Israeli Intelligence chief : We do not want isis defeat in Syria
By GPD on June 17, 2016 The Zionist intelligence Chief, Major General Herzi Halevy, said that the last three months have been the most difficult for ISIS since its inception.In […]
Portugal’s Antonio Guterres poised to become next UN secretary-general
Source: CNN Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is set to become the next United Nations secretary-general, after the 15 Security Council members agreed to put his name forward to a formal vote. Guterres, who was head of the UN’s refugee agency for 10 years until 2015, emerged as the Security […]
Dozens of Afghans Missing From U.S. Military Training
Source: The Daily Beast At least 44 Afghan troops who were in the U.S. for military training have gone missing in the last two years, Pentagon officials said. About 2,200 Afghans have come to America to work with the military since 2007. A Pentagon official told Reuters that the number, […]
Polish Lawmakers Reject Total Abortion Ban
Source: The Daily Beast Poland has overwhelmingly rejected a proposal for an absolute ban on abortion in the country in a 352-58 vote. The measure would have banned abortion even in the case of rape and resulted in prison terms as a consequence for violating the law. A citizens’ initiative […]
I still volunteer in the aid and development sectors But Now?
Source: ET We — and I still volunteer in the aid and development sectorsperiodically — are the unarmed soldiers on the frontlines these days. Most of us make informed decisions about going into harm’s way. Polio vaccinators are more likely driven to the job by poverty rather than the humanitarian […]
Iranian general says son might kill Saudi king to claim throne
Source: ET A powerful Iranian general has been quoted suggesting that Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince is so “impatient” he may kill his own father to claim the throne, Associated Press reports.His comments come as Saudi Arabia conducts naval drills in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Unforgiving rhetoric has been common between the two countries since […]
Far-right AfD loses support for first time in months
A poll carried out by Forsa and published by Stern magazine on Wednesday showed that if federal elections were to be held on Sunday, 13 percent of Germans would vote for the AfD. That was a one percent loss since a Forsa poll carried out last week.“The refugee debate has taken […]
Disgust as AfD leader likens immigrants to compost heap
Source: The Local Petry gave a speech in Stuttgart on Monday for German Unity Day in which she predicted a “Darwinistic” conflict between Europe’s residing “transfer payment recipients” and immigrants from the “lumpenproletariat Afro-Arabian world,” the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported.Petry also condemned the notion that Germany is a diverse […]
Ahmadiyya offer Friday Prayers and get Arrested
Source:TQA Algeria’s Minister of Religious Affairs and Wakfs, Mohamed Aissa, says in coming days he’ll work hard to prosecute the members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community the Algerian Security Service have arrested last Friday for performing Friday prayers at a private villa. The arrests were made under the pretext of ‘public […]
Book Review of a Novel: Mayor of Casterbridge
Epigraph: They ask thee concerning wine and the game of hazard. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater than […]
Death in numbers: A year of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel
OCT. 4, 2016 Israeli security forces tend to an injured soldier next to the body of a slain Palestinian in the southern occupied West Bank on Oct. 16, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader, File) By: Chloe Benoist BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — In October 2015 began what has been in turn called a wave […]
Can science solve an 80-year-old Indian mystery?
JAEGER-LECOULTRE By Anand Chandrasekha OCT 4, 2016 Could the face that launched several Indian films also be the one painted on an iconic Swiss watch? (Nikhil Dhanrajgir) Sébastien Marcel is an unlikely judge of beauty queens, but his face recognition expertise could finally solve the identity of an Indian woman […]
‘No dialogue between Syrians’
Oct 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Damascus is an island of relative normality at the centre of a storm. While most of its suburbs have been cleared of insurgents by the army, there is still fighting in Al Hami, 8.5 kilometres from the capital, and a standoff at […]
JORDAN: The gas deal
Oct 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB The American Noble Energy Company signed a 15-year agreement with the National Electric Power Company to ensure its supply with natural gas at the cost of $10 billion. The gas will be coming from the newly discovered huge gas wells in the […]
EU launches new tough border force in Bulgaria to curb migrant crisis
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP KAPITAN ANDREEVO, Bulgaria This file photo taken on February 11, 2011 shows a barbed wire fence near the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing point between Bulgaria and Turkey. (AFP Photo) The EU’s beefed-up version of its struggling border force went into operation Thursday, in a rare […]
London’s first mosque – archive
theguardian — 4 October 1926: After the opening ceremony the Imam called the faithful to prayer from the minarets high over the roofs of suburbia 1935: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (far left) on a visit to London’s Fazl mosque, the first purpose-built mosque in the capital. Photograph: Alamy/Stock […]
Why I’m Not Afraid To Identify As Both Muslim And A Feminist
Huff Post: by Krutika Pathi — This post originally appeared on Bustle. Growing up in America with an Iranian mother who, after an arranged marriage, came to this country with no agency to pursue an education, I realized how difficult it can be to navigate gender along the lines of […]
On Abortion, A Surprising Number Of Catholics Side With Tim Kaine
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Despite the Catholic Church’s clear and consistent teaching that having an abortion ― and in fact, using all forms of artificial contraception ― […]
With Kaine and Pence, religion finally takes center stage in Election 2016
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe RNS) Religion hasn’t played much of a role in the presidential campaign. Sure, Donald Trump made a faux pas when he placed cash on the Communion plate.And Hillary Clinton has occasionally invoked a phrase popular among members of her Methodist faith to discuss how her religious […]
Exclusive: 4 Breakthrough Uterus Transplants Performed in the U.S.
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin The surgeries could ultimately allow thousands of women without a uterus to give birth in the future Four American women have received womb transplants from living […]