WASHINGTON: A leading Republican senator warned Sunday that Iraq was “unraveling” in the wake of the withdrawal of US troops, putting at risk the thousands of American civilians in the country. Senator John McCain, who lost to Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, blamed the deteriorating situation on the […]
S Dilip Roy, Lalmonirhat Vegetable cultivation on floating gardens prepared in abandoned water bodies brings good prospect for marginal farmers at villages in Teesta River basin areas of Aditmari upazila […]
Source / Courtesy: CNN By Dan Gilgoff and Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editors (CNN) – It was election night in November 2006, and Rick Santorum had organized a private […]
An event will be held on January 8th in Frankfurt, Germany on the first death anniversary. He will be remembered as a poet, literate and a devout Muslim who never […]
Source / Courtesy: Times of India CHANDIGARH: A section of Pakistanis have raised their voice against Arab colonialism (imposing Wahhabi Islam over Sufi Islam) amidst attacks on Sufi shrines in Pakistan. “Saudi Arabia which is undemocratic, is exporting Wahhabi Islam to Pakistan where Sufis have been traditionally popular,” Sayeeda Diep […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 8, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that former President Pervaiz Musharraf should be arrested on his return to […]
NY Times: WASHINGTON — A nearly two-month lull in American drone strikes in Pakistan has helped embolden Al Qaeda and several Pakistani militant factions to regroup, increase attacks against Pakistani security forces and threaten intensified strikes against allied forces in Afghanistan, American and Pakistani officials say. The insurgents are increasingly […]
By Zia H Shah MD Deism (pronounced /ˈdiːɪzəm/, us dict: dē′·ĭzm) is a religious and philosophical belief that a supreme being created the universe, and that this can be determined […]
Source: Times of Malta By Laiq Ahmed Atif The English sayings that time and tide wait for no man and that time flies accurately and perfectly apply as we look […]
Euro News: With EYP – the European Youth Parliament Masha from France: I’d like to know if Muslim extremism is a real issue in Europe. Michaël Privot, Director of the European Network Against Racism, responds: Reports from Europol on terrorism threats since 2006 show that, out of roughly 2,150 attacks […]
Abu Dhabi: Her precious babies may be perfectly healthy right now, but Al Shaima Hamza Kamal Aideen is nevertheless worried about providing them with proper care during their infant years. The 26-year-old Sudanese mother and her businessman husband Mubarak Al Bushr Abdullah, 36, were blessed with a set of quadruplets […]
“It is possible that the human race could become extinct but it is not inevitable. I think it is almost certain that a disaster, such as nuclear war or global warming, will befall the earth within a thousands years,” Professor Hawking, the Cambridge University cosmologist and theoretical physicist said. Read […]
The Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has urged religious leaders to be neutral and non-partisan in their sermons and utterances during this year’s presidential and parliamentary election. He said it […]
By MARIAM NIHAL | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi law does not offer citizenship to people who have spent a substantial part of their lives in the Kingdom nor to those born and brought up in Saudi Arabia to immigrant parents. This often leads to a constant search for lost identity […]
TEHRAN — Iran’s government on Saturday welcomed the US Navy’s rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen held by pirates, calling it a positive humanitarian gesture. US officials announced Friday that the […]
AFP: MANILA – The Philippines said Sunday it was preparing to enter a “substantive” phase of peace talks with Muslim rebels aimed at ending a long-running insurgency in the country’s troubled south. Teresita Deles, the chief presidential adviser on the peace process, said peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation […]
Source / Courtesy: RT.com RT: With tensions around the Strait of Hormuz sky-high, Iranian plans to conduct the country’s “greatest naval war games” could coincide with joint US-Israeli exercises in the Persian Gulf. With both sides taking positions, could a real battle be looming? Hopefully the massive exercises will remain […]
Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, some great decision, offering each the bloom or blight, And the choice goes by forever, ‘twixt that darkness and that light. – James […]
ScienceDaily (Dec. 15, 2011) — Short-term memory plays a crucial role in how our consciousness operates. Several years ago a hypothesis has been formulated, according to which capacity of short-term memory depends in a special way on two cycles of brain electric activity. Scientists from the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology […]
China’s state media have warned the US against “flexing its muscles” after Washington unveiled a defence review switching focus to the Asia-Pacific. Read More…