Russia, Turkey to develop military ties despite US sanctions
By AFP – Dec 29,2020 – JORDAN TIMES A handout photograph taken and released on Tuesday by the Russian Foreign Ministry shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) welcoming his […]
Feds investigate whether Nashville bomber motivated by ‘paranoia over 5G technology’
LOCAL NEWS by: Josh Breslow Posted: Dec 28, 2020 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Federal investigators are “looking seriously” at whether “paranoia over 5G technology” led an Antioch man to detonate […]
“Everyone has a dream. Not just one dream – dreams. Everyone has a story.”
by Chelli Stanley, USA “Everyone has a dream. Not just one dream – dreams. Everyone has a story.” So begins Alaa Jaber from Hebron, Palestine. Though his story is profound, rich, multi-layered, real, it is one that is rarely heard in the West. Why? The clarifying truths he shares can […]
Peace and zero hunger go hand in hand
Author PRINCE FAISAL BIN FARHAN & DAVID BEASLEY December 28, 2020 About 300 children gather at Coronationville Secondary School as they wait for a food and goods distribution ahead of […]
Nuro set to be California’s first driverless delivery service
Source: BBC California has given the go-ahead for a commercial driverless delivery service for the first time. Robotics start-up Nuro plans to start its driverless delivery operations as early as […]
U.N. Official Calls for Julian Assange Pardon; Trump Mulls Granting Immunity to Mohammed bin Salman
HEADLINEDEC 23, 2020 Trump is expected to grant more pardons in the coming weeks. On Tuesday, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, urged Trump to pardon WikiLeaks founder […]
Time Magazine Athlete of the Year: Lebron James
Source: Time By Sean Gregory At 11:58 a.m. on June 8, LeBron James logged on to a video call from the living room of his Los Angeles–area home. As the clock hit […]
Dear Muslim Ummah! Elect One Leader…If You Can…
FACTS FROM FICTION 26th December 2020 Zafir Malik, UK Last week, if you typed in Google: ‘Who is the Caliph of Islam today?’ you would have found the answer to […]
Try Erdogan at the International Criminal Court for Enabling ISIS
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment: These are not our ideas, these reflect thoughts of the author only, we are merely reproducing to share, not to endorse. Source: Investigative Journal […]
Karima Baloch, Pakistani human rights activist, found dead in Canada
Husband says foul play cannot be ruled out after body of 37-year-old dissident discovered in Toronto Karima Baloch Baloch, 37, was granted asylum in Canada in 2016. Photograph: Baloch Students […]
Nowhere to be seen
BY M A NIAZI Islamic countries showed up nowhere in responding to the pandemic AT PENPOINT One of the more interesting features of the world’s response to the covid-19 pandemic has been the extent to which it has confirmed Samuel Huntington’s 1992 thesis of a ‘clash of civilisations’. Huntington had […]
Why Muslims do not celebrate Christmas
27th December 2019 alhakam.org Written by: Shamshad Ahmad Nasir, Missionary USA With Christmas just gone by, I feel that it is an opportunity to write about the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s […]
Trump Team Weighs Immunity For Saudi Prince In Assassination Plot: Report
Saudi Arabia wants the U.S. to act before Jan. 20, when President Donald Trump leaves office and Joe Biden — who has promised a tougher stance toward the kingdom — […]
Commemorating Jesus as a Muslim
Frasat Ahmad CHRISTIANITY 23rd December 2020 Frasat Ahmad, USA I am a Muslim, and I love Jesus, perhaps more than you may think. To many devout church-goers who are preparing […]
IRAN: U.S. sanctions’ silver lining for Iranian home appliance industry Economy
By Ebrahim Fallahi December 25, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – Although the U.S. sanctions have created major problems for the Iranian economy in many areas, for one particular industry […]
Putting a price on normalization with Israel
BY BATU COŞKUN OP-ED DEC 25, 2020 White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference in Jerusalem, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP […]
Prognosis of world order in 2021
Dec 24,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Shehab Al Makahleh Every year, futurologists and astrologers try to predict the future of economic and political incidents worldwide. Their prophecies or those of geopoliticians are based mainly on historical analogies, which are catchy to readers, listeners and viewers. Many think tanks issue such […]
‘We thought we were going to lose him for sure’: 3-year-old Missouri boy suffers coronavirus-related stroke
Source: Independent By Rachel Brodsky ‘If this had been anybody over the age of 40 or 60, they would have probably had a very different outcome,’ a pediatric neurologist said A 3-year-old boy in Missouri has suffered a coronavirus-related stroke, according to his family. Colt Parris had reportedly stopped eating and drinking last […]
Biden’s win-over: What entails Jordan?
Dec 24,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Asmaa Al Twaissi Through Trump’s presidency phase, Jordan had been facing enormous pressures causing political tension in the American-Jordanian relations, particularly those with regard […]
In Iraq, Trump’s Blackwater pardons meet with cynicism, fatigue
By Mustafa Salim and Louisa Loveluck Dec. 23, 2020 BAGHDAD — The 2007 unprovoked killing of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security contractors is remembered here as one of the most […]