CAIR Calls on Wisconsin Firm Ariens to Allow Prayers Pending Resolution of Accommodation Issue
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on a Wisconsin-based manufacturer to allow Muslim workers to pray while at work using a previous policy pending a resolution of a dispute over religious accommodation triggered by a change in that […]
More than 700 civilians dead, injured in Afgahn province in 9 months
Islamabad (dpa) – More than 700 civilians have died or been injured in the last nine months in the southern province of Helmand. Since the end of March last year at least 232 people have died and at least 502 have been injured, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission said Thursday. The Taliban have stepped […]
PLIGHT OF WOMENFOLK
It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of houses. Women in Pakistan are the unit on which the household functions with their major contributions such as agricultural labour force producing food for the masses. This labour force is responsible to sow, reap, gather crops, care of […]
UN peacekeepers are being accused of child sex abuse — again
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The United Nations vowed to act quickly after a December inquiry found it had failed to respond to allegations of child abuse against peacekeepers in the Central African Republic. Less than a month later, new accusations of sexual abuse are threatening to undermine the UN’s work as it keeps peace in […]
The U.S. Spent a Half Billion on Mining in Afghanistan With ‘Limited Progress’
The United States has spent nearly half a billion dollars and five years developing Afghanistan’s oil, gas and minerals industries — and has little to show for it, a government watchdog reported today. The project’s failings are the result of poorly planned programs, inadequate infrastructure and a challenging partnership with the Afghan government, the Special […]
This Is How Caffeine Wakes You Up
Every morning, most of us reach for our cup of coffee, tea, or some other form of caffeine for an energy boost. It’s habitually consumed by up to 90 percent of people in the U.S., making it the country’s most popular drug. But little is known about how it wakes us up. In BrainStuff – […]
This Man Controls His Prosthetic Arm With His Thoughts
Johnny Matheny has become the first amputee to undergo surgery to reattach the nerves of his arm to an advanced prosthetic device, allowing him to move the robotic arm with his thoughts. Matheny, who lost his left arm to cancer in 2008, has been a proponent of advanced prosthetics for years — and is excited […]
Police Identify Jakarta Attackers
An Islamic State group flag was found with one of the attackers behind Thursday’s assault in Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta and police said they have established identities of the attackers involved, national police spokesman Anton Charliyan said Friday, according to the Associated Press (AP). Seven people, including five suicide bombers and gunmen, were killed […]
MEDIA – Charlie Hebdo blasted for migrant cartoon – again
Charlie Hebdo has once again caused outrage with a cartoon of Aylan Kurdi, the little Syrian boy whose drowned body washed up in September on a Turkish beach, in the latest indication that its caustic brand of humour is not to everyone’s taste. In the latest issue of the weekly, published on Wednesday, cartoonist and […]
Iran Readies Oil Tankers As UN Prepares To Lift Sanctions
Iran is prepared to start shipping crude oil to old business partners in Europe and India with the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog expected to give a clean chit to Tehran’s nuclear program within a week, according to reports. Iran has pledged to begin pumping up to half a million barrels of extra crude per day […]