Isis Destroys Roman Cultural Sites In Syria
ISIS has destroyed Roman cultural sites in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, the country’s chief of antiquities said Friday. A tetraplyon — a structure with four columns — and a Roman amphitheater, were the latest ancient monuments to fall victim to the Islamic State’s wrath toward any art, sculpture, building or person the group […]
Donald Trump: US will wipe out ‘Islamic terror groups’
The Trump administration will make defeating “radical Islamic terror groups” its top foreign policy goal, according to a statement posted on the White House website moments after Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president. Trump used his inaugural address on Friday to promise to “unite the civilised world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate […]
Europe’s Nationalist Leaders Present Vision for ‘a Free Europe’
European nationalist leaders met in Germany Saturday in a show of strength at the start of a year of big election tests, celebrating Donald Trump’s inauguration as the U.S. president and declaring themselves a realistic alternative to the continent’s governments. The Koblenz Congress brought together French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen of the National Front […]
PHOTOS: From DC to New York, Chicago to LA, nearly 2 million rally for women
Organizers of the DC March on Washington expected a couple hundred thousand people would turn out for the women’s rights, anti-Donald Trump protest the day after his inauguration. Instead, they got 500,000. The story was the same across the country. 250,000 people in Chicago. 175,000 in Boston. 750,000 in Los Angeles. 100,000 in the Twin […]
Religious Intolerance
Religious extremism is prevailing in the world today, especially in the Middle East, and the problem is that it is being associated with Islam because of ignorance and fanaticism. Is there a way out, and what can we do about our situation? What are the reasons behind the widespread ignorance and intolerance in…
Trump’s cabinet: Eight essential reads
The members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet will hold power over policies that determine many aspects of life in the U.S., touching citizens and immigrants, America’s relations with foreign governments and our nation’s use of natural resources. The task of approving the president’s…
Learn The Facts Of Roe V. Wade On Its 44th Anniversary
Forty-four years after the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that laws banning abortion invaded a woman’s privacy, a president who said in March that women should be punished for abortions is entering the White House, with an empty seat on the very same court to fill. Read on for a lowdown of the […]
UN Seeks $550M in Aid for Millions of Vulnerable Afghans
The United Nations appealed Saturday for $550 million in humanitarian assistance in 2017 to meet the needs of Afghans affected by conflict, or natural disasters, and for those returning home from neighboring countries. The assistance will reach an estimated 5.7 million “most vulnerable and marginalized” people in Afghanistan, said U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator, Mark Bowden, while […]
Women around the world protest against President Trump
Women poured into the US capital on Saturday to march in opposition to US President Donald Trump, while sister demonstrations took place in cities across Europe, Africa and Asia. Saturday’s protests came just a day after Trump, a right-wing Republican, took office. In addition to Washington, DC, demonstrations against Trump’s discriminatory rhetoric took place in […]
Massive crowd descends on Washington as Women’s March begins
Waving banners, chanting slogans and wearing symbolic pink hats, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the nation’s capital Saturday morning as the Women’s March on Washington got underway, kicking off a day of demonstration across America. People began gathering at dawn at the march’s starting point, on Independence Avenue near the U.S. Capitol…