Universal Declaration of Human Rights: what are your questions?
Other languages: 3 The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 75 this year. In a new series, we find out why this historic document is so important for the […]
American found guilty of torture in Iraq
US soldiers take position on top of Police Building during a training session by US army at al-Karama police headquarter in Mosul, north of Baghdad June 16, 2009. AFP May […]
America’s wars and the US debt crisis
May 24,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Jeffrey D. Sachs In the year 2000, the US government debt was $3.5 trillion, equal to 35 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product […]
As Asian, African powers offer mediation in Ukraine war, Western war makers reject peacemaking
May 24,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen While UN and relief agencies and partisan groups dispute fatalities in the wider region’s recent wars, the Costs of War Project at […]
Why US Democrats are growingly challenging Israel
May 23,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed “unbreakable bond” with Tel Aviv […]
How the world’s superpower is stabbed in the back
60 MINUTES OVERTIME How the Pentagon falls victim to price gouging by military contractors BY ALIZA CHASAN MAY 21, 2023 / 7:00 PM / CBS NEWS go to source for video […]
Gambling in modern age: What Islam says about rolling the dice
19th May 2023 Jazib Mehmood, Jamia Ahmadiyya International Ghana A while back, an article in The Guardian spoke about how ubiquitous gambling ads were ruining people, and how the author, a footballer […]
THE U.S. STILL OWES MONEY TO FAMILY OF 10 AFGHANS IT KILLED IN “HORRIBLE MISTAKE”
BECOMEA MEMBER Family members and neighbors of the Ahmadi family around the wreckage from a U.S. drone strike that killed 10 civilians inside a residential compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, on […]
Natural disasters make people more religious
Epigraph When trouble befalls man he cries out to Us, whether lying on his side, sitting, or standing, but as soon as Werelieve him of his trouble he goes on […]
Oldest most complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38m at auction
bbc.com By David Gritten BBC News The oldest most complete Hebrew Bible has been bought at Sotheby’s New York for $38.1m (£30.6m), becoming the most valuable manuscript sold at auction. […]
Multiple anti-Muslim attacks reported near Canada’s Toronto
BY ANADOLU AGENCY TRENTON, CANADA MAY 18, 2023 – DAILY SABAH People with posters rejecting racism & Islamophobia during a protest in front of the U.S. Consulate in Toronto to denounce […]
Saudi doctor hailed a hero for treating unconscious man on Air Canada flight
Dr. Awrad Mohammed Nasrallah TAREQ AL-THAQAFI May 16, 2023 MAKKAH: A Saudi doctor is being hailed a hero and has received an award after helping a man who fainted on […]
Western Silence Needs to be Confronted: Ilan Pappe on the Nakba, Gaza and Inclusive Solidarity
May 15, 2023 Articles, Commentary, Slider By Ilan Pappe Once more the Gaza Strip is bombarded from the air, land, and sea, and, once more, Israeli inhumanity and cruelty are met with Western silence. […]
Israel-Palestine conflict: 75 years of failed negotiations
CHRIS DOYLE May 14, 2023 Why after so many years, so many decades, after so much suffering has the international community so notably failed to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict? This […]
80 percent of Palestinians welcome Chinese offer to mediate with Israel, US seen as least favorite option
Following Beijing’s success in brokering the Saudi-Iranian diplomatic agreement in March, a sweeping 80 percent of the survey respondents supported a Chinese role in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. (AFP/File Photo) Updated […]
Three political visits to Israel
May 15,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby Three April visits to Israel by prominent US political leaders revealed a lot about the evolving US-Israel relationship. House of Representatives […]
Shireen Abu Akleh: Calls to ‘bring perpetrators to justice’ continue year after journalist’s killing
Dawn is calling on Biden administration to publically acknowledge FBI investigation into her killing Family and friends of Shireen Abu Akleh attend a candle vigil outside the Church of the […]
‘The forever prisoner’: Abu Zubaydah’s drawings expose the US’s depraved torture policy
Torture Exclusive: For 21 years, the detainee has been in US custody without charge, tortured and sexually humiliated, with no prospect for release Warning: the images and descriptions of torture […]
The water crisis is a vital investment opportunity
May 10,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Project Syndicate Archives By Ambroise Fayolle and Henk Ovink LUXEMBOURG — Together with air, water is arguably the planet’s most important natural resource. Functioning […]
Time for Arabs to come together and rethink strategic alliances
May 10,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen US national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s discussions in Riyadh with Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman coincided with the […]