Test Clinton for drugs before next debate
Source: Times of Israel GOP nominee suggests Democratic rival was ‘pumped up’ on performance-enhancing narcotics in last face-off, casts himself as victim of ‘smear campaign. More:
The Global Farm Land Grab in 2016: How Big, How Bad?
by GRAIN Staff, originally published by GRAIN | JUL 13, 2016 Eight years after releasing its first report on land grabbing, which put the issue on the international agenda, GRAIN publishes a new dataset documenting nearly 500 cases of land grabbing around the world. In October 2008, GRAIN published a […]
A Conversation With Jimmy Carter
The 39th president of the United States, humanitarian and peanut farmer talks about money and politics, race relations and marriage By Charles Green, AARP Bulletin, June 2015 Last October, you […]
Here’s what would happen to Earth in the first five years after a nuclear war
Posted by indy100 staff in offbeat Russian news presenter Dmitry Kiselyov has warned the United States that any “impudent behaviour” towards Moscow could have “nuclear” implications. The remarks came after US Secretary of State John Kerry said that Russia and Syria mustface a war crimes investigation for recent […]
Russian, Western media offer different images of Aleppo
White Helmets receive much less coverage in Russian media By AP – Oct 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian man carries a child as they await treatment at a hospital in the regime-held part of Aleppo on Thursday (AFP photo) MOSCOW — While Western media are filled with grim […]
Debunking Israeli claim to Muslim holy site
Oct 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI A UNESCO draft resolution recognising Palestinian rights in Jerusalem was passed this week by a vote of 24 in favour, six against and 26 abstentions. The UNESCO’s executive body will decide whether to adopt the draft text, but the Israeli education minister, Naftali […]
Comprehending ideologies
Source:ET India is today under a party with an ideology, which is called Hindutva. This ideology has three demands: The abolishing of Article 370 of India’s constitution, the construction of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple at Ayodhya and the enforcement of a Uniform Civil Code. All the three issues require something […]
Elevate Gen Raheel to field marshal’s rank
Source:ET In the appeal, Sardar Adnan Saleem, through his counsel Raja Saimul Haq Satti, said that such an elevation is an emergent need in the present circumstances. He has made the federation through the cabinet division secretary, the prime minister through the secretary of the PM Secretariat and defence ministry […]
Shocking revelations about freed Chibok girls!
ON OCTOBER 15, 201612:23 Only 104 of the girls not married off Some died, some married off, radicalised into sect • Boko Haram tables demands to free 83 more […]
Refugees Can Make Great Entrepreneurs. Here’s How We Can Help Them.
10/14/2016 Sophia von Bonin Co-founder of Re:Start CARSTEN KOALL VIA GETTY IMAGES What if we viewed the influx of refugees into Germany as an opportunity rather than a crisis? This was the question I asked myself, together with a group of young Berliners, when over 800,000 refugees arrived in Germany last […]
Pope urges protection of child migrants
Thursday, October 13, 2016 Two orphans from Burma – image TCT Pope Francis has made an urgent call for action to be taken against those who profit from the exploitation of child migrants. In a strongly worded message released ahead of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, the Pope […]
Australia: Casey Council mosque decision draws protest and hostility in Melbourne’s south east
Aisha Dow Local council elections have traditionally revolved around the three Rs: rates, roads and rubbish. But for Casey Council, a rapidly expanding and multicultural municipality in Melbourne’s south-east, a new R appears to be taking centre stage: religion. It came to a head in April. With police officers […]
Not enough hotels cater to Muslim travellers
Number of Muslim travellers expected to grow to 168m in 2020, spending more than $200b Published: 16:51 October 13, 2016 Sarah Algethami, Staff Reporter Dubai: More Muslims are travelling, but there is a lack of accommodation and trained hotel staff catering to them, according to industry experts at the […]
Indonesian Islamic hardliners protest Christian governor
October 14, 2016 Indonesian protesters demonstrate against Jakarta’s Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as “Ahok”, in Jakarta on October 14, 2016 (AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin) More Thousands of Muslim hardliners protested in Jakarta Friday demanding the Indonesian capital’s Christian governor be executed for allegedly insulting Islam, as he faces […]
Iraq Kurdish leader says time for Mosul battle to begin
15 Oct 2016 WRITER: AFP ARBIL (IRAQ) – Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani said Saturday that preparations for the operation to retake Mosul from jihadists have been completed and it is time for the battle to begin. Massud Barzani (centre) says it is time for the battle for Mosul to […]
Israeli anger at Unesco motion’s failure to link holy site to Judaism
Source: The Guardian The United Nations cultural and heritage body, Unesco, has condemned Israel’s “escalating aggressions” regarding the holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City, known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif […]
François Hollande: France has ‘a problem with Islam’
Source: The Guardian François Hollande made the comments during more than 60 interviews with two Le Monde journalists. Photograph: Reuters By Kim Willsher in Paris The French president, François Hollande, has […]
So what do Australians really think about selecting migrants based on religion?
Source: The Guardian A new Essential poll shows that Australians generally don’t support discriminating on the basis of religion alone for immigration purposes. The poll asked: “When a family applies […]
China arrests over illegal network determining baby gender
Source: BBC Police in China have detained 75 people in connection with a widespread network that illegally determined the gender of unborn babies. The illegal service – aimed at expectant […]
Iraq violence: Dozens dead in Baghdad suicide attack on Shia
Source: BBC At least 32 people have died in a suicide attack targeting Shia in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, officials say. More than 60 were injured in the blast, carried out […]