REFUGEE CRISIS Defence minister: bunkers could house 50,000 migrants By swissinfo.ch and agencies OCT 2, 2015 – 09:16 Defence Minister Ueli Maurer in the civil protection bunker in Worb (Keystone) Switzerland could accommodate 50,000 people at short notice if the number of migrants in Switzerland were to dramatically increase, says Defence […]
Middle East Russia in Syria: CIA-backed ‘moderate’ rebels struck by fresh air strikes as Iranian troops ‘pour into conflict’ Russian Foreign Minister insists Moscow sees ‘eye-to-eye’ with US-led coalition in wanting to combat Isis militants David usborne US Editor Thursday 1 October 2015 20:29 BST 73 comments In this image made from video provided by […]
Egypt Targets Mosques and Preachers to Tackle Islamism Egypt’s government has been installing surveillance cameras in all mosques and monitoring libraries and preachers to crush the Muslim Brotherhood. BY ELLIOT FRIEDLAND Tue, September 22, 2015, Egypt has been stepping up efforts across the country to curb extremism and prevent radicalization through […]
HELPING HAND Swiss donations for Syrian crisis swell to CHF20 million SEP 30, 2015 – 11:00 Migrants, many from Syria, make their way into Serbia en route to Western Europe (Keystone) The Swiss public has donated CHF20 million ($20.5 million) inside a month towards helping the victims of war-torn countries. […]
Sep 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES The Iraqi delegation to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights that arrived in Geneva Tuesday for the consideration of Iraq’s fourth periodic report on the extent of the country’s adherence to the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights took […]
By JORDAN TIMES – Oct 01,2015 – AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday co-chaired a joint meeting on human rights, peace, security and the role of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in this regard. At the meeting, […]
Commandment – And obey Allah and the Messenger that you be shown mercy [3:133] And obey Allah and the Messenger that you be shown mercy. [8:21] O ye who believe! obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not turn away from him while you hear him speak. [3:33] Say, ‘Obey […]
NY Times: Saudi Objections Halt U.N. Inquiry of Yemen War The aftermath of an airstrike Sept. 5 in Sana, Yemen. The Saudi-led air campaign has caused heavy civilian casualties. Credit […]
Reuters International SEP 30, 2015 – 12:07 By Katie Paul and Angus McDowall DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) – Pilgrims reported feeling the hands of their relatives slip away into the crowd on Thursday morning when a crush at the Mina camp in Mecca killed at least 769 in the deadliest haj disaster […]
BY PAUL WEINBERG | SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 The award-winning journalist Robert Fisk is a rare breed. A lover of the English language, his reporting and analysis of the world’s hotspots cannot resist going after theOrwellian phrases and talking points that are the stock-and-trade of the world’s most awful politicians and […]
MARIAM ANWER Published — Friday 25 September 2015 Like Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was born at a time when ignorance was at its peak, at Babylon in Iraq during the reign of a tyrant disbeliever Namrud. Namrud was a ruler who was filled […]
By AP – Sep 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday (Reuters photo by Khalid Al Mousily) WASHINGTON — A summer of stalemate in the effort to reclaim the Iraqi provincial capital of Ramadi, despite US-backed Iraqi troops […]
By Jordan Times – Sep 30,2015 – His Majesty King Abdullah attends a UN anti-terror summit in New York on Tuesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) Amman — His Majesty […]
UK deal to back Saudis exposed Secret cables reveal the British government negotiated with Saudi Arabia to back its elevation to the world’s top human rights body, the UN Human […]
Guardian: Extreme caution has long been the watchword of Saudi monarchs: caution in foreign policy, and caution especially when it comes to internal change. Since 2005, when the king nervously decided it was safe to allow elections for half the members of municipal councils (the other half were to be […]
Clashes at Jerusalem holy site as Jewish holiday starts By AFP – Sep 29,2015 – JORDAN TIMES 1 0 googleplus0 0 0 Palestinian protesters run away as Israeli forces throw a stun grenade in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday (Reuters photo by Ammar Awad) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — New clashes broke […]
King proposes steps to counter extremism as he addresses world By Rand Dalgamouni – Sep 29,2015 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah addresses the UN General Assembly’s plenary meeting in […]
Middle East Syria Crisis: Russia puts troops on the ground in the fight against Isis Palmyra may be the first Islamist target to be attacked Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 27 September 2015 20:55 BST 4 comments Vladimir Putin has now placed Russian troops on the ground in Syria AP Uniformed Russian […]
Mecca Belongs To All Muslims, and Saudi Arabia Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Control It By Haroon Moghul, September 25, 2015, Petroleum and the Pilgrimage The two combined give Saudi Arabia the chance to punch well above its weight, affording one of the world’s most regressive regimes the chance to exercise an […]
Reuters International SEP 28, 2015 – 12:56 By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Noah Browning DUBAI (Reuters) – For regional adversaries at loggerheads over the crises in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the disaster at the haj is unlikely to be a game changer in the contest between Iran and Saudi Arabia, merely […]