The age of Aisha r.a.: A modern question for medieval times
18th June 2022 Asif M Basit, Ahmadiyya ARC To accurately determine one’s age in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabia was a next-to-impossible matter. Why so? We find the answer in […]
Leaders of Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan discuss US regional summit to be hosted by Saudi Arabia
UPDATE 1 / 2 Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (C), Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa (R) and Jordan’s King Abdullah hold talks in Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. (Petra) UPDATE 2 / […]
Arab League chief: Palestinian cause is key to peace … there is no future for any plan that ignores it
Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit has said that a solution to the Palestinian issue is the only key to establishing peace. (AFP/File Photo) Short Url […]
Festival of Encounter to celebrate diversity of refugee communities
Jesuit Refugee Service to host event at ‘Our Lady of Fatima’ Church on June 24 By Lucie Lagodich – Jun 18,2022 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — In celebration of the diversity […]
Droughts in the sixth century paved the way for Islam
CLIMATE CHANGE Extreme dry conditions contributed to the decline of the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Himyar. Combined with political unrest and war, the droughts left behind a region in […]
RAIDERS OF THE LOOTED ASSETS: INSIDE THE HIGH-STAKES RACE TO RECOVER QADDAFI’S ILL-GOTTEN BILLIONS
While spooks, treasure hunters, and lawyers search for cash, gold, and antiquities, Libya offers a lesson—and 1,001 cautionary tales—about how to recoup loot from kleptocrats. BY ADAM CIRALSKY JUNE 9, 2022 […]
Jeddah Islamic Port receives first group of Hajj pilgrims
The first group of Hajj 2022 pilgrims to arrive through Jeddah Islamic Port are welcomed to the Kingdom on Thursday. (@jeddahport) Short Url https://arab.news/meg45 Updated 16 June 2022 ARAB NEWS […]
Hajj pilgrims in Indonesia continue to benefit from Makkah Route initiative services
Indonesian Hajj pilgrims have their entry procedures completed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, before arriving in the Kingdom for Hajj. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/zf66y Updated 15 June 2022 ARAB NEWS June […]
Flying blind: US accuses itself of selling weapons for Yemen war without assessing civilian harm
NewsWorldMiddle East Audit by watchdog says US officials fail to follow through on the civilian impact of military sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE Borzou Daragahi International Correspondent11 hours ago […]
Israeli troops kill several Palestinians in occupied West Bank
42 MINUTES AGO Soldiers target a car in northern refugee town of Jenin, killing three passengers and wounding eight others, Palestinian media report, sparking angry protests. Israeli troops have shot […]
What do Saudis want from Biden’s visit?
FAISAL J. ABBAS June 16, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/2cm7h So the wheels are finally in motion! After nearly a year and a half when the Saudi-US relationship reached what could […]
A time to heal, not to hate
Jun 16,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / UN Human Rights Regional Office If the pandemic has taught us anything, it should be that humanity is fragile and life is precious. For […]
Israeli forces close probe into Shireen Abu Akleh funeral violence
By AFP – Jun 16,2022 – JORDAN TIMES The coffin of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was almost dropped when Israeli forces attacked the pallbearers at her funeral service on […]
Countries at risk of extremely high water stress
The UN is making a grim prediction that at least 700M people could be displaced due to intense water scarcity by 2030 at a time when the climate crisis is […]
‘Trapped’: Most Gaza children suffer distress after 15-year Israeli siege
13 HOURS AGO International NGO Save the Children said around 800,000 young people in Gaza have “never known life without the blockade”. Four out of five children in Gaza suffer […]
Forty years on, Sabra and Shatila massacre remain public relations disaster for Israel
Jun 15,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Between September 14 and 16 40 years ago, fighters from the Phalange, Lebanese Forces militia and Saad Haddad’s Israeli-surrogate South Lebanon Army […]
Saudi Arabia calls for safeguarding the welfare, political rights of Rohingya
1 / 2 Dr. Al-Wasel called for the renunciation of violence and the resolution of the crisis through dialogue. @KSAPermanentGVA 2 / 2 @KSAPermanentGVANext Short Url https://arab.news/p36g3 ARAB NEWS June 16, 2022 […]
Unintended regional consequences of the Ukraine war
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG June 15, 2022 Short Url The geopolitical shifts caused by the war in Ukraine have been unexpectedly dramatic and certainly unintended. The new cold war between […]
Biden will see a new Middle East when he visits next month
IBRAHIM SHUKRALLA June 15, 2022 Short Url The UAE and Israel’s economic relationship has developed enormously since the Abraham Accords were signed in 2020. And the two countries last month […]