The girl in the ‘heart-breaking’ photo is one of 2 million Syrian child refugees

A photo of a little Syrian girl who ‘surrendered’ when a photographer pointed a camera at her, thinking it was a gun, has taken the social media by storm. In the photo,... Read more »

Is Aviation industry swiftly approaching the post-pilot era?

Pilotless aircraft aren’t a distant sci-fi concept nor the wishful dreams of big airlines as Aviation experts envision an end to the era of pilots – at least pilots in cockpits By Parl... Read more »

Finland to scrap traditional school Subjects and replace with Topics

Finland Schools focus on making citizens Professionally ready, not just Academically smart HELSINKI (Finland) — Finland is set to embark on a radical overhaul of its education system, scrapping “teaching by subject” and replacing... Read more »

World will face massive water shortage in 15 years unless consumption habits are changed

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The planet faces a 40 per cent shortfall in water supplies in 15 years due to urbanization, population growth and increasing demand for water for food production,... Read more »

Social Media obsession is ruining your life, study says

Social media likes are ruining your life — and now there’s proof. About 58% of people surveyed said “posting the perfect picture has prevented them from enjoying life experiences.” Sound familiar? Trying... Read more »

Drinking tea can help prevent diabetes, new research says

Drinking three cups of tea a day can cut the risk of diabetes, according to a growing body of scientific research. A new study from researchers in the US found that black tea... Read more »

8 Effective Learning strategies for Studying smarter

By Joseph Stromberg The way most students study makes no sense. That’s the conclusion of Washington University in St. Louis psychologists Henry Roediger and Mark McDaniel — who’ve spent a combined 80... Read more »

Everyone’s an expert: in the digital era, fakes need to be exposed

By Andina Dwifatma In the public eye, an expert, writing for newspapers and magazines or speaking on television, used to be considered almost infallible. The public rarely challenged their words and considered... Read more »

Zionism and its Discontents – Book Review

Reviewed by Ludwig Watzal (Ran Greenstein, Zionism and its Discontents. A Century of Radical Dissent in Israel/Palestine, Pluto Press, London 2014, 248 pp.) Nationalist narratives and political movements have dominated the Israeli-Palestinian... Read more »

Journalist details eye-opening journey inside ISIS Territory

First Western journalist returns with chilling message: ISIS is ‘Much Stronger And Much More Dangerous’ than people realize’ Report by IRIA German author Jürgen Todenhöfer, the first Western journalist in the world... Read more »

Why American middle class is lost in space

The middle class took America to the moon. Then something went horribly wrong By Jim Tankersley The Washington Post DOWNEY, Calif. — One day in 1967, Bob Thompson sprayed foam on a... Read more »

Earliest human engraving found on Indonesian Shell

Ancestors of modern humans began art 540,000 yrs ago It’s a simple zigzag design scratched onto the surface of a freshwater mussel shell on the Indonesian island of Java about half a... Read more »

Founding member of Taliban lifts the lid on the real Afghanistan

By: Karen Jayes Founding member and former spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – known in popular media as the Taliban – as well as former Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah... Read more »

30th Anniversary of Sikh Genocide, a survivor writes his story,

Dallas, Texas, October 31, 2014.  It’s been 30 years since the Sikh Massacre took place in New Delhi; justice is still not served to the victims and their families. The fanatics among... Read more »

MUHARRAM- REFLECT, RESOLVE AND RECLAIM

For E Islam by Sister Jasmine Khan Muharram is one of the sacred months of the Islamic year. Muharram is the month with which we begin our lunar calendar. It commemorates the... Read more »

Jewish family recalls good old days in Pakistan

Instead of fleeing 1930s Europe to British-controlled Palestine like many other Jews, the Kahan family moved to Lahore on a whim. When Hazel Kahan went back to Lahore, Pakistan, in 2011 for... Read more »

Australia begins world-first trial of vein viewing technology

First ever Vein viewing Tech trial underway in Australia. And it’s not in vain! Do you have hard-to-find veins? Don’t let that stop you from donating blood now. Because Australian Red Cross Blood... Read more »

Interview with History

Brilliant Memoir of Jamshed Marker – an Ambassador who served “two presidents, seven prime ministers, three chiefs of army staff and many foreign ministers”   by Anjum Niaz Paris was like a femme... Read more »

Indian scholar debunks ISIS claims about slavery in Islam

Islam does not allow enslavement of civilian population Zafarul-Islam Khan, senior Indian Muslim scholar, who is an alumnus of Al-Azhar and Cairo universities and holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the... Read more »

Mary Brandon was punched in the face

Mary Brandon was punched in the face at the Notting Hill Carnival and spent nine hours in hospital THIS woman spent nine hours in hospital after a man punched her in the... Read more »

Military plane made from ‘human skin’

A BRITISH defence company is working on a military plane of the future that is covered by a ‘human skin’. Okay, sorry. If you’re imagining a big, fleshy aircraft flapping through the... Read more »

Selfie on top of Hong Kong Skyscraper reaches new heights

DON’T look down. An extreme selfie captured on top of a Hong Kong skyscraper could be the scariest one ever snapped. When a man with quest for the ultimate selfie (and a... Read more »

Circus camel bites baby boy’s head in France

A BABY boy is in hospital after a circus camel bit him on the head. The incident happened in France on Saturday as the four-month-old and his mother visited the circus in... Read more »

Pakistani woman scientist attends Nobel Laureate Meeting

KARACHI: A young Pakistani scientist, Dr Saima Rasheed of the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, Karachi University, attended the 64th Nobel Laureate Meeting of Physiology and Medicine, held in Germany recently. An... Read more »