As many as 200,000 people marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities, as protests over rising public transport costs and the expense of staging the 2014 World Cup have spread. The biggest demonstration was in Rio de Janeiro,…
Simon Tay, The Malaysian Insider In a world where Europe and the United States are struggling, both East Asia and Latin America are outperforming the pack, even if they, too, face challenges. And yet, more than 12 years since…
Editor’s Note: Physiognomy has been defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “the art of discovering temperament and character from the outward appearance; inner character or qualities revealed outwardly.” The personality and character of the Holy Last Messenger, peace and blessings…
– Al Jazeera and Press TV The US forces in Afghanistan handed over the full control of a key US-run detention center — the Bagram prison to the Afghan Defense Ministry, putting an end to a source of tension…
Stephen Lendman America’s Gulf War, intermittent bombings in the 1990s, the 2003 war, and aftermath left a toxic legacy in Iraq. According to Dr. Helen Caldicott, Australian anti-nuclear advocate: “America’s two Iraq wars “have been nuclear wars because they have…
Amir Mizroch / WorldTribune.com The Church of Scotland says God’s promise of Israel to the Jews should not be taken literally In a new report titled “The Inheritance of Abraham: A Report on the ‘Promised Land,”’ the Church of Scotland,…
Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi has announced the breaking of all diplomatic ties with the Syrian government, including the closing of its embassy in Damascus and the recall of Egypt's charge d'affaires", as reported by AFP. Mursi also called on…
Deck: Prime Minister Erdogan Declares Popular Support Despite Intensified Unrest Amid renewed protests, including a strike by three workers’ unions in Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attributed instigation of the current turmoil to “traitors”, depicting some protesters as…
Deck: Israeli Journalists Denounce Recent Netanyahu Initiatives as ‘Insane’ By G. N. Abdullah Islamic Post Staff Writer The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) says it is “a matter of serious concern” that the Obama Administration rebuked the…
BBC/UK News Girl Scouts of are being offered a new range of clothing, following requests from Muslim scout members. The range was designed to ensure Muslim girls felt comfortable without being restricted and blends sporty style with modest tradition….
-OnIslam SURRY, Britain – Following the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him), Muslims and mosques in the southern British country of Surry are reviving the centuries-old sport of horseback archery at weekly sessions, which attract many…
–Asia Times Online The timeless Commandment for mankind to “Love Thy Neighbor” is, by the hand of the Myanmar government, withheld from the minority Muslims living in the district of Rohingya who continue to be subjected to systematic social…
Sources: Huffington Post, National Journal, DOD Science Board Report, Mail&Guardian (IP) In recent weeks, a US Senate subcommittee held hearings about the use of drones and their devastation on humanity. However, missing from the congressional transcripts is the realization that…
The British government is harboring a criminal, Altaf Hussain, leader of the Pakistan Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), who has been convicted of multiple murders related to organized extortion schemes against honest citizens and who has now further incriminated himself by…
— BERNAMA-NNN-XINHUA CARACAS, May 6 (BERNAMA-NNN-Xinhua) — Petrocaribe member states agreed to create a new economic zone and granted membership to Honduras and Guatemala at their 7th summit that ended here on Sunday. Venezuela created Petrocaribe in 2005 to sell…
(IP) An international conference has been proposed and confirmed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the crisis in Syria. In April, Lavrov, working with the Iranian Foreign Minister, announced that both…
– The Costa Rica News (TCRN) San Jose Costa Rica Canadian mining operations have faced fierce opposition from numerous Latin American countries and communities over the past decade continuing most recently in Guatemala and Costa Rica. In 2008 a…
– AlJazeera Nicaraguan Congressman Brooklyn Rivera, president of the National Assembly’s Commission on Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Affairs, warns that tensions between indigenous tribes and mestizo “colonists” has reached the boiling point following the recent assassination of Mayangna leader Charley Taylor. …
Deck: Rios Montt sentenced to 80 years – AlJazeera A Guatemalan court has convicted former ruler Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison. A three-judge tribunal recently issued the…
Nick Simeone/American Forces Press Service NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned Monday that further cuts in defense spending by European nations risk reducing the continent’s defense and security to “hot air,” turning the alliance into what he called a…
Teaser: Cairo-Nine new ministers were sworn in to Prime Minister Hashim Qandil’s cabinet recently. This following President Morsi’s reshuffling of the cabinet members by replacing some of the ministers with new ones. Two of the new ministers are members…
The Nation PESHAWAR – US drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal belt are illegal, Peshawar High Court (PHC) declared and directed the Foreign Ministry to move a resolution in the UN against such attacks. The PHC issued the verdict against the…
Deck: Five French-speaking Belgian provinces have changed religious holiday names to secular ones, also recognizing Muslim holidays. Excerpts taken from Soeren Kern /Right Side News.com (IP) A group of Belgian lawmakers have proposed a bill that would deem…
Material for this report obtained from The Daily Trust/ Y. Ibrahim, I. Wakili, and M. Bashar MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Extremist group Boko Haram was cited as perpetrators of an attack on Nigerian soldiers that resulted in the killing of an…
PressTV Spain has authorized the temporary deployment of US Marine forces to an airbase in the southwestern city of Moron de la Frontera, Seville Province. The Spanish government granted the air base to the US forces on Friday for a…
Teaser: CAIRO – Outrage over political manipulation in the government by President Morsi’s administration and the Muslim Brotherhood continues to plague Egypt. Adding to the list of angered countrymen is the Supreme Judiciary Council—who calls for judicial independence from political…
–Excerpted from “From Africa, in Ajami,” by Tom Verde which appeared in Saudi Aramco World. Teaser: When the 19th-century Senegalese religious leader and patriot Amadou Bamba wrote poems urging his countrymen to shrug off French colonial rule, he penned his…
Deck: The Patsies Dr. Ruslan Kurbanov, senior research fellow of Institute for Oriental Studies of Russian Academy of Sciences Teaser: The story of several little Muslim girls from Stavropol region of Russia fighting for hijab flew round the country. All…
Teaser: Cairo – When most people think of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the first thoughts that come to mind after Hajj and Mecca are fancy cars, oil sheikhs and palaces. The government flaunts and advertises its wealth and lavish…
Teaser: Serbia’s nationalist President Tomislav Nikolic recently gave his personal apology for the first time for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslims, but stopped short of calling it genocide. “I kneel and ask for forgiveness for Serbia for the…