On Monday, President Obama made it clear that he thinks it was wrong for the U.S. Supreme Court to agree to hear the King v. Burwell case. He spoke at a news conference at the Group of Seven (G-7) summit of leading industrial nations in Germany, and this was one of the first times he has openly discussed his feelings about the case. “This should be an easy case, frankly it shouldn’t have even been taken up.” Although a win for the plaintiffs would cause a lot of new challenges concerning the healthcare law, Obama insists that it is “well documented” that…

لا يمكن لكاتب أو متتبع للسيرة النبوية أن يحصي مواقف الرسول صلى الله عليه و سلم التي ضرب فيها أروع مثال للعدل و التربية و التسامح مع مخالفيه من غير المسلمين، حتى ليخيل إلى مطالع هذه السيرة العطرة أنه صلى الله عليه و سلم لم يتعامل مع مخالفيه إلا بما يرضون ما لم يكن في الأمر مخالفة للشرع، كيف لا و قد حباه الله بما لم تعهده البشرية من صفات و خصائص جعلت منه شخصية استثنائية في كل شيء. فقد كان العديد من مواقفه صلى الله عليه و سلم مدعاة لدخول الكثير من المخالفين إلى الإسلام، و من الغريب أن…

 It is difficult to maintain much hope in humanity these days. The Islamic State is on a rampage in Iraq and Syria; Bashar al-Assad’s government continues to massacre its own people; the war in eastern Ukraine grinds on; even in the United States, where war feels like a distant notion, mass shootings have become a regular feature of modern life. More than ever before, peace seems an aberration — and conflict, the norm. But there are bright spots. And there is one development, in particular, that may be a new frontier in humanity’s ability to be humane: The effort by…

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan military commandos raided and searched a Doctors Without Borders’ hospital in the north of the country, firing several shots in the air and threatening the staff, the humanitarian group said Friday. In a statement, Doctors Without Borders condemned the “violent intrusion,” which occurred on Wednesday, as a breach of the Geneva Conventions. The group said that it had temporarily suspended work at the facility, which is in Kunduz, and is the main trauma hospital in Afghanistan’s northeast. The hospital has stopped admitting new patients, although the current patients are still being treated, the organization said. “This serious event puts at risk the…

Un rappel, d’abord. Le blocus de Gaza imposé aux Palestiniens par Israël avec le soutien des USA et dans le silence de l’UE, dure depuis de longues années, 2005 en fait, entrecoupé d’attaques militaires violentes. Il est hermétique depuis 2007 et la seule sortie au sud, vers l’Égypte, est aussi bouclée à double tour depuis la prise du pouvoir par les militaires égyptiens en 2013. Privés de libre circulation par la…