Source: Indian Express A cease-fire brokered by the United States and Russia went into effect across Syria on Saturday, marking the biggest international push to reduce violence in the country’s […]
Source: Huffington Post No one is taking the end of Barack Obama’s presidency harder than this little girl. Caprina D. Harris posted a video of her granddaughter on Facebook on Monday, showing the child sobbing uncontrollably over the news that there is an election coming up, and Obama is not […]
Source: The Guardian The entire adult male population of a village in southern Iran has been executed for drug offences, according to Iran’s vice-president for women and family affairs. The […]
Source: Time The three-year-old boy erroneously sentenced to jail is only the worst in a series of atrocities by Egypt’s security officials A military court mistakenly sentences a toddler to […]
Christianity’s history with sex is much more complicated than you might think. By Carol Kuruvilla; Religion Associate Editor, The Huffington Post Growing up in a conservative Christian church, I was taught that […]
Source: Daily Times Do you not think the Tableeghi Jamaat (TJ) is elusive? Ask any common person to name the top five leaders of the organisation. They will not know. […]
https://twitter.com/GMA The work of Virk: Predicting the real Oscars and the ESPN version By Emily Pfeffer 2 days ago Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter <!– –> Since 2013, College Football analyst and Baseball Tonight studio host Adnan Virk is a known movie buff. He has shared his yearly Oscar […]
Source: Time “The world will be watching” The next few weeks, including a two-week cease-fire set to begin on Friday, will be “critical” to Syria’s future, according to President Obama. […]
Source: Motto Got a job interview coming up? You can run through practice questions until your tongue goes numb, select the perfect Olivia Pope-meets-Alicia Florrick outfit and send out a […]
Source: Time The research has implications for infertile couples Stem cells are a promising resource for replenishing the body with healthy cells, but so far, making eggs and sperm from […]
Islamophobia, ISIS, and Authentic Muslim Narratives: Television’s Potential Role Source: Huffington Post By Cynthia P. Schneider; Cultural Diplomacy Expert; Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands Recently President Obama and Secretary Kerry each called […]
History.com In Washington, D.C., the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for female suffrage, is unanimously declared constitutional by the eight members of the U.S. Supreme Court. The 19th […]
The regime has lost over 60,000 men since the war began, but new Russian equipment is helping turn the tide Robert Fisk You can see the Syrian army’s spanking new Russian T-90 tanks lined up in their new desert livery scarcely 100 miles from Isis’s Syrian “capital” of Raqqa. There are […]
Source: Time The Revenant is one of eight films that could walk away with the Best Picture prize at this weekend’s Oscars. Whatever happens, however, it’s the only one whose story can claim some credit for the development of the West Coast. The 1820s fur-trading expedition fictionalized in the Leonardo […]
Source: The New York Times As a young Pakistani-American Muslim girl growing up in Connecticut, Zareen Jaffery used to devour novels by Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume, hoping those stories […]
Source: Florida Today An attack on a mosque using raw bacon and a machete could potentially garner a Brevard County man up to life in prison as a result of […]
Source: PennLive SALISBURY TOWNSHIP – It’s a story of neighbors helping neighbors, pitching in to repair each other’s homes after they were damaged by a massive storm Wednesday night. And the following […]
Source: The Guardian Supporters of a prominent Christian lawyer who was taken into secret detention after opposing a Communist party cross-removal campaign are demanding his release after he became the […]
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media have criticized celebrities for attending an event in northeastern India with members of the Tibetan government-in-exile, adding to Chinese authorities’ warnings […]
Source: RNS RIO DE JANEIRO (RNS) Dr. Olimpio Moraes is used to being at the center of controversy. He’s been excommunicated twice by Brazil’s Roman Catholic Church for actively supporting […]