The US and Iran are playing a dangerous game
Oct 03,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Volker Perthes BERLIN — As the United States and Iran face off in the Gulf, their asymmetric conflict risks spiralling out of control. […]
Yemen’s ‘forgotten war’
Oct 02,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHEL JANSEN The Arabs must press the main combatants to end the war in Yemen, the region’s poorest country. Opportunities for peacemakers have […]
In Beirut, I can no longer get American dollars out of the ATM. This is what it tells me about Lebanon’s economy
The US is still trying to destroy the Assad regime in Syria and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Is this what underlays the frightening economic undertow? Robert Fisk in Beirut […]
These Charts Show How High Sea Levels Will Rise if Antarctica’s Ice Continues to Melt
Source: Time BY JEFFREY KLUGER Humans were not around to see Antarctica in the good times, tens of millions of years ago, when it was home to palms and baobab trees, […]
‘Afraid We Will Become The Next Xinjiang’: China’s Hui Muslims Face Crackdown
Source: NPR By Emily Feng Gold-domed mosques and gleaming minarets once broke the monotony of the Ningxia region’s vast scrubland every few miles. This countryside here is home to some […]
Assisting a suicide is not always a crime, rules Italian court
Source: The Guardian Italy’s constitutional court has ruled it was not always a crime to help someone in “intolerable suffering” kill themselves, opening the way for a change of law […]
French education minister reignites row over Muslim headscarf
Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris A fresh political row has erupted over the Muslim headscarf in France after the education minister said he wanted to avoid having mothers in hijab […]
Afghan women fear mandatory poll photos could stop them from voting
Source: Reuters By Abdul Qadir Sediqi, Storay Karimi KABUL/HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan women’s rights activists have demanded the authorities lift a requirement that all voters be photographed at polling stations in […]
The Rohingya’s right of no return
Source: The New York Times By David Scott Mathieson YANGON, Myanmar — Late last month, some 200,000 Rohingya living in refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh gathered to mark the anniversary of the brutal […]
Trump Stands Up for Religious Freedom
Source: Wall Street Journal President Trump isn’t known as a champion of human rights, but on Monday he became the first American president to convene a meeting at the United […]
China Wants the World to Stay Silent on Muslim Camps. It’s Succeeding.
Source: The New York Times By Jane Perlez BEIJING — When Turkey’s leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, visited Beijing this summer, he hailed a new Silk Road bridging Asia and Europe. […]
