Indra BudiariThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Sat, October 8 2016 Religious minorities are continuing to struggle to find appropriate places to worship in Jakarta even though the capital is seen as the most tolerant city in the country. Pressure from intolerant groups is ongoing and the city administration often finds […]
Dawn: by Muhammad Bilal — ISLAMABAD: A joint session of the Parliament unanimously approved anti-honour killing and anti-rape bills moved by PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar on Thursday. The legislation on honour killings will introduce strict punishment for the convicts making it tougher than the ordinary murder cases. Under the new […]
Courtesy : Saiful Islam, The Bangla Times, Toronto, October 7, 2016 Celebrating 50 years of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Canada. The true teaching of Islam has been misinterpreted by clerics, says the leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community condemn […]
Source: The Daily Beast German police raided an apartment in the eastern city of Chemnitz on Saturday after receiving information of a bomb plot. A nearby house was also evacuated, according to local media. In a message on Twitter, Saxony police warned residents in the area to stay indoors. “Please […]
Source: The Daily Beast Mark down the date: October 7, 2016, is when Donald Trump lost the presidency. I’m usually reluctant to play the pundit-prediction game but Independent and Republican women aren’t going to bounce back from this one. Not when the GOP nominee is caught on tape talking about […]
Source: The Local Relations between the two have nosedived since a ceasefire they agreed to in September fell apart in less than a week, and Washington on Friday accused Damascus and Moscow of staging “war crimes” in Aleppo. At least 250,000 people are living under siege in rebel-held east Aleppo, and […]
Source: Times of Israel The latest explosive revelation marked a tipping point for some party loyalists, while forcing vulnerable Republican candidates to answer a painful question: Even if they condemn Trump’s vulgar comments, will they still vote for him? Many Republican officials refused to answer their phones, while others canceled scheduled […]
Source: News Locker.Com The spiritual leader of millions of Muslim followers around the world is set to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while in Canada. Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect, talks with Alan Carter during his visit in Toronto and says he’s concerned about […]
The United States’ first hydrogen bomb explodes at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands on Nov. 1, 1952. This photo was taken from Majuro Atoll. | AFP-JIJI ASIA PACIFI AFP-JIJI OCT 6, 2016 THE HAGUE – The U.N.’s highest court on Wednesday narrowly threw out landmark cases brought by the […]
Riyadh: With pumping hip hop beats and electrifying dancers, Saudi Arabia has launched what’s being hailed as an entertainment revolution for the conservative kingdom, which usually tightly restricts music, dance and theatre. Reference: http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudi-arabia-grooves-to-new-beat-as-entertainment-sector-opens-up-1.1908540
Source: Time (WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama is lifting U.S. economic sanctions on the former pariah state of Burma. The White House says Obama signed an executive order lifting the sanctions on Friday. He had announced plans to do so last month, when Burma’s new civilian leader, Aung San Suu […]
Source: Time (OSLO, Norway) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for his efforts to end a civil war that killed more than 200,000 Colombians. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the award should also be seen “as a tribute to the Colombian people who, despite […]
The Russian Navy’s missile corvette Mirazh sails in the Bosphorus off Istanbul on its way to the Mediterranean Sea on Friday. | REUTERS WORLD Russia building up forces in Syria, data show REUTERS OCT 8, 2016 MOSCOW – Russia has built up its forces in Syria since a cease-fire collapsed […]
Source: Time By Ahmed Al-Haj / AP (SANAA, Yemen) — A senior health official in Yemen says an airstrike by a Saudi-led coalition that targeted a funeral hall packed with mourners […]
Source: The Indian Express Written by Utkarsh Anand | New Delhi | Updated: October 8, 2016 8:32 am The Centre said these practices “cannot be regarded as essential or integral […]
Source: BBC By Yalda Hakim BBC News. Gothenburg Sweden is a peaceful democratic state that has long been a safe haven for those fleeing conflict. Yet many young people whose families took refuge there are now turning their back on the country. More than 300 people have gone to fight […]
Source: BBC Russia has deployed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its Kaliningrad region, bordering Poland and Lithuania. Linas Linkevicius, foreign minister of Nato-member Lithuania, said that the aim of the move […]
Source: BBC Transcripts of private speeches by US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been released by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks. In one of the extracts, Mrs Clinton told bankers […]
Source: BBC Nearly 900 people are known to have been killed by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, with aid officials saying up to 90% of some areas have been destroyed. Some […]
Source: BBC US presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he will not withdraw from the race in phone interviews with US media. Mr Trump has been under pressure after a tape of him making lewd sexual comments and bragging about groping and kissing women emerged on Friday. He told the […]