‘We Misled You’: How the Saudis Are Coming Clean on Funding Terrorism
Source: Politico By Zalmay Khalilzad On his latest trip, a former senior U.S. official finds a new attitude in Riyadh. But will it stick? On my most recent trip to […]
David Cameron ‘ultimately responsible’ for Libya collapse and the rise of Isis, Commons report concludes
The scathing verdict comes just one day after Mr Cameron’s sudden announcement that he will leave Westminster immediately Rob Merrick Deputy Political Editor @Rob_Merrick The chairman of Britain’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Crispin Blunt, described the decision to intervene in Libya in 2011 as based on a ‘blood-curdling assessment’ […]
The Cabinet photo where there are more purple ties than non-white faces
Only two people in the new Cabinet are from BAME backgrounds Harriet Agerholm @HarrietAgerholm Photo prompted criticism online Theresa May’s first offical Cabinet photo has been released – and people are pointing out a glaring problem with it. Only two people in the new Cabinet are from BAME backgrounds: Sajid Javid […]
Conspiracy theories: How to be a smarter news consumer
Source: BBC This election cycle, more users than ever before are turning to social media – and as a result, it can be difficult to separate reported fact from rampant […]
The foxes that turned into dogs
Source: BBC By Lucy Jones 13 September 2016 From the richly-plumed red fox to the big-eared fennec fox, foxes look adorable. Because of this, people are sometimes tempted to keep […]
Exclude Hungary from EU, says Luxembourg’s Asselborn
Source: BBC Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has called for Hungary to be suspended or even expelled from the European Union because of its “massive violation” of EU fundamental values. […]
Making babies without eggs may be possible, say scientists
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Scientists say early experiments suggest it may one day be possible to make babies without using eggs. They have succeeded in creating healthy baby mice by tricking sperm into believing they were fertilising normal eggs. The findings in […]
Islamic community plans to rebuild mosque damaged in blaze
Source: Associated Press By TERRY SPENCER FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The Islamic community says it will repair and reopen the arson-damaged Florida mosque that was occasionally attended by Orlando […]
Muslim woman set on fire on New York’s Fifth Avenue in possible hate crime, police say
Source: The Washington Post By Derek Hawkins A Muslim woman wearing traditional garments had her clothes set on fire by a man with a lighter as she shopped on a crowded […]
‘Sister Wives’ appeal polygamy ruling to US Supreme Court
Source: Associated Press By BRADY McCOMBS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A polygamous family from TV’s “Sister Wives” filed a request Monday for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case for legalizing polygamy. Kody Brown and his four wives want the high court to review an appeal court’s decision […]
Muslim Leaders Move to Boost Voters in Their Community
Source: The Wall Street Journal By BETH REINHARD MANASSAS, Va.—Corey Stewart had visited the Dar Al-Noor mosque many times as chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, but […]
Benjamin Netanyahu Draws Fire After Saying Palestinians Support ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM — In the absence of any prospect of peace with thePalestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has started a video war. His latest, and so far the most provocative, two-minute video in a recent series is titled “No Jews.” In […]
Would you fly in a pilotless airliner?
Source: BBC By Katia Moskvitch 13 September 2016 Have you ever had a panic attack in mid-flight? Those that have will tell you it’s not fun. And there are plenty […]
Can you work yourself to death?
Source: BBC By Zaria Gorvett 13 September 2016 The Japanese have a knack for inventing words – and there are some that every self-respecting office worker should have in their […]
The widows who cant’t return home
Source: BBC United we stand According to Hindu tradition, a widow cannot remarry. She has to hide in the house, remove her jewellery and wear the colour of mourning. She […]
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s Pandering to Islamists
Source: The Clarion Project Trudeau should investigate history and he would find it has been tried before. Appeasing Islamists just doesn’t work. (Hint: it’s because of the ideology.) BY MEIRA […]
Murder in God’s name ‘satanic’
Source: The Times of Israel Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced killing in God’s name as “satanic” as he held a mass to honor Jacques Hamel, the French priest whose throat […]
US: Militia Group Takes Up Arms to Stop Mosque Construction
Source: Morocco World News Rabat – A meeting that aimed to pave the way for a local Muslim community to build a mosque and cemetery has been canceled in Newton County, Georgia. A local militia had planned an armed protest to stop a proposed Muslim cemetery and mosque, said the […]
Shock and Awe
Source: Asia Times So when Duterte embarked on his global diplomatic debut, attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, many were expecting a more subdued and statesmanlike Duterte. Instead, the world witnessed a Hyde and Jekyll diplomatic behavior. Duterte, who accepted the Philippines’ (rotational) chairmanship of the regional […]
Deplorably, Trump is going to win
Source: Asia Times: The presidential election was over the moment the word “deplorable” made its run out of Hillary Clinton’s unguarded mouth. As the whole world now knows, Clinton told a Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender fundraiser Sept. 10, “You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into […]