Business Insider: by Dina Specter. A world without honeybees would also mean a world without fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Nearly one-third of the world’s crops are dependent on honeybees for pollination, but over the last decade the black-and-yellow insects have been dying at unprecedented rates both in the United States and abroad. Pesticides, […]
By Zia H Shah MD As of 7th of June, 2013, the Muslim Times has been banned in parts of Pakistan. When the readers try to log in, instead of our […]
Pakisatan Observer. Islamabad—Minister of State for Science and Technology, Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan will inaugurate 38th International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, here on Monday the 24th June, 2013. This annual scientific activity will bring together about 300 scientists from various countries of the developing world and […]
June 20, 2013 – Swissinfo.ch Nigeria has accepted an action plan proposed by Switzerland to prevent “irregular migration” and deal with other migration-related issues, the Swiss government announced on Thursday […]
Reuters Swissinfo.ch June 23, 2013 – 12:46 RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, who announced on Thursday that he was quitting just two weeks after taking office. “The president accepted the resignation of the prime minister and […]
mta.tv: youtube: A live interactive programme exploring news stories from around the world relating to Islam and persecution. This one addresses the Woowich murder and clarifies the real Islamic […]
By: Tony Burman Special to the Star, Published on Sat Jun 22 2013 The Toronto Star The overwhelming reaction of international governments to the dramatic outcome of Iran’s presidential election was cautious but hopeful. Some even wondered whether it might lead to a historic breakthrough in the dangerous nuclear conflict […]
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Source: CNN I read an article a few months ago that had a profound impact on me. This article shared the observations of a nurse who had cared for dying patients on their deathbed. She documented their regrets as they reflected upon their lives and their impending demise. Did these people […]
Source: CNN Edward Snowden left Hong Kong on Sunday for a third country “through a lawful and normal channel,” the Hong Kong government said. And he left with the help of WikiLeaks, who assisted with Snowden’s “political asylum in a democratic country, travel papers (and) safe exit from Hong Kong.” the […]
Source: LUBP In raids conducted earlier today, Spanish authorities arrested eight suspected members of an al Qaeda network who are allegedly involved in training, funding, and facilitating travel for jihadist fighters to Syria. The network is based in the Spanish territory of Ceuta and in the city of Fnideq in […]
Source: The Local German women have on average 1.3 children, among the lowest rate in the industrialised world, resulting in a shrinking and ageing population that threatens long-term finances and the ability of companies to find workers. However Family Minister Kristina Schröder does not see the government’s annual €200 billion […]
Source: ET “It was just a bomb blast and not the end of the world,” this incisive observation was reportedly made by the Khyber-Pakthunkhwa (K-P) information minister while commenting on the suicide blast on a Shia imambargah, which killed at least 15 people this past Friday. Well, Minister, for those […]
Source: ET The K-P Finance Minister apparently has said that all citizens from the ages of 18 to 35 should be given military training to be prepared for “Jihad” and the K-P government might be willing to pay for it. I do not want to continue with this trope too […]
AMMAN/GAZA CITY — A 23-year-old wedding singer from a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip has given Palestinians a rare sense of pride and national unity by winning “Arab Idol”, […]
DR. HAZEM SAID & MAHA EZZEDDINE ARABNEWS Friday 21 June 2013 ABU Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah will say on the Day of Judgment, “Son of Adam, I was sick but you did not visit Me.” ‘My Lord, […]
Source: ET US Secretary of State John Kerry put the onus on the Taliban to revive stalled efforts to end Afghanistan’s 12-year-old war and warned the ultraconservative militia on Saturday they might lose their new office in Qatar if the peace bid collapsed. US officials were due to hold preliminary […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 23 June 2013 Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal and Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, yesterday emphasized the need […]
Source: CNN Godless congregations For Epstein, who started community-building at Harvard nearly 10 years ago, the idea of a godless congregation is not an oxymoron. “We decided recently that we want to use the word congregation more and more often because that is a word that strongly evokes a certain […]
JEDDAH: AFIFA JABEEN QURAISHI Sunday 23 June 2013 Eating 22 live scorpions or making the largest Kabsah dish may seem frivolous tasks but such are the unique feats that an increasing number of Saudis are embarking on to establish themselves for posterity in the pages of the Guinness World Records. […]