SPIEGEL Migration Debate: ‘One of the Most Serious Dramas of Our Times’ Interview Conducted By Maximilian Popp and Jörg Schindler DPA Syrian refugees arrive in a dinghy on the Greek island of Kos on May 6. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann and human rights activist Elias Bierdel recently met with […]
ORGANIZING RELIEF: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman with Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, supervisor of King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Work, and other senior officials of the center. (SPA) RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN Published — Thursday 14 May 2015 Last update 14 May 2015 12:13 am The King […]
Reuters | May 14, 2015 | Jordan Times WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama on Wednesday went out of his way to praise two of Saudi Arabia’s top leaders before […]
by JT | May 14, 2015 | 00:03 His Majesty King Abdullah speaks at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday held talks which focused […]
Jordan Times, 15.5.2015 AMMAN — On the sidelines of his working visit to Germany on Wednesday, His Majesty King Abdullah met with several leading intellectual, political and academic figures. At […]
Source Stratfor: There are simply too many red lines for the region’s Sunnis. Even in the unlikely scenario that Saudi Arabia weakens so much that Iran assumes de facto control of the Arabian Peninsula, the Sunni populations would not allow the holy cities of Mecca and Medina to remain under […]
Two suspected members of the Islamist group al-Shabab have been executed by firing squad in the Somali capital. A military court in Mogadishu found them guilty of killing five people, including four members of parliament. One of the MPs was the popular female singer, Saado Ali Warsame, who was killed […]
Rival groups of soldiers in Burundi are vying for control of the capital Bujumbura amid confusion over the success of an attempted coup. Heavy fighting and shelling is reported at the state TV building. A senior military source says soldiers loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza are back in control of […]
After being declared Ebola free, Liberia threw the virus a big farewell party and is finally looking towards life and a future. Read More…
Source: Huffington Post By Raza Rumi, who is a writer, journalist and international development practitioner. C.Editor at The Friday Times, Fellow at National Endowment for Democracy, Washington D.C. WASHINGTON – Media […]
Lindsay Lohan turns to Islam: Troubled actress carries the Koran as she steps out after court-ordered community service at a children’s center Lohan was raised a Catholic, has since spoken […]
loveforallhatredfornone: Home Secretary Rt Hon Theresa May made her first ever visit to the landmark Baitul Futuh Mosque in south London on Saturday 2nd May and paid tribute to the […]
Source: BBC Could Americans soon be calling their $20 bills “Tubmans?” Move over, former US president Andrew Jackson. Voters of an online poll have chosen famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman to […]
(CNN) How do all seven cars and the engine of an Amtrak train jump the rails, sending passengers, luggage, laptops and more flying? One possibility loomed over all others Wednesday: speed. […]
Undercover cop testifies to Jahanzeb Malik’s terrorist intentions Man accused of wanting to destroy U.S. consulate he’d boasted of training with Al Qaeda, officer tells immigration hearing; Malik says he only went to Libya to teach English. Share on Facebook COLIN PERKEL / THE CANADIAN PRESS Pakistani national Jahanzeb Malik […]
The Huffington Post | By Carol Kuruvilla Even though some politicians claim America is a “Christian nation,” the share of the population that identifies as Christian has declined significantly in […]
By Mairi Mackay, CNN April 16, 2015 Story highlights Pentagon releases map showing coalition forces have taken back 25-30% of Iraq territory from ISIS Counterinsurgency specialist Afzal Ashraf on what new data tells us about fight Ashraf: Where it counts (ISIS is) not standing and fighting London (CNN)The Pentagon released […]
BY HUSAIN HAQQANI MAY 13, 2015 With a litany of unproved claims, veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has revived discussion about the circumstances in which al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was discovered and killed in May 2011 in the Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad. Some of Hersh’s assertions in […]
Source: The Independent Prince Charles’ secret letters to government ministers will be made public on Wednesday after a decade-long legal battle. The infamous “black spider memos” – so called because […]
Source: The Independent Prince Charles’ secret letters to government ministers will be made public on Wednesday after a decade-long legal battle. The infamous “black spider memos” – so called because […]