Swiss soldiers are wearing boots made in Romania. Photo: AFP/Fabrice Coffrini Workers paid minimum for Swiss army boots Published: 18 Nov 2016 09:18 GMT+01:00 The Swiss army is manufacturing boots for its soldiers in Romania at the cost of just two francs an hour, according to a television report. According […]
Simon Jenkins A judge granted a dying teenager’s wish to be frozen in the hope she might live again. This decision was about the rights of all of us ‘This hope clearly gave comfort to a dying person.’ Storage facilities at one of two US cryonics institutions. Photograph: Cryonics Institute/Handout/EPA […]
Posted a day ago by Narjas Zatat in discover Since Donald Trump announced his intention to run in the presidential race, and his subsequent victory, there has been a notable […]
DAILY SABAH ANKARA Following an intense series of talks in Mont-Pelerin between Nov. 7 and Nov. 11, Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders will return to Switzerland on Nov. 20 as negotiations facilitated by the United Nations (U.N.) look set to resume. Meanwhile, speaking at the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’s […]
Source: The Daily Sabah The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) gave permission Thursday for a female Muslim basketball player to wear her headscarf while playing. The federation announced that 18-year-old Noha […]
The US president denounced the spate of misinformation across social media platforms, including Facebook, suggesting American politics can be affected ‘If everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won’t know what to protect. We won’t know what to fight for’: Barack Obama on fake […]
Reuters International NOV 16, 2016 – Men clean fishing nets near a Rohingya refugee camp outside Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar November 15, 2016. Picture taken on November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (reuters_tickers) By Serajul Quadir and Wa Lone DHAKA/SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims are fleeing a […]
Nov 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The election of Donald Trump as the next American president has added a major new element of uncertainty to a Middle Eastern picture that had already achieved its highest state of confusion, violence and uncertainty in its modern history. The factors that […]
Nov 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Jeffrey D. Sachs The United States needs to shift its spending from war to education, from CIA-backed regime change to a new Global Fund for Education (GFE). With hundreds of millions of children around the world not in school, or in schools with under-qualified teachers, […]
Source: CNN By Edward Mejia Davis and Jeff Zeleny, CNN President-elect Donald Trump will find himself with an unlikely ally if he makes good on his promise to be an […]
Hillary Clinton Full Children’s Defense Fund Speech – Hillary Clinton Makes First Post-Election Speech at Children’s Defense Fund Event, Admits Appearance ‘Wasn’t the Easiest.’
Thursday 17 November 2016 13.00 GMTLast modified on Thursday 17 November 2016 18.25 GMT Shares 1,366 Eeman Abbasi speaks during a protest on the University of Connecticut campus against the election of Donald Trump. Photograph: Pat Eaton-Robb/AP Guardian.com Fariha Nizam was sleepy and stressed last Thursday morning when she boarded the Q43 bus, which […]
Source: CNN By Yousef Al Otaiba, who is the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States. The views expressed are his own. (CNN) November 16, the International Day […]
Source:ET In a startling claim, a woman from Manhattan has said she found a dead rat sewn inside a dress she bought from a Zara clothing store in Greenwich, Connecticut. According to court documents, Cailey Fiesel bought a Zara dress in July but when she finally wore it at work […]
Source: The Local The study released on Tuesday was conducted by government agencies and research institutes, and surveyed more than 2,300 adult refugees who arrived in Germany between 2013 and early 2016.The participants were asked about their experiences during their flight from their home countries, with 15 percent of women and 4 […]
Source: The Local The sign was posted by a 54-year-old man in his shop in Selb, Bavaria, stating “Asylanten müssen draussen bleiben” (refugees must stay outside) along with a picture of a muzzled dog. The sign was posted by a 54-year-old man in his shop in Selb, Bavaria, stating “Asylanten […]
Source: RT A restaurant manager in Bielefeld, Northern Germany expelled a woman in a full burqa from his Seekrug restaurant which inflicted a media storm. Since then Christian Schulz, the restaurant manager was flooded with comments on his Facebook page that either declared the support for his action or labelled […]
Source: RT British Muslim leaders have called on Britain to declare Ahmadis ‘non-Muslim’, the sentiments were expressed at an event held in Luton.The event which took place at Jamia Islamia Ghosia was attended by Imams, Councillors, and Muslim community leaders from across Britain . The speakers urged the British Government […]
Source: The Guardian Parliament buildings located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo By Ashifa Kassam in Toronto A mother in British Columbia has lodged a legal challenge against her local school district, alleging that an aboriginal ceremony at her children’s school infringed on the family’s right to […]
Source: The Guardian Labour MP Liam Byrne warns against rhetoric claiming there is a clash of civilisations and a conveyor belt linking faith to extremism. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty BY Alan Travis Home affairs editor A vacuum at the heart of the government’s counter-extremism policy is leading British Muslims to despair in […]