The Telegraph: by Mohammad Zubair Khan, islamabad and Andrew Marszal, new delhi — Paro, a transgender woman in Pakistan, wears bridal dress to celebrate her birthday CREDIT: MOHAMMAD ZUBAIR KHAN Fifty top Pakistani clerics have issued a religious decree declaring that transgender people have full marriage, inheritance and funeral rights […]
Source: BBC By Andrew Luck-Baker 28 June 2016 Normally it is a terrible idea to steal eggs from the nests of wild birds. That is doubly true if the […]
Source: BBC By Helen Briggs Scientists have discovered a large helium gas field in Tanzania. With world supplies running out, the find is a “game-changer”, say geologists at Durham and […]
Quartet report on the frozen peace process is expected to be released this week, as the UN secretary general marks his last year in office. Barak Ravid Jun 28, 2016 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during a joint press conference […]
Source: RNS By Sally Morrow KANSAS CITY, Mo. (RNS) A single chime rang out after each abuse victim’s statement was read over the speakers at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception […]
Source: RNS By Heidi Hall NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) The Southern Baptist Convention was so famously insular for so long that it earned its own joke about members believing they’re the […]
Source: The New York Times By LAURIE GOODSTEIN WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. — In the beginning, Ken Ham made the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky. And he saw that it was good […]
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL BALSAMO In this Friday, June 24, 2016 photo, a man wearing an orange robe talks with a woman in New York’s… Read more NEW YORK […]
Source: Religion News Service By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Presbyterians at their General Assembly passed several resolutions aimed to pressure Israel to leave territories it has occupied since its 1967 war with neighboring states. The votes Friday (June 24) by Presbyterian Church USA delegates angered mainstream Jewish groups, who said the measures unfairly “demonize” […]
Source: The New York Times By TRIP GABRIEL and MICHAEL LUO Has Donald J. Trump become a born-again Christian? That is the suggestion of James C. Dobson, one of America’s […]
Source: Washington Post By Robert Barnes The Supreme Court struck down key provisions in a strict Texas abortion law on June 27 that could have a ripple effect nationwide. The […]
REUTERS AMMAN Facebook TwitterGoogle+ Two rebel Free Syrian Army soldiers run after attacking a Syrian Army tank during fighting in the Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo) Weapons shipped into Jordan for Syrian opposition forces by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia were stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives […]
Source: Jordan Times By James J. Zogby Shortly after Tim Kaine had been elected governor of Virginia in 2006, a discussion ensued among Democratic Party leaders about the lessons that could […]
Slow return Sending rejected asylum seekers home in depth: Asylum in Switzerland .http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:42247752 Jun 27, 2016 – 15:47 When a request for asylum is rejected, the applicant is supposed to leave the country straight away. Not everybody does, and there are vast differences in how the cantons deal with this. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) In […]
My father would have said “Britain, right or wrong”; but Bill, who was also an accountant, knew what “wrong” was, and he and Peggy would have voted Remain Robert Fisk@indyvoices 25 Politicians have, for personal gain and ambition, led us into the Brexit perdition “Britain, right or wrong.” My Dad also […]
thestar.com By GEOFFREY VENDEVILLEStaff Reporter Sun., June 26, 2016 Muslims and LGBTQ people both know how it feels to be treated badly or even hated sometimes because of who they are.el-Farouk Khaki leads the prayers Mostly, these groups have suffered separately. But the tragedy in Orlando brought some members of both […]
Source: The Washington Post The country must be held accountable for its human rights abuses. By Rebecca Vilkomerson; who is the executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace. In 2009, […]
Media outlets in both countries have revealed that a meeting between senior Turkish and Israeli officials is expected to be held in Turkey on June 26—and that shortly after, an agreement is likely to be signed and go into effect. For two of America’s closest allies in the Middle […]
PM says government ‘will not tolerate intolerance’ after reports of hate crimes and abuse after EU referendum David Cameron condemned incidents of intimidation and abuse reported over the weekend. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Harriet SherwoodReligion correspondent @harrietsherwood Monday 27 June 2016 David Cameron has condemned xenophobic abuse after the EU referendum […]
By Thomas Hüetlin DPA Leave campaigner Boris Johnson Boris Johnson is Britain’s most talented populist. He has seduced his country to leave the European Union — and it could make him prime minister. But those supporting him could end up paying most dearly. On the day of his greatest triumph, Boris […]