JAKARTA, Indonesia – Two Jakarta-based architects have rebuilt a mosque in Indonesia that could well rank among the masterpieces of modern architecture. Dave Orlando and Fandy Gunawan designed the Nurul Yaqin Mosque in Palu to create a floating illusion. Palu, is the capital and largest city of Central Sulawesi province. By using concre...
WASHINGTON – Bypassing official Internet access can be costly for Uighur students in China’s Xinjiang region. According to reports, a student arrested in 2017 for using a virtual private network (VPN) was sentenced to 13 years in prison. According to a police official quoted by the media, university student Mehmut Memtimin had by...
TEL AVIV, Israel – Two Arab women living in Israel have sued an airline for humiliating them and treating them in a racist manner. A lawyer from the Racism Crisis Center filed the request for $45,000 in compensation from Arkia Airlines. According to the information, the women, who wore a hijab, were questioned about their […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have called on European states to take back Islamic State or IS fighters and their relatives. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who ended his three-day trip to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, pledged $148 million for stabilization efforts in Iraq and Syria. The announcement was made [&he...
KHARTOUM, Sudan – A U.N. agency Thursday said that over 13.6 million children in Sudan are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. In a statement, UNICEF said the effects of the ongoing violence continue to threaten the lives and futures of families and children. The organization has appealed for $838 million to address the crisis. [&...
ISLAMABAD – Two Pakistani courts on Thursday extended the bail of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. More than 150 cases have been filed against the 70-year-old former international cricket star since his overthrow last April. He appeared in two courts in the capital Islamabad on Thursday. His lawyer Sher Afzal said Khan had ...
COLUMBIA, South Carolina – A group of researchers has rejected the notion that morality in society has declined over the past seven decades. They said the evaluation of morality has remained largely unchanged over the past 70 years. Adam Mastroianni, a psychologist at Columbia College, and his collaborator Daniel Gilbert have concluded t...
WASHINGTON – Nearly 49,000 people died from gun violence in the U.S. in 2021, according to a report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. This means that every 11 minutes, at least one person died as a direct result of gun violence. The report also shows that 26,328 people committed suicide with […]
WASHINGTON – Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been informed that he is under investigation for his handling of classified information after leaving office. This means that the former president is likely to be charged as part of the investigation. According to ABC News, Trump was informed by the office of Special Prosecutor Jack S...
SEATTLE, Washington – Researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science have teamed up with Amazon Web Services to map the human brain. The Seattle-based research institute said mapping the brain will pave the way for better diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. In a statement issued Wednesday, it said the mapping will help t...
