Tag: news from turkey

The West Bank's first Palestinian-designed planned city offers a window into the promises and perils of the current situation in the Middle East. But will it be a novelty, or ...

Now that President Obama has taken a public stand on the warlords and militia gangs tyrannizing DR Congo, there is a sense that the next chapter in the human tragedy ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey was seriously considering becoming a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as an alternative to joining the European Union. This ...

This Valentine’s Day, Americans will spend a record $1.05 billion on chocolate and candy, according to the National Confectioners Association. But while Mamert Kablan Angora helps keep sweethearts sweet by growing ...

Our beloved Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sal-lam’ states as follows in a hadîth-i-sherîf: “Human beings cannot free themselves from the following three things: ‘Sû‑i zan’, ‘Tayara’ and ‘Hasad’. When a ...

Following the recent arrest of reporters, we examine the deteriorating state of journalism in election year Iran.   On the Listening Post we track the treatment of media around the world. With the ...

Two weeks ago, opponents in France of gay marriage and adoption staged one of the biggest demonstrations in years. Approximately 340,000 people marched through central Paris to oppose a National ...