Source: The Local President Obama stands in front of European, US and German flags at the Hannover Messe on Monday. Photo: DPA On what is expected to be his last visit to Germany as President, Obama told an audience in Hanover that Europeans ought not to allow the different crises […]
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Amid growing tension between him and the powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif, Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif on Friday struck a defiant note, lashing out at those “plotting to destabilize him”.In a dramatic TV address, Sharif said he was accountable only to Allah and awam (people), even […]
Source: TOI “It’s better for women to perform in dance bars than begging on streets or indulging in unacceptable activities,” the SC said. The Maharashtra assembly had on April 12 unanimously passed the Dance Bar Regulation Bill, which has provisions for stringent actions against the violators.The new bill fixes accountability on […]
Source. The Daily Beast. Donald J. Trump’s candidacy bears a strong resemblance to the rise of dictators likeMussolini and Hitler. A columnist for the Toronto Sun who compares Trump to Hitler claims that we Americans need to reboot our political gene pool, while the president of Mexico, in these very […]
theguardian: by Sandi Mann — We live in a world of constant entertainment – but is too much stimulation boring? Nothing to do: the 1985 film The Breakfast Club, in which five students endure a day’s detention. Photograph: Sportsphoto/Allstar It amazes me when people proclaim that they are bored. Actually, […]
Source: BBC Disagreements about who should do housework blew up on Twitter in Saudi Arabia this week, and offered some insight into popular attitudes in the country. If you’re a […]
Source: BBC By Keith Olbermann |New York Lost in the most consistently astonishing US presidential campaign since the 1864 Democrats ran on a platform of conceding the Civil War, is […]
Source: BBC If you feel inadequate or that you are likely to be “found out” at work, you’re probably not alone. It’s part of a phenomenon called the “imposter syndrome” […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ishaan Tharoor There’s no Western statesmen — at least in the English-speaking world — more routinely lionized than Winston Churchill. Last Friday marked a half century since his […]
Source: Observer By Jeff Robbins • 04/22/16 9:00am Ayaan Hirsi Ali attends a book presentation in April 2015 in Berlin. Photo by Christian Marquardt/Getty Images Ayaan Hirsi Ali can recount in virtual slow motion the events of November 2, 2004—the day Theo Van Gogh, her collaborator on a film about […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ishaan Tharoor Lindsay Lohan, the American actress, is said to be “exploring” Islam. Speculation was first stirred by a photograph of the celebrity carrying a copy […]
Epigraph: Almost a million people commit suicide every year in the world. Source: Breitbart By ALI WAKED JAFFA, Israel – The reason suicides in the United States reached a nearly three […]
Source: BBC By Pádraig Belton 19 April 2016 Under London’s streets lies a hidden gold mine. It stretches across more than 300,000 square feet under the City, the finance quarter in the heart of Britain’s capital. There, beneath the pavement and commuters of Threadneedle Street, lies a maze of eight […]
Burying drowned migrants is part of a broader Greek problem Apr 20th 2016, 12:55 by M.TZ. and ERASMUS | MYTILENE THE newly established graveyard, a short drive west of Mytilene port, is a desperately sad place. In the middle of an olive grove, there are dozens of mounds of crumbly earth, some created only a […]
Source: BBC President Barack Obama has ruled out deploying US ground troops in Syria and says military efforts alone cannot solve the country’s problems. “It would be a mistake for the United States, or Great Britain… to send in ground troops and overthrow the [Bashar al-] Assad regime,” he told […]
In late antiquity, the religion split the Mediterranean world in two. Now it is remaking the Continent. Robert D. Kaplan May 2016 Issue Global Europe was essentially defined by […]
ANADOLU AGENCY BERLIN PublishedApril 22, 2016 German former President Christian Wulff attends a talk on Islam in Germany in Berlin on April 21, 2016 (AFP Photo) Former German President Christian Wulff spoke against growing anti-Islam sentiment in the country and stressed that Islam belonged to Germany, contrary to what far-right […]
Cheque for $50,000, which accompanies award, given to educational charity Ekal Vidyalaya. https://apis.google.com/u/0/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=medium&annotation=bubble&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2Fgta%2F2016%2F04%2F22%2Findian-media-mogul-dr-subhash-chandra-translates-honour-into-help.html&gsrc=3p&ic=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en.f4t_FKpd7fM.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAGLTcCMYodtyxdDsvqk3eS42P2giRwoU1g#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh%2Conload&id=I0_1461500791606&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com&pfname=&rpctoken=10820096 KEITH BEATY / TORONTO STAR Order this photo Zee Tv Group founder Dr. Subhash Chandra speaks Friday at a news conference prior to being honoured with the Global Indian Award by the Canada-India Foundation. He’ll now be donating […]
Kerala | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Updated: April 24, 2016 02:34 by Taboola The Thazhathangadi Juma Masjid in Kottayam is for the first time allowing women, from the local community, to come inside. Kottayam: Highlights Thazhathangadi Juma Masjid popular with male tourists in India and abroad Women […]
Source. Guardian The head of Scotland Yard has warned British Muslims that attacks on a minority Islamic sect will not be tolerated amid concern over the growing sectarianism on UK streets that recently led to the murder of a British shopkeeper. Bernard Hogan-Howe, responding to reports of crime against members […]