WASHINGTON - Poverty, conflict and political instability mean some one billion people went hungry this year,

Yemen: among highest prevalence of underweight children under five Global…

Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; c. 1820 or 1821 – March 10, 1913) was an African-American

abolitionist,…

"They only see our water, our land, our trees. They don't care about us. They want the land -- without the

A teenager sits above the Toez Indigenous Reserve at dusk. (Photo: Anna Baltzer)

By Anna Baltzer - Lopez, Colombia

people on it."

These…

HEBRON - Two Hamas militants were shot dead by Israeli troops on Friday during an operation in the southern

Two members of Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades shot dead by Israeli troops during operation in Hebron

West Bank city of Hebron, officials on both sides said.

The men, who were members of Hamas' armed wing the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, were…

Several days ago a 20-year-old student discovered a GPS tracking device hidden on his car. After his friend

By Wilson Rothman

posted a picture of it online, speculating about its ties to a secret FBI investigation, the feds themselves came a-knockin',…

Few months ago I read a statistics that 70 percent of Palestinian Gaza homes own a computer. Now I have

seen many computers in Gaza, while there are few top-notch devices that expats bring in with them as they come to visit their families. I know I left my…

The teacher is late for class, but none of the students seem to mind. Instead, they are scattered around the

Amina Daimee, left, translates for the iman as Toronto's deaf Muslims gather at Masjid Toronto.

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By: Noor…

LONDON - A gay Saudi prince beat and strangled his male servant to death in a frenzied sexual

Family: Al Saud's father Prince Abdulaziz, left, and brother Prince Faisal arriving at the Old Bailey yesterday

assault at their luxury London hotel suite, a British court heard on Tuesday.

Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin Nasir al Saud, 34, who is a grandson of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, killed Bandar…

A Palestinian woman described on Wednesday how she was "humiliated" when Israeli soldiers filmed

Not an isolated incident

Israeli soldier's behaviour seen as reflecting 'absence of…

TEHRAN - Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a vitriolic tirade against the United States

Usual rhetoric

Iranian President casts fresh doubt on September 11 attacks during his renewed vitriolic tirade against US, Israel.

and Israel on Sunday as he cast fresh doubt on the September 11 attacks, state media reported.

"They have such nerve…

The discovery of a terror plot aimed at European cities underscores the growing danger posed by Islamist

New generation of extremism

US, European security services are struggling to track young Western nationals who travel to abroad to receive training from Al-Qaeda.

militants equipped with Western passports, a coveted weapon in Al-Qaeda's arsenal.

US and…

Azhar Wants Ban On Iranian Prophet Joseph Show…

In the experiment, aimed at testing the then-new drug penicillin, inmates were infected by prostitutes and later

(Reuters) - The United States apologized on Friday for an experiment conducted in the 1940s in which U.S. government researchers deliberately infected Guatemalan prison inmates, women and mental patients with syphilis.

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor…

يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَءَامِنُواْ بِرَسُولِهِۦ يُؤۡتِكُمۡ كِفۡلَيۡنِ مِن رَّحۡمَتِهِۦ وَيَجۡعَل لَّڪُمۡ نُورً۬ا تَمۡشُونَ بِهِۦ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ‌ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ۬ رَّحِيمٌ۬ (٢٨)



(27) O ye who believe! Be mindful of your duty to Allah and put faith in His messenger. He will give you twofold of His mercy and will appoint for you a light wherein ye shall walk, and will forgive you. Allah is Forgiving,…

GENEVA - Fourteen international agencies Thursday took a historic united stance against the ill-

'Speak out in one voice for the protection of the human rights'

UN agencies criticise influence of xenophobic political campaigning on migrants in EU.…

This year, on the ninth anniversary of the 11 September attacks, many Americans were scared that

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Groups express need for interfaith cooperation, education about…

The Arabic word for olive is zaytun. Qur’anic and Biblical scriptures have deemed the olive an

www.zaytunacollege.org

'Zaytuna College' seeks to contribute to US sociological, political, and cultural…