Source: Time Chennai continues to face its worst rains in over a century, with the death toll from flooding in the southern Indian city increasing even as Friday brought a […]
Source: Huffington Post “This was a person who was successful, who had a good job, a good income, a wife and a family. What was he missing in his life?” […]
Source: BBC Many of us feel sleepy in the winter, but other species often take it a step further and hibernate. Dormice head underground to curl up tight, colonies of […]
Toronto police are looking for the driver after a single vehicle crash at Allen and Transit roads on Dec. 4, 2015. CITYNEWS. BY ERIN CRIGER citynews.ca POSTED DEC 4, 2015 5:41 AM EST, LAST UPDATED DEC 4, 2015 AT 9:58 AM EST Toronto police have found several guns and a religious book […]
Source: BBC By Kara Segedin 3 December 2015 A beautiful new black-eyed satyr species has become the first butterfly named in honour of Sir David Attenborough. Attenborough’s Blackeyed-Satyr (Credit: Andrew […]
Source: BBC Thai police say they were warned by Moscow that 10 Syrians working for the so-called Islamic State (IS) entered Thailand in October to target Russians. A leaked Thai […]
Source: BBC Sixteen people have been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after firebombs were thrown into a restaurant, officials say. The attack took place at the El Sayad restaurant, […]
Baltej Pannu was arrested in Punjab after a woman accused him of threatening to post nude photos online, but supporters here say he was framed for political reasons. are on Facebook FACEBOOK Baltej Pannu is a Punjabi-Canadian radio journalist who lived in Brampton for 25 years and has a host […]
Source: Huffington Post The Hawaii Democrat has been a persistent critic of Obama’s foreign policy. By Chris D’Angelo Associate Editor, HuffPost Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) continued her harsh criticisms of […]
Source: The Guardian By Miqdaad Versi If military action were enough to destroy Isis, Sunni and Shia communities would support it. But there is no shortage of concerns – or alternatives On the fateful night when MPs voted to extend airstrikes over Syria, Shabana Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham […]
Source: BBC An artist sentenced to death for apostasy. Three young Shia Muslims – arrested when they were minors – faced with beheading. And reports in the Saudi press of […]
Source: Huffington Post Carolyn S. Miles President & CEO, Save the Children It takes only a few hours on a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos to understand the […]
Source: Cosmopolitan By Mona Chalabi Last June, Pew Research Center asked 3,217 people in the U.S. to rate members of each religion from 0 to 100; a score of 0 […]
Source: USA Today The front cover of New York’s Daily News for Thursday takes a strong stance against how some politicians are reacting to the San Bernardino shooting with calls […]
Interview: Dr. Prof. Pervez Hoodbhoy The renowned physicist and essayist on the state of liberalism in Pakistan. By Muhammad Akbar Notezai November 05, 2015 2.6k Shares 17 Comments Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy is a prominent Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist and defense analyst. In 2011, he was included on the list of 100 most influential […]
Source: Aljazeera France is likely to close up to 160 mosques in the coming months as part of a nationwide police operation under the state of emergency which allows places […]
Source: BBC China has announced $60bn (£40bn) of assistance and loans for Africa to help with the development of the continent. President Xi Jinping said the package would include zero-interest […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC US gun debate US gun violence in numbers […]
Source: The Independent ‘Grabbing and snatching it was a private, illegal act which is justified by no law,’ says lawyer Will Grice @WillGrice The Koh-i-Noor stone in the Queen Mother’s crown A petition demanding the return of the Koh-i-Noor diamond has been filed in a Pakistan court, reports say. The […]
Source: Jordan Times By Suzanna Goussous – Dec 02,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Abdelrahman Qasem speaks to activists and reporters in Amman on Wednesday (Photo by Suzanna Goussous) AMMAN — Farmer Abdelrahman Qasem has faced Israeli aggression on his land in Palestine for over 30 years, with settlers continually putting pressure […]