Iraq’s secret sex trade
A BBC Arabic investigation has exposed a secret world of sexual exploitation of children and young women by clerics in Iraq. The practice of temporary marriage, illegal under Iraqi law, […]
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu indicted for bribery and fraud
Attorney general announces charges as crisis deepens for longest-serving leader Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem Thu 21 Nov 2019 Benjamin Netanyahu describes corruption indictment as ‘attempted coup’ – video Israel’s […]
UK Government rescues British orphans of Isil fighters from Syria in first repatriation mission
Josie Ensor, Middle East Correspondent Charles Hymas 21 November 2019 • British orphaned children of Islamic State fighters have been rescued from Syria, in the first evacuation by the […]
Reality Check: Syria war: Who benefits from its oil production?
By Reality Check team BBC News 21 November 2019 President Donald Trump says he expects the United States to benefit by millions of dollars per month from Syria’s oil […]
Makkah siege: Laying the ghost of 1979 to rest
Rawan Radwan November 21, 2019 Now moving rapidly back to the future, Saudi Arabia took decades to overcome the effects of the assault on the Grand Mosque JEDDAH: Today, […]
Riyadh Agreement to ‘open the door’ for broader peace talks on Yemen, says King Salman
Arab News Thursday . November 21, 2019 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia seeks a political settlement in Yemen and hoped that a recent agreement signed in Riyadh would open the door to […]
UNRWA’s extension bad news for US, Israel
Nov 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN The three year renewal of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) mandate by the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly is […]
EU countries at UN criticise US’ shift on Israeli settlements
Washington’s U-turn on policy draws flak at UNSC; Vatican joins chorus of criticism By Agencies – Nov 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES European members of the UN Security Council hit out […]
Why are two female witnesses equal to one male witness in Islam?
Source: Al Hakam The Promised Messiah Responding to Allegations Why are two female witnesses equal to one male witness in Islam? By Farhan Iqbal, Missionary, Canada Gender equality is one […]
How Western media bias allows Israel to get away with murder in Gaza
Nov 19,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD An Israeli attack on Gaza was imminent, and not because of any provocations by Palestinian groups in the besieged, impoverished Gaza Strip. The […]
12M Yemeni children in need of urgent help, UNICEF says
DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL Published 19.11.2019 At least 12 million children in war-battered Yemen are in need of urgent humanitarian aid, the U.N.’s children’s agency UNICEF said on […]
Occupied territories: Swiss confirm position on Israeli settlements
Nov 19, 2019 – 14:55 The controversial settlements are built on lands occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War. Israeli settlements currently exist in the Palestinian territory of […]
‘No Country is Above International Law’: Turkey Slams US Reversal on Israeli West Bank Settlements
© AP Photo / Ariel Schalit Middle East 19.11.2019 On Monday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Washington no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank […]
Jordan reiterates illegitimacy of Israeli settlements
By JT – Nov 19,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL AMMAN — Jordan’s stance is firm in condemning and rejecting Israeli settlements and their breach of international law, Foreign Minister Ayman […]
US settlement announcement prompts Israeli calls for takeover
‘Now is the time to apply our sovereignty to these communities,’ says former Israeli justice minister of Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem Mon 18 Nov […]
The Arab politician asking Israeli police to enter his communities
Ayman Odeh reflects fears of Arab minority who feel abandoned by law enforcement amid a spike in gang violence Oliver Holmes and Quique Kierszenbaum in Tel Aviv Tue 19 Nov […]
War crimes court considers investigation into British military
Mon 18 Nov 2019 British soldiers on patrol. The international criminal court says it takes the allegations seriously. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA The international criminal court may investigate the British military for the first time after allegations that war crimes had been committed, the BBC has reported. The broadcaster’s Panorama […]
Aramco IPO — the countdown has started!
Basil M.K. Al-Ghalayini November 16, 2019 On April 25, 2016, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced that the Kingdom would sell less than 5 percent of oil giant Saudi Aramco’s […]
Erdogan’s ethnic cleansing of the Kurds is still happening now – and we have Trump to thank
Making life impossible for a civilian population can take other effective but less dramatic forms than the use of white phosphorus or roadside killings Patrick Cockburn @indyworld Mass expulsion or […]
Four countries discuss ‘tolerance in multiculturalism’ at UAE summit
Source: Arab News By Jumana Khamis Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi was appointed minister of tolerance in 2016, reinforcing the UAE’s commitment to eradicate ideological, cultural and religious bigotry in society […]