FEB. 19, 2017 (File) AMMAN (Ma’an) — King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Sunday that any move to relaunch serious negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians should be in accordance with the two-state solution, which he called the only way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Abdullah made his statement during […]
Reuters International FEB 20, 2017 – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (L) receives a gift from Iraq’s Defence Minister Erfan al-Hiyali during a visit to Baghdad, Iraq February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer (reuters_tickers) By Phil Stewart BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The U.S. military is not in Iraq “to seize anybody’s oil”, […]
Source: Independent Debenhams is soon to become the first major UK department store to sell hijabs as part of a new range of Muslim clothing. London-based clothing brand Aab, which is […]
REFUGEE FEE FEB 19, 2017 – Many foreigners are fleeing the US for Canada, sometimes straight into the arms of Canadian police at the border. (Keystone) Rather than blocking their entry, nations should charge migrants a fee for being taken in, suggest two Swiss economists in a joint opinion […]
Source: BBC A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years. The government and the United Nations report that some 100,000 people are facing starvation, with a million more on the brink of famine. A […]
Source: The Daily Best President Donald Trump’s attorney hand-delivered a “peace plan” from a Ukranian lawmaker to the White House that would let the U.S. lift sanctions on Russia if it were enacted, The New York Times reported. Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney who delivered the document, said the goal is […]
Source: Asia Times: SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) — Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, including Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 1’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), and aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, began routine operations in the South […]
Source: Asia Times: The Israeli-Palestinian issues – settlements, ‘two-state solution’ and the American embassy’s relocation to Jerusalem, etc. – hogged the attention during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House on Wednesday. The Iran question became a sub-text. This was rather odd, but not […]
Source: Independent and Youtube By Jack Shepherd @JackJShepherd Last year, the BBC aired Planet Earth II, a sequel to the highly successful documentary series of the same name, narrated by […]
Epigraph: Indeed, Allah commands you to make over the trusts to those entitled to them, and that, when you judge between men, you judge with justice. And surely excellent is […]