huffington Post SHAMSIA HASSANI At 22 years old, Shamsia Hassani became interested in graffiti ― spray painting the surreal visions […]
While You Were Asleep New Year’s Day Morning, Muslims Waged Jihad On Your Streets
01/01/2017 Kashif N Chaudhry Physician, Writer, Human Rights Activist New Year’s Eve is marked by celebrations world over. There is lots of partying involved, and consequently, a lot of work for sanitation workers before the New Year morning. In 2015, the Department of Sanitation in New York City estimated close […]
The U.S. is no stranger to interfering in the elections of other countries
One professor’s database cites 81 attempts by the United States to influence elections in other countries, notably in Iran, Guatemala and Chile. Nina Agrawal Update: President Obama on Thursday slapped Russia with new penalties for meddling in the U.S. presidential election, kicking out dozens of suspected spies and imposing banking restrictions […]
Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ becomes German bestseller year after reprint
Source: The Local For 70 years after the end of the Second World War, the brutal dictator’s manifesto remained unpublished in Germany. Its copyright was owned by the state of Bavaria, which prevented new editions from being printed in Germany for fear of reinvigorating Nazi sentiments. But when its copyright […]
A Year Of U.S. Militarism
12/30/2016 Marjorie Cohn Professor Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law One of the most alarming developments in U.S. foreign policy in 2016 was the ratcheting up of the new iteration of the Cold War. Looking back at U.S. foreign policy in this last year of Barack Obama’s presidential tenure, […]
The ISIS Istanbul Reina Night Club Attack: A Lesson In What Happens When One Invites Cannibals To Dinner
01/02/2017 Ahmet S Yayla Professor & Deputy Director International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) Anne Speckhard Director, International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry – Georgetown University ISIS attacked again in Turkey, this time on New Year’s Eve in the […]
Sheikh Mohammed Launches Food Bank in UAE as Part of ‘Year of Giving’
Source: MSN Last month it was announced that 2017 is going to be the Year of Giving in the UAE, and they weren’t joking. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al […]
WORLD WAR THREE, BY MISTAKE
Harsh political rhetoric, combined with the vulnerability of the nuclear command-and-control system, has made the risk of global catastrophe greater than ever. By Eric Schlosser December 23, 2016 A dilemma has haunted nuclear strategy since the first detonation of an atomic bomb: How do you prevent a nuclear attack while […]
A Brief History of Jihadist Movements
How the Jihadist Movements Thrived Ideologically Despite Their Militarily Defeat: Examples from Arab History By Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi, New Age Islam 02 January 2017 As the New Year 2017 arrives, one of the most sought-after questions is: will the Islamic State—the chief jihadist cult in the current history— end in […]
Why it’s so hard to get over your ex, according to a relationship psychologist
Source: Scifeeds.com By Grace Larson, who is a PhD candidate at Northwestern University Few things knock your emotional world off its axis like a breakup. When my first long-term relationship ended, […]
Alcohol abuse linked to higher heart risks, study says
Source: CNN By Susan Scutti, CNN (CNN)An estimated 10 million to 15 million Americans abuse alcohol, meaning excessive drinking negatively affects their lives. Now, research suggests a link between too […]
‘Church Militant’ Theology Is Put to New, and Politicized, Use
Source: The New York Times By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN A week after Stephen K. Bannon helped engineer the populist revolt that led to Donald J. Trump’s election, Buzzfeed unearthed a […]
Poll: Most Americans Don’t Think Donald Trump Can Handle Being President
Source: Time By Charlotte Alter Americans have little confidence in President-elect Donald Trump’s abilities to handle his presidential duties, with less than half of Americans saying they trust him to prevent […]
Mark Zuckerberg says he’s no longer an atheist, believes ‘religion is very important’
Source: Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer The founder of Facebook has found religion, it seems, according to a cheery holiday message he posted on the social network he created. On […]
These Are the Top 10 Risks to the World in 2017
Source: Time BY Ian Bremmer With the election of Donald Trump, the G-zero world is now fully upon us. The triumph of an “America first” foreign policy marks a fundamental break […]