Eating a Handful of Nuts May Prevent Major Diseases
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. […]
Here’s what the Kaaba looks like from inside
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 […]
‘Hero’ Muslim police officer harassed over hijab in New York
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 […]
PM Nawaz orders QAU’s physics centre to be renamed after Dr Abdus Salam
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 […]
Dying girl gets wish to have her body frozen
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 […]
Depression, the secret we share | Andrew Solomon
“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 […]
Physics centre to be renamed after Pakistan’s first Nobel laureate Abdus Salam
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 […]
Teen’s murder-rape arrest reignites refugee debate
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 […]
New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key to Resign After Eight Years in Office
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 […]
‘We Have Lost Everything’: Syrians Return to Ravaged Aleppo
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 […]
Donald Trump Warns of 35% Tariff For Companies That Move Abroad
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 […]
The tough questions on social integration are being ducked
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 ‘ […]
Narendra Modi Wins Reader’s Poll for TIME Person of the Year
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, […]
The earth does not just spin it also shakes and wobbles
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 […]
Bana Alabed, seven-year-old tweeting from Aleppo, goes quiet
Source: BBC A seven-year-old girl whose tweets from besieged eastern Aleppo drew worldwide attention has disappeared from the social network amid an army offensive. Tweeting in English with the help […]
Supreme Court hearing government appeal over Brexit powers
Source: BBC The Supreme Court has begun a landmark legal hearing into whether Parliament’s consent is required before official Brexit negotiations can begin. Its 11 justices will hear a government appeal against last month’s High Court ruling that only Parliament has the authority to trigger Article 50. The hearing, being […]
At least 11 killed as fire sweeps through Karachi hotel in Pakistan
Source: The Telegraph A huge fire swept through a four-star hotel in the southern port city of Karachi on Monday, killing at least 11 people, officials said.More than 50 people suffered injuries in the early morning blaze, which started in the hotel kitchen, police officer Tauqeer Naeem said. The exact cause […]
Arranged marriages happier, claims former High Court family judge
Source: The Telegraph By John Bingham, social affairs editor Arranged marriage could be happier than marrying for love because it removes the pressure to find the “perfect” partner before settling down, […]
Survival by Accident or Design?
Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth Mirza Tahir Ahmad Survival by Accident or Design? HE ISSUE of the survival of all living creatures is not as easy and simple as normally understood by the Darwinian cliché of the ‘Survival of the Fittest’. This term can only be understood in depth when […]
Where Is Bana? Mystery Surrounds Shutdown Of Syrian Girl’s Twitter Account
Bana Alabed’s profile disappeared from the service on Sunday. 12/05/2016 Lee Moran Trends Editor, The Huffington Post A seven-year-old Syrian girl’s Twitter account has mysteriously shut down. Bana Alabed had gained more than 100,000 followers since the @AlabedBana profile she shares with her mother Fatemah began tweeting their experiences of living […]