Nobel Peace Prize: Santos calls for ‘rethink’ of war on drugs
Source: BBC The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has used his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to call for the world to “rethink” the war on drugs. He said […]
42% Fewer U.S. Women Are Dying of Breast Cancer
Source: Time BY Alice Park Breast cancer deaths are down in many countries worldwide—but some still have major work to do In the latest analysis of worldwide data from the […]
Maryland Muslim doctor offers free clinics
Source: The Eagle By VICKIE CONNOR SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — For the past 10 years, Dr. Ashraf Meelu has paid out-of-pocket to offer basic health care in clinics open […]
Why Russia plays by its own rules
Source: CNN First, Soviets did not believe in win-win solutions (having rarely experienced such outcomes). Second, spouting vranyo (baloney) is an essential lubricant of social and business life. Third, and most importantly, Soviet negotiators regarded rules as merely an expression of power. The rule-setting party aims to constrain and overcome […]
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh rejects election defeat
Source: CNN Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Friday rejected the results of the December 1 election and called for his country to vote again — a week after initially accepting his defeat. Jammeh, who has ruled Gambia with an iron grip since a 1994 military coup, suffered a shocking loss […]
Donald Trump takes aim at US intelligence community on Russia
Source: CNN President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team slammed the CIA Friday, following reports the agency has concluded that Russia intervened in the election to help him win. In a stunning response to widening claims of a Russian espionage operation targeting the presidential race, Trump’s camp risked an early feud with […]
On human rights day, Pak comes under fire for Ahmadiyya crackdown
Source: Newsdog.today “USCIRF condemns the brutal raid on the Ahmadiyya offices, the first such raid since Pakistan amended its constitution 42 years ago declaring that Ahmadis are ‘non-Muslims’,” said Thomas J. Reese, a Catholic priest of the Jesuit order. “Pakistan’s anti-terrorism laws should not be applied to the peaceful Ahmadiyya […]
US Criticises Pakistan’s Crackdown on Ahmadiyyas
Source: News 18.com Washington: Pakistan’s crackdown on Ahmadiyya community under the guise of anti-terrorist action has been denounced by the State Department and the Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). “We’re obviously very concerned about the reports that Punjab counter-terrorism police have raided the international headquarters of Ahmadiyya — Muslim […]
India: Punjab police makes foolproof security arrangements for Ahmadiyya Muslim meet in wake of terror threats
The Ahmadiyya Muslim meet will be held on December 26 in Qadian in Punjab Security has been increased after a request from Secretary Anjuman Ahmadiyya There has been criticism of Ahmadiyyas by prominent Muslim organisations, leaders and fundamentalists See more news from India at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome By Atir Khan PUBLISHED: 00:18 […]
Johnson courts Gulf after Saudi comments draw putdown
DEC 9, 2016 – Reuters International Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson attends during the Rome MED Mediterranean Dialogues forum in Rome, Italy December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files (reuters_tickers) By William Maclean MANAMA (Reuters) – Britain’s exit from the European Union will mean it can forge free trade deals with Gulf […]
Gambia President Jammeh rejects outcome of Dec. 1 election
Reuters International DEC 10, 2016 – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh holds a copy of the Quran while speaking to a poll worker at a polling station during the presidential election in Banjul, Gambia, December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (reuters_tickers) By Emma Farge DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh […]
Switzerland: Do strict citizenship laws help or hurt integration?
SOCIAL AID Do strict citizenship laws help or hurt integration? By Veronica DeVore DEC 8, 2016 – The old town of Bern. In 2013, the authorities here passed the strictest citizenship law in Switzerland which stipulates that applicants may not be receiving social aid and must pay back any they […]
Brussels ‘to fast-track offer’ for British nationals in France to remain EU citizens
The Local news.france@thelocal.com 9 December 2016 Photo: AFP The European Union’s Brexit negotiators will offer British people a chance to individually remain part of the EU, according to media reports in Britain. There was potentially some good news on Friday for all those Brits who were unhappy about the EU […]
Iraqi troops retreat after Mosul hospital battle
By Reuters – Dec 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi internally displaced groom Jassim Mohammed walks with his bride, Amena Ali, during their wedding ceremony at a camp for internally displaced people in Khazir, near Mosul, Iraq, Thursday (AP photo) BAGHDAD —Iraqi troops who seized a hospital deep inside […]
Ivanka Trump and other Orthodox Jewish converts to fall under new guidelines
Source: RNS By Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) Ivanka Trump and thousands of other Orthodox converts to Judaism should be automatically recognized as Jewish under a landmark set of guidelines Israel’s […]
The Giraffe Is Now Vulnerable to Extinction Following Population Decline
Source: Time BY Justin Worland The giraffe is now “vulnerable” to extinction following a population decline due to a slew of different human activities, according to a new report. The findings […]
Why vitamin supplements could kill you
Source: BBC By Alex Riley 8 December 2016 For Linus Pauling, it all started to go wrong when he changed his breakfast routine. In 1964, at the age of 65, […]
Netherlands trial: Geert Wilders guilty of incitement
Source: BBC Dutch anti-Islam political leader Geert Wilders has been convicted of insulting a group and inciting discrimination. But no penalty was imposed by the court near Amsterdam on Wilders, […]
Japan tests innovative magnetic tether for slowing space junk
Source: BBC Japan has launched a cargo ship which will use a half mile- (700m)-long tether to remove some of the vast amount of debris from Earth’s orbit.The tether, made […]
Obama Orders Intelligence Report on Russian Election Hacking
Source: The New York Times By DAVID E. SANGER President Obama giving a speech at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday.CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times Washington — […]