NATO holds post-Trump talks as Afghanistan decision looms
By AFP – Feb 17,2021 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin speaks during a visit by US President Joe Biden to the Pentagon […]
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Rafiq A. Tschannen
Rafiq A. Tschannen is a Swiss national. He converted to Islam and joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the age of 16 after reading the German translation of the Holy Qur'an. He worked in 15 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, first as Finance Director in the private industry and later as Chief Executive Officer of NGOs and International Governmental Organizations. He is now devoting his time to The Muslim Times as Editor for Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Switzerland and as Associate Chief Editor.
No justice, no peace: ICC ruling on Israeli war crimes
Source: Daily Sabah By Najla Shahwan, who is a Palestinian author, researcher and freelance journalist; recipient of two prizes from the Palestinian Union of Writers The International Criminal Court (ICC) […]
Trade in the time of pandemics
With borders closed and global travel constrained, trade will help us find a way out of the pandemic argues new WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. https://www.swissinfo.ch/resource/image/46377092/portrait_ratio1x1/240/240/a8fb3cfa8a3496bf22d553305326794e/F1776A675C39C47B00C861E11B8017EF/op_ngozi_okonjo.png This content was published on […]
Interview with Ugandan President Museveni “The Europeans Suffer from Arrogance”
China is a much easier partner to deal with than the Europeans, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says in an interview with DER SPIEGEL. He rejects suggestions that he has developed […]
African Colonies after the Berlin Conference 1884
https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/4556145_image_jpeg9f360c5ab7736510df54c882e9dbf188 1884 Berlin Conference, By Adalbert von Rößler (†1922) 1884-85 was a significant year for Africa and African people. The Berlin Conference took place in Germany and it was here […]
Europe must recognize Palestine to revive two-state solution
Author DAOUD KUTTAB February 16, 2021 Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki in Berlin, Germany, 17 November, 2020. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/9vakq As the contours of US President Joe Biden’s foreign […]
Why was Iraqi Kurdistan’s Irbil subjected to another rocket attack?
A home damaged in a rocket attack on US-led forces in and near Erbil International Airport. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/48w2x Death of a civilian contractor and injuries suffered by others […]
Can Biden afford to ignore the Syrian crisis?
Feb 16,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF President Joe Biden and his top foreign policy team are yet to unveil a policy on the decade-old Syrian crisis, if […]
Why Democrats are as dangerous as Republicans to a just peace in Palestine
Motivated by their justifiable aversion to former US President Donald Trump, many analysts have rashly painted a rosy picture of how Democrats could quickly erase the bleak trajectory of the […]
Muhammed cartoons: Muslims should not ‘concern themselves’ about them – scholar
REINTERPRETATION OF TEXTS By Frida Dahmani Posted on Tuesday, 10 November 2020 Protest against Prophet Mohammad cartoon and French President Macron’s comments, in Dakar Senegalese protest against the publication of […]
USA. Black couple’s home was valued $500K higher after they had a White friend pose as the homeowner
FRANCIS AKHALBEY Feb 16, 2021 Francis Akhalbey is a Social Media techie, Writer and Content Manager. He loves basketball and dreams to make it in the NBA in his next […]
Burka ban vote appeals to Islamophobia and feminists
Woman in black burka sitting in public transport https://www.swissinfo.ch/resource/image/46338292/landscape_ratio3x2/880/587/55b03ac3ee8ac909ecce6f6f6d699407/0885F69542ECB5FC8DCC4283EACD8417/356529125_highres.jpg The number of women in Switzerland wearing a burka or a niqab in public is estimated at 30, but supporters of […]
ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK – CALL FOR SCHOLARSHIPS APPLICATIONS
https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4D22AQF9jYA836W37Q/feedshare-shrink_1280/0/1613413151504?e=1616630400&v=beta&t=AlG3Hg78GxC_d3nkRc0XT3G_fznVYzHqLhTEwSxWXuw or https://www.isdb.org/scholarships The Bank funds and implements its scholarship programmes as part of its overall efforts to develop the human resources of its member countries and those of the […]
World Trade Organization gets first female and first African leader
World Trade Organization gets first female and first African leader Dr. Ngozi The new leader of the World Trade Organization faces many challenges. Keystone / Martial Trezzini https://www.swissinfo.ch/resource/image/46361460/landscape_ratio3x2/880/587/3e74b94b5bfdf4874e96d6640dd8c7d/68699A50C28B795CA410F34E3DE4B299/dr-ngozi.jpg The World […]
Democrats want to ‘leave aside’ international law on Israel-Palestine
Author RAMZY BAROUD February 15, 2021 Democrats want to ‘leave aside’ international law on Israel-Palestine Antony Blinken following his nomination for Secretary of State by Joe Biden, November 24, 2020. […]
Turkey accuses US of siding with ‘terrorists’ in Iraq
By AFP – Feb 16,2021 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo taken on November 22, 2014, US Vice President Joe Biden (left) speaks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
Jordan’s soft diplomacy
Feb 15,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Jawad Anani Even during my early years in politics, I was obsessed with the intricacies of Jordan’s foreign policy. His Majesty the late, great King Hussein conducted this policy with the panache of a stage director. From a spectator’s perspective, this diplomacy was made […]
Dragnet, planned law boost French fight of Islamic radicals
By ELAINE GANLEY today Scrubbing France clean of radicals and their breeding grounds is a priority cause of President Emmanuel Macron in a nation bloodied by terror attacks, including the […]
Middle East – The resurgence of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq
by Callum MacLean , February 13, 2021 Islamic State (IS) rarely makes the mainstream media headlines these days. After losing the last of their territory during the Battle of Baghuz […]
Corona Vaccine: The West’s Greed Could Come Back To Haunt It
A global initiative was launched to ensure that poorer countries would also have fair access to vaccines for the coronavirus once they were developed. Instead, the West is panic-buying the […]