5 Takeaways From Amazon Most Profitable Quarter Yet
Source: Fortune By Leena Rao Amazon continued to wow Wall Street with record profits in its second quarter earnings, blowing past analyst expectations on profit and revenue. Here are the five […]
How Hillary Clinton Made Her Case to America
Source: Time Hillary Clinton strode into history books Thursday night with a call for Americans to rally behind her. “Join us” was a refrain as she moved toward the end […]
Racism unleashed: True extent of the ‘explosion of blatant hate’ that followed Brexit result revealed
Exclusive: Prime Minister accused of helping create the ‘hostile environment’ that paved the way for ‘F*** off to Poland’ messages, excrement through letter boxes, and racist abuse from children as young as ten Adam Lusher The full extent and true nature of the “blatant hate” that has beset post-Brexit Britain is […]
To understand the Islamist beheading of a French priest, we must remember what happened 20 years earlier
‘It is true that we found only their heads,’ the Archbishop of Algiers said quietly to me on a hot afternoon, the sound of police sirens echoing over the city, as he spoke of monks being slaughtered. ‘Three of their heads were hanging from a tree near a petrol station’ Robert Fisk […]
Don’t be fooled by reports that al-Qaeda and Nusra have split for the good of the suffering Syrian people
Turn it into a respectable army of ‘moderates’, give it a spanking new name, and then the Americans and Russians will stop bombing the daylights out of it and Qatar’s loyal militia will destroy the Assad regime and… Well, if that happened, Qatar would control the future of Syria Robert […]
Airport alcohol rule changes: What you need to know about the new rules on drinking as an airline passenger
Our travel correspondent outlines the key issues on alcohol and air rage Simon Calder @SimonCalder For many people, having a drink before they fly is part of the travel experience. Getting to and through an airport is one of the most stressful activities in everyday life. A beer, glass of […]
Egypt: Muslim mob burns Christian homes
For the fourth time in weeks, Christians were attacked in Egypt by a Muslim mob after rumors circulated that a Christian house that was being built was going to be turned into a church. During the attack, which occurred on July 22 in Saft AL-Kharsa village in the Beni Suef governorate, four […]
Palestinian FM asks Arab League to help sue UK over Balfour Declaration
JULY 25, 2016 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki urged the Arab League to help the Palestinian Authority to sue the United Kingdom over the Balfour Declaration of 1917 on Monday.Speaking on behalf of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, al-Maliki delivered a speech Thursday at the Arab League’s annual […]
Israel accuses Ma’an news of incitement, bans TV channel from prisons
JULY 29, 2016 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Ma’an TV channel was banned from playing inside Israeli prisons on Friday, as the Israel Prison Services (IPS) claimed the channel was inciting Palestinian prisoners against Israel. The alleged ban was first reported by the head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, […]
Richard Dawkins on Medicine, Placebo and Homeopathy
He talks about homeopathy very precisely in the first few minutes of this video. He makes a very profound point that whoever establishes the scientific validity of homeopathy, will not […]
Switzerland: Vote on fresh ideas to tackle immigration policy
CROWD INNOVATION Vote on fresh ideas to tackle immigration policy By Urs Geiser JUL 25, 2016 – 17:00 Workshops in Lausanne and six other Swiss cities generated ideas that help promote a fresh approach of the country’s immigration policy (foraus.crowdicity.com) How to break a perceived stalemate in Switzerland’s immigration policy? […]
200 women allowed by courts to travel alone (in Saudi Arabia)
ARAB NEWS | Published — Friday 29 July 2016 JEDDAH: At least 200 Saudi women were permitted by courts to travel without guardians once or several times for the purpose of study, treatment or tourism. More than 350 Saudi women had applied for travel permission in cases where they have […]
Excessiveness leads to shirk
SHEIKH NASIRUDDIN AL-ALBANI | Published — Friday 29 July 2016 From that which has been established in the shariah (prescribed law) is that mankind was, in the beginning, a single nation upon true Tawheed; then shirk (directing any part or form of worship, or anything else that is solely the […]
US deeply concerned over settlement activity
REUTERS | Published — Friday 29 July 2016 BESIEGED NATION: A street vendor displays his goods in front of a painting in Gaza. (AFP) WASHINGTON: The US is deeply concerned about Israel’s reported plans to build an additional 323 units in settlements in East Jerusalem on top of previously announced […]
Hillary Clinton Lays Her Best Case for Human Rights & Women Rights and USA
Epigraph Allah changes not the condition of a people until they change their attitude and that which is in their hearts. (Al Quran 13:11/12) How Hillary Clinton defined her historic moment […]
Video: Reverend William Barber Makes a Dramatic Presentation for Justice at DNC
Reverend William Barber makes an emotional speech of hope and believing at the Democratic National Convention.
Hillary celebrates American and a Muslim hero Humayun Khan
In a speech in Minneapolis, Hillary recounts the act of valor that took Army Captain Humayun Khan’s life while he was serving in Iraq. For Hillary, Humayun Khan’s bravery not […]
Scientists find cancer in million-year-old fossil
Source: CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN)Cancer may not be so modern after all. Though we typically think of it as a new affliction attributed to bad habits, bad luck […]
Theresa May plans new immigration crackdown on student visas
Source: The Telegraph Tim Ross, senior political correspondent Theresa May’s new government is preparing the ground for a fresh crackdown on immigration amid concerns that universities have become an easy […]
German officials urge close look at gun laws in wake of shooting
Source: The Indian Express Senior German officials on Sunday called for further controls on the sale of guns after Friday’s deadly shooting in Munich that claimed the lives of nine […]