President Obama: I Could Have Beaten Donald Trump
Source: Time By Tessa Berenson Despite the twists and turns of the 2016 election, and the punishing defeat for his Democratic Party at the hands of Donald Trump, President Obama thinks […]
Blizzards and Ice Storms Wreak Havoc Across the U.S. Northern Plains
Source: Time A National Weather Service meteorologist’s advice to travelers: “Stay put” (CHICAGO) — Travel conditions remained hazardous as a winter storm swept across much of the northern Great Plains […]
Aleppo’s Christians Celebrate Christmas and Hope for the Return of Peace
Source: Time By Suleiman Al-Khalidi / Reuters AMMAN (Reuters) – Christians in Aleppo celebrated under a giant Christmas tree lit up for the first time in five years, hailing what many […]
The man who studies the spread of ignorance
Source: BBC By Georgina Kenyon This story is featured in BBC Future’s “Best of 2016” collection. Discover more of our picks. In 1979, a secret memo from the tobacco industry […]
Doctors confirm 200-year-old diagnosis
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Doctors have confirmed a diagnosis made more than 200 years ago by one of medicine’s most influential surgeons. […]
Ash tree genome sequenced for first time
Source: BBC By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News The genome of the common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) has been sequenced for the first time – an important step in the […]
Why houses in Bermuda have white stepped roofs
Source: BBC By Harry LowBBC News The North Atlantic island of Bermuda has no fresh-water springs, rivers or lakes. So how did humans ever settle there? The secret is in […]
Israel’s Humbled Benjamin Netanyahu Places Hopes in Donald Trump
Source: Time BY Josef Federman / AP Israel has been at odds with outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama over its settlements in occupied territory. JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government’s furious […]
These women made Pakistan proud in 2016
Many of 2016’s most notable moments were mostly unfortunate, unchecked events of toxic masculinity. From the horrifying tragedy that was Qandeel Baloch’s senseless murder, to Donald Trump’s self-described ‘locker room talk’, and the Council of Islamic Ideology’s (CII)absurd suggestion that ‘lightly beating’ one’s wife ‘as needed’ is permissible, most of us are happy […]
Is it correct that the Quran teaches violence?
Teaching the message of Islam By Alia Hogben, Kingston Whig-Standard, Kingston, Ontario Canada President Canadian Council for Muslim Women Thursday, December 1, 2016 1:42:27 EST PM KINGSTON – “Is it correct that the Quran teaches violence?” asked my grandson. I try not to be defensive about Islam, nor give a sharp […]
A Simple Recipe to Unite All Muslims
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I am a Muslim brought up in Sunni tradition. Growing up in Pakistan, I have a few […]
Palestinian student Shorouq Dwayyat, 19, sentenced to 16 years in Israeli prison
News Women Prisoners December 25, 2016 In another example of the lengthy sentencing practices especially targeting Palestinian youth and women in Jerusalem, Shorouq Dwayyat was sentenced to 16 years in Israeli prison by a Jerusalem court on Sunday, 25 December. Dwayyat, 19, from the village of Sur Baher, was also […]
Do minorities have role in Iraqi national reconciliation?
IRAQ PULSE Türkçe okuyun نبض العراق Iraqi Christians, including Christian soldiers, attend the first Sunday Mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 30, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah) Do minorities have role in Iraqi national reconciliation? BAGHDAD — The national settlement […]
Iraq’s Muslims celebrate Christmas in solidarity with Christians
IRAQ PULSE إقرأ باللغة العربية نبض العراق A giant Christmas tree stands outside the Sama mall in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 20, 2016. (photo by Ammar Alsawad) Iraq’s Muslims celebrate Christmas in solidarity with Christians BAGHDAD — With every year, Christmas in Baghdad is marked with more festivities than the year before. Is this […]
Extremist Muslims will not have final word, terrorism expert says
Brian Levin, Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, from California State University San Bernardino, speaks to those gathered Friday afternoon December 23, 2016 during the 31st Annual West Coast Jalsa Salana held at the Islam Ahmadiyya Movement Inc. in Chino. The convention, which was attended by many […]
Israel summons foreign envoys after UN resolution
AFP, AP | Published — Monday 26 December 2016 A couple walks in the Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. (Reuters) JERUSALEM: Israel on Sunday summoned representatives of states that supported a UN resolution demanding it halt settlement activity, while cutting civilian coordination with Palestinians by way of […]
Israel to expand settlements in retaliation for UN resolution
ARAB NEWS | Published — Monday 26 December 2016 A file photo of the construction site in the illegal Israeli settlement of Beitar Ilit in the occupied West Bank. (Reuters) JERUSALEM: In the days following the UN Security Council’s resolution affirming the illegality of Israeli settlements, it is business […]
‘No survivors’ as Syria-bound Russian jet crashes
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | Published — Sunday 25 December 2016 Russian rescuers carry a stretcher with passenger belongings after a Russian military plane crashed in the Black Sea. (AFP) MOSCOW: A Russian military plane crashed on its way to Syria on Sunday, with no sign of survivors among the […]
Predictions, inventions, innovations coming soon your way
Eye-Opening Predictions In 1998, Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold 85% of all photo paper worldwide. Within just a few years, their business model disappeared and they went bankrupt. What happened to Kodak will happen in a lot of industries in the next 10 years – and most people won’t […]
Pope’s Christmas message urges end to war, terrorism and ‘idolatry of money’
Source: RNS By Josephine McKenna VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis used his traditional Christmas message to call for an end to war and terrorism, and to remember migrants, refugees and […]