Exclusive: Poll reveals deep unease about Britain’s close relationship with an autocracy embroiled in a devastating war Rob Merrick Deputy Political Editor @Rob_Merrick 34 comments Britain must end arms sales to Saudi Arabia while the country is accused of the large-scale slaughter of civilians in Yemen’s civil war, Theresa May […]
Jul 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hazem Nusseibeh In my memoirs “Jerusalemites… a Living Memory”, I made reference to Talbiya quarter in West Jerusalem, which in the 1930s and 1940s of the last century, was the most fashionable Christian Arab quarter, outside the Old City, along with Qatamon and upper and […]
By Rula Samain – Jul 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS) has recently concluded a week-long workshop for Muslim and Christian research students. The Muslim-Christian workshop titled “Abrahamic Reflections on Philosophy, Science and Religions” was held last week in cooperation with Kaufman […]
There should be a formula in which the amount of terrorism a country is allowed to promote depends on how many weapons they buy. For $4.2bn you can blow up a couple of public buildings, as long as you help sweep up Mark Steel @mrmarksteel It’s always encouraging when people you’d […]
The crass response of the leaders of the US-led coalition who orchestrated the attack on west Mosul shows that we are back in the Vietnam era when American officers were happy to volunteer that they were destroying populated areas in order to save them Patrick Cockburn Erbil @indyworld Northern Iraq is […]
BY PHILLIP CONNOR AND JENS MANUEL KROGSTADLEAVE A COMMENT More Christian than Muslim refugees have been admitted to the United States in the first months of the Trump administration, reversing a trend that had seen Muslims outnumber Christians in the final fiscal year under President Barack Obama, a Pew Research […]
June 29, 2017 By Ramzy Baroud Mohammed Abed is a 28-year-old taxi driver from the village of Qarara, near the town of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. He has no teeth. Lack of medical care and proper dentistry work cost him all of his teeth, which rotted and decayed […]
Reuters International JULY 14, 2017 (reuters_tickers) By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – A cholera epidemic in Yemen, which has infected more than 332,000 people, could spread during the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in September, although Saudi authorities are well prepared, the World Health Organization (WHO) said […]
Reuters International JULY 15, 2017 UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks at a news conference at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, July 14, 2017. REUTERS/Xu Jinquan/Pool (reuters_tickers) By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura put the […]
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA BEIRUT AFP Photo German cattle has been flown into Qatar to boost milk supplies amid a Saudi Arabian-led blockade of the Middle Eastern country, Qatari […]
By Reuters – Jul 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (right) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sign a memorandum of understanding in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday (Reuters photo) JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended […]
By AFP – Jul 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced Iraqi women, who just fled their home, rest in the desert as they wait to be transported while Iraqi forces […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks past the flags of the European Union (L) and Germany as he arrives for the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, […]
by: Cem Nizamoglu Fully automated environmentally friendly water raising devices, pumps, windmills and more! Discover some of the most facinating devices from the Golden Age of Muslim Civilisation that brought creative innovative ideas helping to drive agriculture and industries from southern Spain to China Note: Composed by Cem Nizamoglu and […]
Jul 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The United Nations was established more than 70 years ago. Any objective assessment of its function would likely yield a poor outcome. The UN Charter was signed on June 26, 1945. The purpose of the organisation was defined in Article 1. It […]
By Reuters – Jul 11,2017 – J This file photo combination of two handout pictures released by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security (left) and by Iraqi ministry of interior allegedly shows photographs taken at an unknown location of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of […]
By AFP – Jul 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani speak during a press conference in Doha on Tuesday (AFP photo) DOHA — Qatar and the United States signed a deal Tuesday on combatting […]
10 July 2017 From the sectionMiddle East Media captionInside the Yemeni hospital battling the world’s worst cholera outbreak A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen is thought to have infected 300,000 people in the past 10 weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross says. The situation has continued to “spiral […]
by: Khaleel Shaikh Genetic and paleontological findings have concluded that Africa is the birthplace of the entire human race. Africa is often thought of as a continent rich in natural beauty and culture. However, little is known or understood about the technology and innovation which was present throughout its history […]
Reuters International JULY 11, 2017 Buildings are seen on a coast line in Doha, Qatar, June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon (reuters_tickers) DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States, United Kingdom and Kuwait urged all parties to a Gulf Arab diplomatic row over Qatar to resolve their dispute as quickly […]