FAMILY TUSSLES NOV 1, 2016 After a Hutu-led coup in October 1965, King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi withdrew to Switzerland, where he spent the rest of his life and died in 1977 (Keystone) A Geneva court has ruled that the remains of the former king of Burundi, Mwambutsa IV, can stay […]
Grasberg mine in the Indonesian province has been a source of untold wealth for its owners, but local communities say it has brought poverty and oppression The delta of West Papua’s Aikwa river, on Kamoro tribe land. Papuans claim tailing sediment from the mine has suffocated the fish and shrimp […]
Sir Jeremy Greenstock says Britain was not consulted on key postwar decisions and was systematically excluded from meetings Sir Jeremy Greenstock’s book has now been released with Whitehall consent after he abandoned plans to publish it in 2005. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Tuesday 1 November 2016 […]
Family describes civilains being shot by militia as they seek to escape medical shortages, starvation, and the barrage of air strikes from overhead Robert Fisk Aleppo @indyvoices Kahled Kadoura, his wife Samira and 8-year old son Almuatazbilah in Aleppo shortly after they fled the east of the city Nelofer Pazira Khaled […]
As passages to western Aleppo are said to be being kept open for civilians to flee across the city, one general in the Syrian army talks of a decision to ‘enter battle’ against forces in eastern areas Robert Fisk Aleppo @indyvoices Syrians carry their belongings as they leave Aleppo’s southwestern frontline […]
Source: USA Today By John Bacon The Catholic Church’s ban on women priests will stand forever, Pope Francis said Tuesday. The pontiff made the declaration in response to a female reporter asking if he thought […]
Source: NPR By SARAH MCCAMMON White evangelicals are reliable Republican voters. They also have a long history of demanding that politicians exemplify character and morality in public life. So for many, […]
Source: The New York Times A federal judge has rejected the settlement of a lawsuit stemming from the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslims, saying the proposed deal does […]
Source: Reuters By Jilian Mincer | NEW YORK American women are ending pregnancies with medication almost as often as with surgery, marking a turning point for abortion in the United States, data reviewed by Reuters shows. The watershed comes amid an overall decline in abortion, a choice that remains politically […]
Source: The New York Times By CHRISTINA ANDERSONOCT LUND, Sweden — Almost 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door, setting off more than a century of religious warfare and forever changing the practice of Christianity worldwide, Pope Francis on Monday urged atonement and Christian […]
Source: Associated Press By MARIA DANILOVA FILE – In this July 17, 2016 file photo, Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen speaks to members of the… Read more WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior State Department official said Monday that Turkey’s contention that a Pennsylvania-based Muslim cleric and his followers were involved in […]
Source: Reuters By Alistair Scrutton and Philip Pullella | MALMO, SWEDEN Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Tuesday for Sweden’s tiny Catholic community, made up of many refugees and migrants, praising […]
Source: BBC By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website 31 October 2016 Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Scientists have transformed the humble spinach plant into a bomb detector. By embedding tiny tubes in the plants’ leaves, they can be made to pick up chemicals called nitro-aromatics, which are found in landmines […]
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom 1 November 2016 Off the north-east coast of Scotland, 3,300ft (1,000m) under the sea, life is thriving amidst an otherwise drab and muddy ocean […]
Source: BBC By Husna Haq 1 November 2016 When Yazan Fadhli introduces himself to people and mentions that he’s from Iraq, his homeland conjures questions about the Islamic State, sectarian […]
Source: Time By Alice Park The Zika virus is known to influence developing fetuses and pregnant women, and now researchers are turning their attention to the possible effects on men. There is growing evidence that Zika can be sexually transmitted from an infected man to another partner, and studies show […]
Source: Motto By Krysta Rodriguez “At least you caught it early.” If you have ever had cancer and lucked into surviving, as I did, you will hear this phrase almost daily. It’s well-meaning, it’s comforting and it makes everything seem OK. That is, if you’re the person saying it. If […]
Source: T of Israel The previously overlooked dedicatory inscription from the Mosque of Umar in Nuba, a village nearly 26 kilometers (16 miles) southwest of Jerusalem, mentions the village as an endowment for the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque. But what’s striking is that the Dome of the […]
Source: Times of Israel Research team claims extraordinary discovery was made as they completed first work in centuries in cave revered as Jesus’s tomb at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre. More:
Bambang MuryantoThe Jakarta Post Yogyakarta | Mon, October 31, 2016 | Vandalism: Books are seen scattered through the ruins in a corner of Ahmadiyah congregation’s Al Kautsar Mosque following mass rioting on Sunday in Purworejo village, Kendal, Central Java. (Courtesy of Ahmadiyah congregation/File) Leaders of Ahmadiyah Muslim communities from Indonesia […]