China starts to embrace slow food revolution
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 […]
U.N. Close to Sanctions Deal to Slash North Korea Export Earnings
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 […]
Trump’s Team to Raise Millions for Inauguration Festivities
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 […]
Anti-Pipeline Protesters Told to Leave North Dakota Camp Area by December 5th
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 […]
Donald Trump Seethes at Jill Stein’s Recount Effort: ‘Nothing Will Change’
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 […]
Australian IS recruiter Neil Prakash ‘still alive’
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 […]
‘Thunderstorm asthma’ deaths in Melbourne rise to six
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 […]
K-pop video director Cha Eun-taek charged in South Korea corruption scandal
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, […]
Israel fires: Dozen suspects arrested on suspicion of arson
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 […]
Iran trains crash in Semnan province killing dozens
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 […]
In pictures: Iraqi troops push deeper into Mosul
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 […]
In pictures: Israel wildfires force evacuations in Haifa
Source: BBC Tens of thousands of people flee their homes as wildfires reach the northern Israeli city of Haifa. AP Wildfires have raced into northern districts of the Israeli coastal […]
Mosques vandalised as US states reject Syria refugees
Source: Aljazeera Suspected hate crimes targeting Muslims carried out as anti-Islam rhetoric swells in the US following Paris attacks. By Patrick Strickland More than 4.2 million Syrians have fled their country as the civil war continues [Santi Palacios/AP] Several mosques have been vandalised and a number of suspected hate crimes targeting […]
The young Muslims finding love via an app
Source: Aljazeera By Rhodri Davies For today’s young Muslims, traditional methods of finding a life partner are increasingly viewed as inapplicable. Sana Ikarm and her husband Hakim met using Muzmatch, and about four months later they were married [Rhodri Davies/Al Jazeera] London, United Kingdom – Arzo Kazmi has been looking for […]
US Muslim forced off plane cites Islamophobia
Source: Aljazeera Being told to get off plane in front of passengers was “humiliating”, says Kameelah Rasheed, who alleges discrimination. BY Anealla SafdarKameelah Rasheed is one of several Muslims who has been forced to leave planes in America over the past two weeks [Rasheed] Correction Nov. 26, 2015: This article originally […]
Syrian army captures second rebel district in Aleppo
Source: Aljazeera Assad forces capture Jabal Badro and intensify air raids in and around the city, killing 15 civilians in Anjara village. The Syrian military has announced it had taken control of a second residential district of the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo city in two days, as government air […]
Uganda is shutting down schools funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates
Source: CNN By Bianca Britton, CNN (CNN)A legal tug-of-war between Ugandan authorities and a for-profit international chain of schools has led to the education provider being ordered to shut down […]
The three things Donald Trump really cares about
Source: CNN By Michael D’Antonio (CNN)Two weeks into his transition from President-elect to America’s commander in chief, Donald Trump has signaled his priorities and demonstrated the habits of mind he will bring to the most powerful position in the world. The clues tell us we shouldn’t expect this 70-year-old showman […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will host -“Jesus In India”- event in Brampton
Source: http://www.bramptonguardian.com/whatson-story/6986569-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-will-host-jesus-in-india-event-in-brampton/ Event happening, Sunday, Dec. 4 Jesus in India The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community believes Jesus survived crucifixion. A tomb called Rauzabal in the state of Kashmir, they claim is the final resting place of Jesus. On Sunday, Dec. 4 the Ahmadiyya Community will host an event, Jesus In India at […]
Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim community to visit Toowoomba to spread message of inter-faith harmony
Source: http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/muslim-ahmadiyya-sect-plan-trip-toowoomba/3115989/ Muslim sect plan anti-radical drive in Toowoomba Andrew Backhouse | 25th Nov 2016 1:25 PM Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community will visit Toowoomba on Saturday, November 26, 2016. A MINORITY sect of Muslims will visit Toowoomba tomorrow to spread their message of inter-faith harmony. Zain Baig from the […]