Huff Post: by Jessica Prois/Kimberly Yam— “It was all based on race hysteria, xenophobia in the past, and you don’t want that to repeat again.” Seventy-five years ago on Wednesday, the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into World War II and subsequently ushered in the nuclear age. It […]
13 December 2016 The Gambia’s security forces have taken over the headquarters of the electoral commission, its chairman says, as the country’s president refuses to accept his loss in recent elections. Alieu Momar Njai told the BBC that staff were barred from entering. President Yahya Jammeh initially conceded defeat to […]
RESIDENCE PERMITS Are you the very model of a modern Alpine citizen? By Thomas Stephens SOCIETY DEC 14, 2016 – 15:52 From January 1, 2018, a C permit will be required for a Swiss passport (Keystone) If you can “respect public security and order, uphold the values of the […]
MEHMET BARLAS Published2 hours ago The incoming Trump administration will suffer from Obama’s mistakes in Iraq and Syria, as Turkey is experiencing right now Articles COLUMNSWith friends like these, who needs enemies? COLUMNSEU’s support for terror pushes Turkey toward NATO COLUMNSHDP must distance itself from PKK As […]
NO PUBLIC VOTE Supreme Court upholds decision on Islam centre DEC 14, 2016 – The Federal Court in Lausanne confirmed a decision by the Fribourg cantonal parliament to ban a public vote on a training centre for Imams (Keystone) Switzerland’s highest court has declared invalid a controversial proposal to close […]
Yahoo says hackers stole information from over 1 billion accounts in another breach ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Yahoo said early Thursday that it believes hackers stole data from more than one billion user accounts in August 2013. The Sunnyvale, California, company says it’s a different breach from the one it […]
CIVIL WAR By Gaby Ochsenbein DEC 14, 2016 – People are fleeing eastern Aleppo (Reuters) Switzerland has called on all sides involved in the Syrian conflict to respect human rights and international law. Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter said that only a political solution will pave the way for long-lasting peace, […]
Dec 14,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab The French government’s attempt to bring peace to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is moving into high gear in the weeks before the end of the year and before the change of leadership in the US. What makes the French plan interesting is that it […]
Stewart Bell | December 13, 2016 | More from Stewart Bell | @StewartBellNP TORONTO — An attack on a mosque in Chakwal, Pakistan, has led to calls for an investigation in Canada over allegations a Toronto-area man was part of a group that vowed “extreme measures” against the place […]
Source: BBC By Fergus WalshMedical correspondent Image copyrightFERGUS WALSHImage captionMoaza gave birth to a healthy boy after her fertility was restored using frozen tissue A woman has given birth in London […]
Source: BBC The bombing of the last parts of Aleppo held by rebels is probably a war crime, the UN’s human rights chief says. A deal to evacuate rebel fighters […]
Source: RNS By Bhavya Dore MUMBAI, India (RNS) On a recent hot afternoon, more than 200 women walked a winding path to the tomb of the Muslim saint Pir Haji […]
Source: Reuters By Laila Bassam | ALEPPO, SYRIA The remains of the medieval Umayyad Mosque’s felled minaret lie in its once-elegant courtyard along with discarded mattresses, fragments of rockets and […]
Source: The Guardian By Rachel Pugh For rector Sarah Lunn, it’s only a stone’s throw from the small sandstone church of St James to the purpose-built surgery in the tiny Cumbrian […]
Source: RNS By Ini Ekott ABUJA, Nigeria (RNS) Nigeria’s national Christian umbrella group is criticizing lax enforcement of construction standards in the country following the collapse of a church during an ordination […]
Source: Reuters By Christian Shepherd | BEIJING A popular website for Chinese Muslims has been inaccessible since Saturday after a critical letter addressed to Chinese President Xi Jinping was posted […]
Source: Time BY Simon Shuster / Berlin Although Vladimir Putin has no shortage of energy executives on his payroll, the Russian President likes to negotiate oil and gas deals personally. He […]
Source: AFP ROME: A hospital in northern Italy said Wednesday it had achieved a world first by successfully transplanting a kidney in the place of the spleen in a six-year-old […]
Source: Tehran Times By Naghmeh Mizanian December 13, 2016 TEHRAN — Different branches of Islam should pay attention to their notable commonalities rather than little differences, says Ms. Homeyra Rigi, […]
Dr Salam, Chakwal and symbolism Home / Today’s Paper / Opinion / Dr Salam, Chakwal and symbolism By Mosharraf Zaidi December 14, 2016 Print : Opinion Why would a mainstream political figure publicly invoke Dr Abdus Salam’s name in the Pakistan of 2016? This is not the question that arose when we learnt last week about the prime […]