Google’s Project Loon internet balloons to circle Earth
Source: BBC Google believes it is on course to have enough internet-beaming balloons in the stratosphere to form a ring over part of the world next year. It told the […]
Surprise discovery suggests ‘gentle’ start for Solar System
Source: BBC The Rosetta spacecraft has discovered molecular oxygen in the cloud of gas surrounding the comet it is tracking. The discovery has come as a complete surprise to scientists […]
West helped increase corruption in Middle East by selling weapons: report
Source: Tribune Western nations, particularly the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia and Germany, have helped increase corruption in Middle Eastern and North African countries by selling them large quantities […]
Muslim leaders in UK warn of ‘worrying’ levels of Islamophobia
Source: The Guardian The Muslim Council of Britain has warned of increasing levels of Islamophobia in the UK after recent videos showing anti-Muslim abuse on public transport were posted online […]
Climate pledges keep ‘door open’ to warming under 2C
Source: Gulf News Carbon-cutting pledges from 146 nations for a universal climate rescue pact leave the “door open” to capping global warming below the danger threshold, the United Nations said […]
Video: If You Still Want Shariah Law, I May Have You Declared a Witch
If Taliban rule and our large collection of articles and videos for secularism, have not convinced you, not to demand Shariah Law, here is a video to show you what […]
The Witches: What Really Happened In Salem In 1692 — An All Together Conversation With Stacy Schiff
Source: Huffington Post By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush; Executive Editor Of Global Spirituality and Religion, The Huffington Post Over nine months in the year 1692, 14 women and five men were executed in […]
Call for improvements in blasphemy law not objectionable: Supreme Court Pakistan
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that a call for improvements in the blasphemy law in order to provide safeguards against its misuse by levelling false allegations should […]
Book Review: Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders
Book Review from Amazon In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of American religious freedom—a drama in which Islam […]
In Indonesia, minorities under threat from Muslim hardliners
ACEH SINGKIL: When a mob of Muslims swooped on a little church deep in rural Aceh in Indonesia this month, the local police were nowhere to be seen, although they had received warnings of a possible attack. When they did arrive, the police were mostly unarmed and outnumbered by hundreds […]
America as a “Christian Nation” Doesn’t Ring Historically True
Source: Huffington Post By Craig Considine; Sociologist, Speaker, Writer “America is a Christian nation” is one of the Christian right’s favorite slogans. Consider Ben Carson, a radical Christian and frontrunner for […]
Nigerians free hundreds in raid on Boko Haram camps, army says
(CNN) Nigerian troops rescued 338 people held captive at suspected Boko Haram terrorist camps, the Nigerian army said in a statement Wednesday. At least 30 Boko Haram terrorists were killed during […]
EU Parliament votes to protect Edward Snowden
By Dana Ford, CNN Updated 6:41 PM ET, Thu October 29, 2015 (CNN) The European Parliament voted Thursday in support of a resolution that calls on member states to protect Edward […]
Osteoporosis becoming a painful reality in the UAE
Source: Gulf News Vitamin D and calcium deficiency in most of the population leads to bones weakening over the age of 60 Nearly 70 per cent of the UAE’s population […]
Yemeni riyal collapse may spark ‘hunger revolution’
Source: Gulf News A ‘hunger revolution’ is expected to erupt in Sana’a as a result of the country’s economic decline, analysts say. The Yemeni riyal, which is reportedly nearing 300 Riyals to the dollar, is lower than it has ever been. Consequently, a reported 80 per cent of Sana’a’s population […]
Hindu ‘cattle patrols’ in India seek to protect cows from beef eaters
Source: Washington Post By Rama Lakshmi October 28 at 8:30 PM YADAVNAGAR, India — Dozens of men spread across the moonlit farm, hiding behind trees and wielding long-handled machetes and […]
World Health Organisation right to be wary about first malaria vaccine
Source: The Guardian Mosquirix is one of the most widely anticipated vaccines to have been developed. It is the first vaccine for malaria – a disease that kills more than […]
China abandons one-child policy after 35 years
China has scrapped its one-child policy, allowing couples to have two children for the first time in more than three decades, official media has reported. The announcement was made at the close of a Communist party meeting focused on financial reforms and maintaining growth at a time of heightened concerns […]
Mind-Reading Experiment Sends Thoughts Over the Internet
Researchers have managed to send thoughts over the Internet, using a direct brain-to-brain connection and a big magnet. It’s not very efficient — the volunteers could only send “yes” or “no” answers to one another. But using EEG (electroencephalographs) to read brain signals, and a big magnet on the other […]
China Communist Party says to allow two children for all couples
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China’s ruling Communist Party said on Thursday (Oct 29) it will ease family planning restrictions to allow two children for all couples. The rules are a major […]