Reuters International DEC 7, 2016 – BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that ultra-conservative Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming classes at school, finding against […]
YUSUF SELMAN İNANÇ @yusufsinanc ISTANBUL A recent report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reveals that the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which holds veto power, are single-handedly dominating the global arms market. Sales of arms and military services in 2015 totaled some $370 […]
AGENCIES | Published — Thursday 8 December 2016 Destruction in the Al-Shaar neighborhood after regime forces took control of the area in the eastern part of the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday. (AFP) ALEPPO: Opposition fighters in Aleppo called for a five-day truce and the evacuation of civilians […]
MD. SHAHIDUL HAQUE | Published — Thursday 8 December 2016 Md. Shahidul Haque We live in a rapidly evolving, hyper-connected world, where goods, capital and people are more mobile than ever before. But, whereas countries have shown a willingness to cooperate on exchanging goods and capital, the international community […]
Source: Tribune Yasmin Perveen, one of the pioneer women ‘captains’ of Careem, adjusts back mirror while driving her car in Islamabad, Pakistan December 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS Taxi-hailing service Careem […]
Source: Time Zian Mustakin and Niniek Karmini / AP (MEUREUDU, Indonesia) — A strong undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Aceh province early on Wednesday, killing at least 97 people and sparking […]
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Barbara Demick One woman is a decorated officer of the New York Police Department, commended two years ago for running into a burning building to […]
Source: Reuters By Kim Palmer | CLEVELAND Ohio lawmakers approved a bill that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks after conception, clearing […]
Source: USA Today BY Erin Jensen, USA TODAY This week, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath took us to Clearwater, Fla., where a former Scientologist claimed to be on the receiving end […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By JOSEPH DE AVILA BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—One of the oldest Christian congregations in this community said it would sell its historic church to a regional Islamic […]
Source: Time A failed coup left the Turkish president even more powerful BY JARED MALSIN When a rogue faction of Turkey’s military moved to seize control of the country on […]
Source: BBC By David Cox 7 December 2016 A decade ago, Fabrice Schnöller was an engineer working on systems for tracking sharks. Then, in 2007, he went on a sailing […]
Source: CNN By Fareed Zakaria, Host Fareed Zakaria is host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” This article is adapted from the conclusion to “The Legacy of Barack Obama,” which airs […]
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Fareed Zakaria examines the triumphs and struggles during President Barack Obama’s time in the White House. Watch “The Legacy of Barack […]
Source: The New York Times By LAURIE GOODSTEIN NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Jolted into action by a wave of hate crimesthat followed the election victory of Donald J. Trump, American […]
President Obama delivers his final national security address as commander-in-chief at Florida’s MacDill Air Force Base.
thestar.com Dr. Mohammed Shamji was charged with assaulting his wife, Dr. Elana Fric-Shamji, after a 2005 domestic dispute, a police source told the Star Tuesday. (ELANA FRIC-SHAMJI / FACEBOOK) By WENDY GILLIS News reporter Tues., Dec. 6, 2016 The Toronto neurosurgeon accused of first degree murder in the death of his doctor wife was charged with uttering […]
Source: CNN “I don’t think that we have ever seen one person, operating in such an unconventional way, have an impact on the events of the year,” said Time editor […]
Police official says Pakistan International Airlines flight PK661, which had about 47 people on board, has crashed en route to Islamabad from Chitral A file photo of a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane arriving at the Benazir International airport in Islamabad. Photograph: Faisal Mahmood/Reuters Reuters in Islamabad Wednesday 7 December […]