Source: Time Hidden transmitters can relay signals to areas controlled by ISIS and the Syrian government In his Berlin office, Philipp Hochleichter, points to a map of Syria showing the […]
Source: Time “I couldn’t hold myself together. I couldn’t look at his face,” says the photographer who witnessed the latest harrowing scene of drowned children MORE Alan Kurdi’s Story: Behind […]
Dr Abdus Salam and all the wrong choices Pakistan made By Nayyar Afaq Published: January 29, 2016 http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/31969/dr-abdus-salam-and-all-the-wrong-choices-pakistan-made/ 65 CommentsPrintEmail Today is the 90th birthday of Dr Abdus Salam. The best way to wish him is to let freedom of religion and intellectual thought prevail in the country. PHOTO: YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT What […]
Source: Time The Zika outbreak almost certainly began in the Brazilian city of Recife, where doctors figured out what was happening to pregnant women It’s a Sunday in the Brazilian […]
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“If women had the right to wear as little clothes as they desired without people finding it offensive, then I had every right to cover my body as much as […]
Source: Huffington Post By Aseal Tineh, who is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. A lot of the suspicion […]
Source: BBC Indigenous tribes, timber firms and environmental groups in western Canada have welcomed a deal to protect one of the world’s largest remaining tracts of temperate rainforest. The Great […]
Source: CNN (CNN)A rally was held Monday evening at the State University of New York in Albany after three black female students were attacked by a group of white men and women during a confrontation on a bus over the weekend, officials said. The students, who attend the upstate […]
Source: Independent Just about everyone you know tells low-stakes lies, but some people even go so far as to lie about important matters that could forever change their relationships, end […]
Source: The Telegraph The Prime Minister has reignited public debate over the integration of British Muslims by raising the contentious issues of gender segregation, face veils, and fluency in English […]
ANALYSISBy Harid Mkali Isaac Mwangi’s article in the Daily News of January 17, 2016 titled: “Want to know why EA is getting poor? Ask your thieving leaders” in fact started well by stating that the region’s poverty and underdevelopment is caused, primarily, by the prevalence of selfserving leaders, pre-occupied with looking […]
Source: Public opinion By Dr Amtul Khalid A Chambersburg physician Donald Trump thinks that he can solve the problem of terrorism by stopping Muslims from coming to this country, or […]
Source: NPR There is a joke circulating in San Salvador these days: “Instead of using a condom, use a mosquito net! That should at least keep the mosquitoes from biting […]
Source: The Guardian It has been 2,000 years since Romans gathered at the Circus Maximus to watch chariots roar around the racetrack, but a new battle was brought to the […]
TOM VERDE JANUARY 20, 2016 By Tom Verde, originally published as ‘Malika I: Khayzuran & Zubayda‘ on Aramco World From Indonesia to Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, Senegal to Turkey, it […]
Source: Reuters The Israeli government approved on Sunday the creation of a mixed-sex plaza at Jerusalem’s Western Wall to accommodate Jews who contest Orthodox curbs on worship by women there. […]
Source: azcentral Four Phoenix City councilmen are trying to block a group of Satanists from giving the opening prayer at a Feb. 17 council meeting. Followers of the Satanic Temple, […]
By Brandon Penny | Feb. 02, 2016, 4:57 a.m. (ET) Before even scoring a point, Ibtihaj Muhammad will make history this summer in Rio de Janeiro by being the first […]
Created on Monday, 01 February 2016 The Rise of ISIS and Other Extremist Groups: the role of the West and Regional Powers by Bouthaina Shaaban This essay examines the role of Western and regional players (i.e. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar) in inflaming the conflict and the growth of […]