Why EU leaders dread an Ukraine peace process
Jan 09,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Yanis Varoufakis ATHENS — This is not a polemic about whether Russia can be trusted to respect any future peace treaty with Ukraine. Nor […]
A new wave of global terrorism
Jan 08,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh In a previous article on 11 September 2021, titled “The next phase of terrorism” published in the Jordan times, I tried […]
Greener pastures
Greener pastures Umair Javed Published January 9, 2023 Updated about 9 hours ago A few weeks ago, a news report gave the figure of Pakistanis migrating abroad in 2022 for work-related purposes as 765,000. […]
Look Ahead 2023: Grim forecasts underscore importance of climate adapation for Middle East and North African countries
SPECIAL A mother gives her child water at a camp in drought-ravaged Somalia. (AFP) Updated 49 sec ago JUMANA KHAMIS January 03, 2023 DUBAI: For much of the past year, […]
The world ahead 2023: Global order continues to reshape
BY FAHRETTIN SÜMER DEC 31, 2022 – DAILY SABAH How the forces of economic globalization and the forces of international political and security competition will play out remains to be […]
Netanyahu’s new government accentuates West’s hypocrisy
RAMZY BAROUD January 02, 2023 Even before the new Israeli government was officially sworn in on Dec. 29, angry reactions began emerging, not only among Palestinians and other Middle Eastern governments, but […]
Third of world in recession this year, IMF head warns
By Suranjana Tewari and Peter Hoskins BBC News A third of the global economy will be in recession this year, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. […]
Gloomy 2023
Dec 28,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The New Year is certain to be dominated by destructive policies adopted in 2022 by global, regional, national and local authorities. On […]
DJ Khaled, Mike Tyson visit Mecca for Umrah pilgrimage
Offbeat 2 min read The New Arab Staff 12 December, 2022 DJ Khaled shared a teary-eyed video of himself and former boxer Mike Tyson praying at the Grand Mosque of […]
Biden congratulates Netanyahu, says US continues to support 2-state solution
US Jewish groups congratulated the new prime minister but expressed concerns as well. By OMRI NAHMIAS Published: DECEMBER 29, 2022 US President Joe Biden with Israeli opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu on […]
“Omar,” an opera illuminating a Muslim slave’s life in America
SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 14, 2022 / 10:20 AM / CBS NEWS Eerie – just as the curtain was about to rise on the opera based on his story, an image of […]
Perspective: When it comes to nurturing pluralism, the secret is serving others
A worldwide community of Ismaili Muslims shows that people can deepen their religious commitment when they help those outside of their faith By Eboo Patel Dec 18, 2022, 4:45am GMT+1 One of […]
Hundreds of US rabbis protest new Israeli government in public letter
Leaders of several religious nationalist parties will be part of the most hard-right administration in Israel’s history, one US rabbis say endangers Jewish values. FILE – Israel’s Likud Party leader […]
From Queen Elizabeth II to Rudy Giuliani, here are 10 powerful, rich, and historic people who married their cousins
Katie Balevic Dec 27, 2022, 6:00 PM ADVERTISING Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip, her second cousin once removed. The late Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip, her second cousin once removed, […]
Libya’s last chance ahead of partition
OSAMA AL-SHARIF December 27, 2022 Short Url The inter-Libyan dialogue has been going on, at various levels, for years. It has resulted in a number of understandings and agreements, the […]
US needs to provide legal certainty to Afghan evacuees
KERRY BOYD ANDERSON December 27, 2022 Short Url The chaos of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover in 2021 left behind thousands of Afghans who had worked […]
Are economists to blame for economic crises?
ANGUS DEATON December 26, 2022 As 2023 approaches, it is clear that an ever-growing number of people hold democratic capitalism in disrepute, and economists along with it. But how much […]
5 main global risks for 2023
BY KEREM ALKIN DEC 26, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Considering the international credible researches, we see five main risks that will pose a threat to the world in the upcoming […]
Please don’t wish me ‘Merry Christmas’
It’s impolite and alienating to assume I follow your religion. Perspective by Julia IoffeJulia Ioffe, a correspondent for GQ Magazine, is currently at work on a book about Russia. December 21, […]
Tackling the pandemic of debt
JOSE ANTONIO OCAMPO December 23, 2022 Short Url The COVID-19 pandemic increased low and middle-income countries’ debt levels to a 50-year high. With soaring inflation, rising interest rates and the […]