Exclusive: Speaking for the first time as the bombardment of Aleppo continues, General Jamil Hassan – a man facing sanctions from both the US and EU – says he’s ‘astounded the US and UN make all this effort for this very small district’ Robert Fisk Syria @indyvoices Aleppo’s historic citadel, controlled by […]
NIRAJ SRIVASTAVA 5 Years After Gaddafi’s Murder: Libya Destroyed NIRAJ SRIVASTAVA Friday, November 25,2016 BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA: When I arrived in Libya in March 1994 as a middle-ranking diplomat, the country was under UN sanctions related to the 1988 Lockerbie disaster. No flights to and from Libya were permitted; we had […]
They’re heavily veiled, believe in polygamy and have to follow thousands of rules. Yet increasing numbers of young and educated British women are converting to Salafism. Academic researcherAnabel Inge managed to gain unprecedented access to them – though at first they mistook her for a spy Anabel Inge Salafism, often […]
Three California Mosques Receive Letters Praising Trump, Threatening Genocide By Daniel Politi slate.com The letter that was sent to three California mosques over the past week.CAIR The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for police to increase protection of mosques after at least three in California received identical handwritten letters that vow President-elect Donald […]
Source: http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2016-11-26/interfaith-event-aims-to-tackle-extremism/ ITV REPORT | 26 November 2016 at 5:23pm Interfaith event aims to tackle extremism More than a hundred people have attended an interfaith event in Cardiff, aimed at tackling extremism in society. Organisers of the Interfaith Peace Symposium said they wanted to promote shared values across all faiths and […]
Source: https://promisedpeace.wordpress.com/2016/11/27/ahmadiyya-khalifahs-tour-of-canada-divine-peace-message-reached-to-60-million-programs-and-comments-by-local-dignitaries/ Recently Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (May Allah the Exalted be his Helper) Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad: the Worldwide Leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community visited Canada for about 6 weeks. By the grace of Allah the Exalted, tour was very successful by all measures in terms of programs with […]
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Source: Asian Review BY HIROSHI MURAYAMA, Nikkei senior staff writer Various news reports have recently suggested that Hon Hai Precision Industry, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer of Apple products, is considering shifting production from China to the U.S. The speculation is nothing new. But this is the first time it has […]
Source: Law Street By Anneliese Mahoney I’m sort of a walking stereotype. I have my phone in my hand at all times, I sleep with it in my bed even though I know that’s bad, and I’m constantly checking my texts, social media, and email. And that’s never really bothered me — […]
Source: Asian Review BY JOHN KRICH, Contributing writer TURIN, Italy — It seems that history, when it comes to food production in China, is repeating itself — much like every […]
Source: Time The resolution is in response to North Korea’s fifth nuclear test in September. The U.N. Security Council’s five veto powers are close to approving new sanctions on North […]
Source: Time While the President-elect retreated to Palm Beach with his family for Thanksgiving. The scramble to shape his administration underway, President-elect Donald Trump’s team has simultaneously begun turning its attention to raising tens of millions of dollars for festivities related to his Washington inauguration. Trump, who vowed during the […]
Source: Time “We have an escalating situation where safety is a concern for everybody.” Protesters opposed to an oil pipeline planned to run beneath a lake near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota must vacate an area where thousands of demonstrators have been camped by Dec. 5 or […]
Source: Fortune by Mahita Gajanan He also took aim at Democrats Donald Trump continued to criticize the election recount effort by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein via Twitter on Sunday. “The Green Party scam to fill up their coffers by asking for impossible recounts is now being joined by the […]
Source: BBC An Australian militant thought dead is still alive and under arrest in the Middle East, according to reports. The Australian government in May said Neil Prakash, a senior recruiter for the so-called Islamic State group, had been killed in a US air strike. He died in the Iraqi […]
Source: BBC The number of people dying in the Australian city of Melbourne from a rare phenomenon called thunderstorm asthma has risen to six. Three others are in a critical […]
Source: BBC A pop music video director in South Korea has been charged in a corruption scandal that threatens to engulf the country’s president, Park Geun-Hye. Cha Eun-taek will stand trial for allegedly using his ties to the president’s confidante to win lucrative projects. The charges include abuse of power, […]
Source: BBC Israeli police have arrested 12 people on suspicion of arson over a series of wildfires that have burned around the country for four days. Firefighters have brought a blaze under control around the northern city of Haifa, where about 80,000 people were ordered to evacuate. But officials say […]
Source: BBC At least 35 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train collision in northern Iran. Four carriages derailed and two caught fire when a train that had broken down was hit by another train. The accident happened in freezing temperatures early on Friday, 250km (150 […]
Source: BBC Just over five weeks ago, Iraqi government forces launched a major offensive to retake the city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State. Jewan Abdi has been following special […]