Source: Aljazeera The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has come under renewed criticism for failing poor and developing countries in their 14-year-long battle to achieve a breakthrough in key agricultural trade […]
Source: The Huffington Post WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Iranian hackers breached the control system of a dam near New York City in 2013, an infiltration that raised concerns about […]
Source: Pew Research Center But most say campaign has not focused on important issues As candidates in both parties prepare for the next round of presidential debates, a new national survey finds that the public is highly engaged by the 2016 campaign. Fully 74% of Americans say they have given […]
Source: BBC In the wake of the terrible events in Paris, governments around the world have renewed their calls for tech companies to design products that will allow law enforcement […]
Source: BBC A group of Kenyan Muslims travelling on a bus ambushed by Islamist gunmen protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, according to eyewitnesses. They told […]
Source: BBC Mars is a hostile planet. Its distance from the sun makes it cold and barren – average daily temperatures on Mars are around -60C and this falls to […]
An Editorial by Klaus Brinkbäumer SPIEGEL.DE REUTERS A boat full of refugees on the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece. What would we do in their situation? The debate over refugees in Germany has grown divisive. Those in favor are unwilling to recognize the difficulties ahead while those opposed too […]
Malala Yousafzai S.St (Malālah Yūsafzay: Urdu: ملالہ یوسفزئی; Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ [məˈlaːlə jusəf ˈzəj];[1] born 12 July 1997)[2][3] is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize […]
Source: Aljazeera Hina Rabbani Khar (Urdu: حنا ربانی کھر; born 19 November 1977)[3] is a Pakistani stateswoman who was the 26th Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Hailing from a powerful feudal […]
Rachid Nekkaz: on crusade for state religious ‘neutrality’. Photo: Denis Charlet/AFP Businessman vows to pay burqa ban fines Published: 11 Dec 2015 11:00 GMT+01:00 A ban on wearing niqabs or burqas in public has yet to be implemented in the canton of Ticino but an Algerian businessman is already vowing […]
ARAB NEWS Published — Monday 21 December 2015 JEDDAH: The Shoura Council will vote on Monday (today) on a proposal to identify tasks of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia) by issuing specific guidelines for the body’s members. A Shoura member who proposed […]
Dec 20,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL According to a recent survey conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research, two-thirds of Palestinians surveyed support the wave of knife stabbings of Israelis and view an armed Intifada as “serving the Palestinian national interests in ways that negotiations would […]
By Khetam Malkawi – Dec 20,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Khetam Malkawi AMMAN — Following the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution that supports international efforts to seek a political solution in Syria, local analysts differed in forecasting the scope and influence of Jordan’s role in these efforts. The […]
Dec 20,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Jeffrey D. Sachs The United States, the European Union and Western-led institutions such as the World Bank repeatedly ask why the Middle East cannot govern itself. The question is asked honestly, but without much self-awareness. After all, the single most important impediment to good governance […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) By Faith Karimi, CNN Updated 5:10 AM ET, Mon December […]
Voices Meet the British physicist who ignored Taliban death threats to teach in the badlands of Pakistan David Gosling spent four years as principal of University of Peshawar – “When you have education in its totality, it enables our students to see what should be obvious: we are all one” Robert […]
Source: ET PHOTO: THE TELEGRAPH KARACHI: It all started with a request. Short and simple. “Aap se darkhwast hai [We’re making a request to you]”. And that was enough. It was a code, used by Islamic State-inspired militants to raise funds for their activities in the metropolitan city. The women’s wing […]
Source: The Guardian By Henry Zeffman Despite rising fears of western hostility toward Muslims, new research shows British liberal views have strengthened since last month’s events in France Last month’s terrorist […]
npr.org: About 60 percent of rebel fighters in Syria hold an ideology that is similar to that of the Islamic State, a British think-tank has found. The Centre on Religion and Geopolitics, an initiative of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, warns that’s why wiping out the Islamic State would not […]
The Independent: When Shafiq Masih visits his relatives, he risks running into a mob. A Christian, convicted and acquitted under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws after a dispute with a neighbour, Mr Masih lives in fear. He fled his home in Faisalabad, where he said he was almost lynched by a […]