Source: BBC Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has come under fire from opposition MPs after telling parliament that the US “martyred” Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden, the mastermind of the […]
By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent 24 June 2020 Image caption An Afghan Special Forces member attending his graduation ceremony in Kabul last week Last weekend’s deadly knife attack in […]
Source: BBC By Joobin Bekhrad In the 13th Century AD, during one of the most turbulent periods in Iranian history, the poet Sa’di left his native Shiraz to study in […]
JUNE 24, 2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Shehab Al Makahleh As July 1 approaches, mystery remains regarding Israeli plans. In 2017, when American President Donald Trump announced his […]
Swiss court approves extradition of PKK recruiter to Germany A PKK militant stands at a barricade in Diyarbakir, southeast Turkey (2016). Keystone Switzerland’s highest court says it has approved the extradition […]
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN OP-ED JUN 26, 2020 Since declaring Israel an independent state in May 1948, having gone on to occupy east Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and […]
“Ramy” is about an Egyptian-American living in New Jersey who is determined to become a better Muslim. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/97grf Ramy Youssef’s comedy show was an unexpected award-winning smash last year. Now he’s back with a second season, digging deeper into Muslim culture WILLIAM MULLALLY June 25, 2020 […]
Source: Independent by Robert Fisk The European Court of Human Rights has asked France to pay back €100,000 to 11 harmless activists who expressed their political views – and then […]
Source: Axios By Bob Herman The National Institutes of Health may own intellectual property that undergirds a leading coronavirus vaccine being developed by Moderna, according to documents obtained by Axios and an analysis […]
Source: Bloomberg “We’ve been through a lot this year,” said LeBron James. The three-time NBA champion and Los Angeles Laker talked to me on June 23 via Zoom with his […]
Source: Imperial College London website The first healthy volunteer has now received a candidate coronavirus vaccine developed by Imperial researchers. The clinical team, who delivered a small dose of the […]
Source: BBC Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing says it plans to operate more than a million self-driving vehicles by 2030. The robotaxis are to be deployed in places where ride-hailing drivers are less available, according to Meng Xing, Didi’s chief operating officer. Mr Meng was speaking at an online conference […]
BY GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA LONDON EUROPE JUN 24, 2020 People stand in front of a mural showing Adama Traore, left, and George Floyd, Stains, June 22, 2020. (AP Photo) Policing across Europe during the coronavirus pandemic has exposed “a disturbing pattern of racial bias” linked to wider concerns raised […]
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL ECONOMY JUN 24, 2020 An aerial view of Sepaku district in North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan province, Indonesia, Aug. 28, 2019. (Reuters Photo) Turkish contractors […]
Source: Arab news RIYADH: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday welcomed Saudi Arabia’s decision to greatly limit the number of Hajj pilgrims this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Source: The Guardian The report is largely based on testimony from 76 people in the eight countries surveyed By Harriet Sherwood Atheists and humanists are facing discrimination and persecution in […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, who writes about religion and social issues for the Guardian and the Observer. London is more religious and socially conservative than the rest of […]
Algiers renews offer to mediate between warring sides in Libya as President Tebboune hosts PM al-Sarraj, Speaker Saleh. 23 Jun 2020 Algiers has consistently spoken out against foreign intervention […]
Source: Al Jazeera By Hamid Dabashi, who is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Every day at 7pm in New York, we come […]
Source: New York Times A married pair of virologists in Moscow tested a vaccine on their own children in the 1950s. Now, a side effect they found is sparking new […]