Source: TOI A reputed proliferation watchdog has cited the shop in Chennai’s electronic spare parts hub as a likely supplier to Iran’s nuclear programme. CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: A tiny firm in a dark alley in Chennai’s electronic spare parts hub on Meeran Sahib Street has been unwittingly catapulted into the midst […]
BASSEM MROUE | ASP Sunday 17 February 2013 BEIRUT: Pro-government gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 people in northwestern Syria in retaliation for the abduction of 42 Shiite Muslims this week, a move that could fuel more sectarian violence in the country, an activist group said Saturday. The tit-for-tat kidnappings […]
Is the world ready for a black Pope? Many would say it has been ready for so long that it is growing a little impatient. Cardinal Peter Turkson, of Ghana, […]
The world’s oldest aid organisation, the International Committee of the Red Cross, is marking its 150th anniversary today. Since its inception, the ICRC has brought relief to the victims of […]
The question whose land is it where the Israeli Settlers are where anonymous housing has been done? (Koya). First for breaking news and analysis: Compelling world news stories from NBC News journalists. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. ‘Force to be reckoned with’: Israel’s settlers dig in ahead of Obama […]
Source:Newyork Times. There is no formal nominating process for choosing the man to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, and campaigning for oneself is counterproductive. But the cardinals who will file into the Sistine Chapel next month to elect a new leader of the Roman Catholic Church have been quietly sizing up […]
At least 4,000 people have staged one of Singapore’s largest-ever protests, a further sign of discontent over immigration policies and growing income disparities under the long-ruling People’s Action Party (PAP). The chief organiser of the rally, Gilbert Goh, said the protest on Saturday was a display of citizens’ unhappiness over […]
by Belen Fernandez ALJAZEERA Belen Fernandez is the author of The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work, published by Verso. She is a contributing editor at Jacobin Magazine Effort to […]
Associated Press (FOX NEWS) (of course…) JERUSALEM – Israeli soldiers provided medical treatment to wounded Syrians that approached its northern frontier and then transported them to a hospital in Israel for further treatment, the military said Saturday, in the first instance of Syrians fleeing their country’s civil war being taken […]
Source: TOI A remote-controlled bomb targeting Shia Muslims killed 58 people and wounded more than 176 in Pakistan’s insurgency-hit southwest on Saturday, police said. More:
Source: TOI KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities will deport an Australian senator after refusing him entry on Saturday over what it said was his participation in an illegal street rally for electoral reform in the Southeast Asian country last year. The deportation of Senator Nick Xenophon is a sign of growing […]
Islamic scholars have expressed concern about Israel’s plan to construct a building near the al-Aqsa Mosque in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), Press TV reports. http://www.presstv.ir/player/player1.swf Or Click Here […]
RT: An Australian court has ruled in favor of allowing a company to patent a human gene. Concerns have been voiced that allowing a company to monopolize genes will turn […]
The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) released a statement on Friday saying that the Bekasi administration had violated the law in forbidding the Ahmadis from worshipping in their mosque. The […]
Source: qantara.de Iran’s moral guardians are concerned: while Islam is increasing in political importance throughout the Arab world, people in the Islamic Republic of Iran are leaving the mosques in […]
The Qur’an’s teachings around business chime with the objectives of the worldwide social enterprise movement Though wealth creation is the primary goal taught by top businessmen, social impact is considered to be a more fulfilling outcome for others. Money is not timeless, but what you do with that money can […]
The Syrian government has sent a letter to the United Nations blasting Turkey’s “destructive” role in the conflict that has ravaged the country for the past 23 months. In the […]
Epigraph: And those who say, ‘Our Lord, grant us of our wives and children the delight of our eyes, and make us a model for the righteous. It is such as […]
Stephen Harper (left) seated with Worldwide Ahmadiyya leader Mirza Masroor Ahmad(right) at the grand opening of Baitun Nur, the largest mosque in Canada. (July 5, 2008) Source: Canada.com BY LEE BERTHIAUME, POSTMEDIA NEWS […]
Source: LUBP By Sidk Maqaal The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out the petition of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran chief Tahirul Qadri for the reconstitution of the Election Commission of Pakistan, saying that Qadri has failed to satisfy it on his bona fides and fundamental rights in this regard. A anti Taliban […]