Confucian cuisine
Just add sage The regime is trying to preserve a cuisine few people have heard of Jan 16th 2016 | BEIJING | From the print edition Great brain, great prawns […]
Adventures in Islam: The Myths and Legends of Muslim Homogeneity
Huff Post: by Tithi Bhattacharya — As we watch the presidential debates unfold, one could be excused for thinking that there was an imminent threat of an Islamic takeover of the United States. According to NPR, at a New Hampshire rally, Donald Trump followed up his proposed ban on all […]
Offensive against Islamic State in Mosul unlikely in 2016: Iraqi Kurdish deputy PM
Reuters International JAN 16, 2016 – 09:01 ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq is unlikely to undertake an offensive to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State this year because its armed forces are not ready for the task, the Kurdistan region’s deputy prime minister said in an interview. […]
Why Switzerland takes asylum seekers’ assets
ASYLUM PRICE http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:41896774 EMBED CODE JAN 15, 2016 – 15:35 Denmark’s decision to confiscate valuables from asylum seekers is similar to the practice in Switzerland, which has been in effect for more than 20 years. It is coming in for criticism too. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Swiss law states that asylum seekers have […]
Burkina Faso hotel siege: Battle rages for control with at least 20 dead
Video: Security forces working to free hostages, with a reported 63 evacuated so far French gendarmes tend to a wounded man in the surrounding of the hotel Splendide and the café Cappuccino durinImage Credit: AFP Vehicles on fire outside Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.Image Credit: REUTERS Published: 08:54 January […]
P.C. Mustafa: From Kerala school dropout to billionairebill
Kerala-born young entrepreneur Mustafa is expanding his company by bringing Indian cuisine to the Middle East P.C. Mustafa.Image Credit: Courtesy: Mustafa Masala Dosa, Indian FoodImage Credit: Supplied ( 1 of 2 ) ‹› Published: 19:22 January 15, 2016 By Archisman DindaCorrespondent Kolkata: It is a proverbial rags to riches story. […]
View from Iran (and Germany): Schroeder: Some states back terrorists ‘directly or indirectly’
Schroeder: Some states back terrorists ‘directly or indirectly’ By M.A. Saki and Negar Asadi TEHRAN – Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has said that some countries support the terrorist groups “directly or indirectly”. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times in the German embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, […]
View from Saudi Arabia:Iran caused 1 million deaths in four Arab countries
Iranian-made Fateh 110 (Conqueror) (L) and Persian Gulf (R) missiles are seen next to a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a war exhibition held by Iran’s revolutionary guard on September 23, 2011. (Reuters file photo) ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 15 January 2016 TANOUMA: Iran is […]
Israel kills two Palestinians
By AP – Jan 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Israeli soldiers stand around near the scene where a Palestinian was shot dead in the West Bank village of Aseera Ashamaliya near Nablus, on Thursday (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israelis troops on Thursday killed two Palestinians who attacked soldiers with knives […]
2011-2016: Arab dashed hopes, opened eyes
Jan 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Many analysts this week have marked the five years since the fall of former Tunisian president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali, the first of several Arab dictators who were toppled from office by a wave of spontaneous street demonstrations across Arab […]
Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Source: Yahoo News The world breathed a sigh of relief on Jan. 14, 2016, as a two-year Ebola epidemic that killed 11,000 and triggered a global health alert was declared […]
War against outlaws of Islam a global struggle — King
Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah speaks to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in Washington this week (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) Following is the full text of His Majesty King Abdullah’s interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, which was broadcast late on Wednesday. Question: As we speak, 10 American […]
Daesh can be defeated if anti-terror efforts synchronised
By JT – Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah is interviewed by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in Washington DC on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah has said that war against the khawarej (the outlaws of Islam) is a global struggle that […]
Canadians unite to sponsor Syrian refugees
Source: Al Jazeera Toronto, Canada – A small, hungry crowd gathers at First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, laying out a festive potluck feast. The folding tables overflow with samosas and […]
Syrian refugee children transform Iraqi prison with art
Source: Al Jazeera Akre, Iraq – For Hanan, who’s more familiar with conflict than anyone her age should ever be, it’s the chance to create beauty that helps the most. […]
World should be ‘worried about Iran-Saudi conflict’
Source: Al Jazeera The world should be worried about an open conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia, a former adviser to the Saudi Arabian royal family has told Al Jazeera. […]
George W. Bush page most edited on Wikipedia
Source: Gulf News SAN FRANCISCO: Former US president George W. Bush may no longer be able to change the course of history — but it has not stopped others trying […]
Indonesia on alert as police probe attacks
Source: Gulf News JAKARTA: Army trucks thundered through Indonesia’s capital Friday as authorities boosted security at possible terror targets and probed the suspected Daesh terror cell blamed for Jakarta’s deadly […]
Turkish artillery ‘kills 200 Isis militants’ in revenge for Blue Mosque bombing
Source: Independent Turkey claims to have killed nearly 200 Isis fighters in a series of retaliatory attacks after the deadly suicide bombing in Istanbul. While there was no immediate claim of […]
The man who studies the spread of ignorance
Source: BBC In 1979, a secret memo from the tobacco industry was revealed to the public. Called the Smoking and Health Proposal, and written a decade earlier by the Brown […]