Dec 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby This week, without debate or an actual vote, the US Senate stealthily passed a disturbing and dangerous piece of legislation introduced by senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Bob Casey (D-PA). Called “The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016” (AAA), the Scott-Casey bill requires […]
Source: Associated Press By ALI KOTARUMALOS and STEPHEN WRIGHT Local shout slogans during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016. Thousands of… Read more JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tens of thousands of Indonesians rallied in the center of the capital Jakarta on Sunday, calling for tolerance and unity […]
Source: Associated Press By ANGELA CHARLTON Russian Patriarch Kirill attends a blessing ceremony in the Saint Trinity Church on the banks of… Read more PARIS (AP) — The patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church consecrated a prominent new church Sunday near the Eiffel Tower seen as a controversial symbol of […]
Source: Associated Press By EILEEN NG Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, holds hands with other leaders during a protest… Read more KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak led a protest rally Sunday against what he called a “genocide” of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority, as he […]
Source: BBC Allowing ministers to trigger Brexit was Parliament’s “clear expectation” when it agreed to an EU referendum, the Supreme Court has been told. Attorney General Jeremy Wright said the […]
Source: BBC US President-elect Donald Trump has posted a series of tweets criticising China for its monetary policy and its operations in the South China Sea. “Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency” and “build a massive military complex?” he asked. “I don’t think so!” […]
Source: Time By Alice Park The daily habit may fend off heart disease, cancer, respiratory illness and diabetes Nuts, full of good fats and fiber, are health food for the heart. […]
Hajj 2018 began in the evening of Sunday, August 19 and ends in the evening of Friday, August 24. It should be a time to meditate on the universal brotherhood in Islam, rather than bragging rights of our particular sect. Ameen Source: The Express Tribune The Muslim Times has the […]
Source: ET In 2014, Elsokary was awarded a medal for bravery when she charged into a burning building to save an elderly man and a small child. The veteran officer and her partner rushed into a smoke-filled building when they heard a baby crying on the second floor. Mayor Bill de […]
Source: Dawn Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved, in principle, the renaming of Quaid-i-Azam University’s (QAU) physics department to the Professor Abdus Salam Center for Physics on Monday, according to a Press Information Department (PID) statement. The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training was directed to draw up a formal summary […]
Source: TOI The judge called the case that began in the family division of the court unprecedented. “It is no surprise that this application is the only one of its kind to have come before the courts in this country, and probably anywhere else,” Jacksonsaid, calling the case “an example […]
“The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment.” In a talk equal parts eloquent and […]
By News Desk Published: December 5, 2016 In recognition of the contributions of Pakistan’s first Nobel laureate, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered renaming of National Centre for Physics at Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) to ‘Professor Abdus Salam Centre for Physics’, PM House announced on Monday. “PM has taken this decision in […]
Source: The Local The anti-migrant Alternative for Germany party (AfD) blamed the crime on the “uncontrolled” influx of foreigners, while the head of a police union warned of the “dangers that always go along with massive immigration”. But Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said the murder of the 19-year-old medical student should […]
Source: Time BY Nick Perry / AP He said he had made personal sacrifices and the job had taken a toll on his family (WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — New Zealand’s popular Prime Minister John Key stunned the nation Monday when he announced he was resigning after eight years as leader. Key […]
Source: Time By Bassem Mroue / AP The rebels have been retreating from eastern Aleppo for more than a week, and government forces are likely to prevail (ALEPPO, Syria) — Amina […]
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Trump warned companies of “retribution or consequences” for leaving the U.S.Donald Trump warned U.S. companies of “retribution or consequences,” such as a massive tariff, if they leave the country. In a series of early morning tweets Sunday, Trump said companies with offshore factories would face a […]
theguardian: by Louise Casey — Our laws and values should protect every single person in Britain – and that just isn’t happening ‘In places such as Rotherham a failure to talk only leaves the ground open for the far right on one side and Islamist extremists on the other ‘ […]
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the online reader’s poll for TIME Person of the Year, beating out other world leaders, artists and politicians as the most influential figure in 2016 among people who voted. The magazine’s editors decide the final Person of the Year, […]
Source: BBC By Nic Fleming 5 December 2016 The Earth beneath our feet seems reassuringly solid and unchanging most of the time. But this is an illusion, born of our […]