Jordan: Latest ‘honour killing’ sparks protest, fuels call for change
By Rana Husseini – Jul 21,2020 -JORDAN TIMES Citizens stage a sit-in near the Prime Ministry building in Amman to protest against the alleged killing of a Jordanian woman by […]
Jordan could ‘look positively’ on one-state solution if Palestinian-Israeli rights equal
Source: The Guardian Prime minister Omar Razzaz says Israel’s annexation plan would destabilise region By Michael Safi and Jassar al-Tahat in Amman Jordan’s prime minister has said his country could view […]
Shamima Begum’s successful appeal signals hope for other European Isis suspects held in Syrian camps
Despite dire conditions in northeast Syria’s camps, most countries, including the UK, have brought home only small numbers of their citizens, usually orphans or young children, says Letta Tayler 22 hours ago ABC […]
Nehru’s mother …
Did I tell you this one before? Once upon a time Jawaharlal Nehru was invited by his University in Oxford to deliver a speech. During his speech he said: ” […]
India could up the ante with new Rafale fighter jets
Source: AT It was bound to happen, and India has no choice. Bullied by a menacing China, it must push every button, and then some. Fresh, shiny new combat-ready Rafale fighter jets, sitting on the tarmac — why not send them up? Military strategists know that one good strafing by […]
Rulers of Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Hospitalized
By Reema Al Othman and Fiona MacDonald 20 July 2020, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Photographer: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Follow us @middleeast for more news on the region. King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi […]
Middle Eastern website describes Newcastle as a ‘remote tribal community’ worse than Yemen and says Geordies have a ‘well-documented penchant for violence’, as Saudi prince launches takeover of the city’s football team
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page A Middle Eastern website published an opinion piece criticising Newcastle The […]
Rare daytime rocket attack hits Baghdad as Iran FM visits
By AFP – Jul 19,2020 – JORDAN TIMES A Russian-made Iraqi Mil Mi-17 flies over an oil field near Iraq’s southern port city of Basra on Wednesday (AFP photo) BAGHDAD […]
Tracing Ottoman architecture through works converted into churches
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL ARTS JUL 17, 2020 2:39 PM GMT+3 Mehmed Pasha Mosque, built by Mimar Sinan in Sofia and later turned into a church, is seen in this photo dated […]
Third of Bangladesh underwater as monsoon drenches region
Almost four million people have been hit by monsoon floods in South Asia, officials said Tuesday, with a third of Bangladesh already underwater from some of the heaviest rains […]
UN chief: World ‘at the breaking point’ due to inequalities
Source: MSN BY CARA ANNA JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Saying “we are at the breaking point,” the U.N. secretary-general made a sweeping call Saturday to end the global inequalities that sparked […]
Only one way out: a unitary state with equal rights in Palestine-Israel
Everyone who values democracy, justice and human decency should assist the Palestinians in achieving this goal. Ghada Karmi 16 July 2020 Rally against Israel’s planned annexation of occupied Palestinian […]
Iraqi PM to visit Saudi, Iran in diplomatic balancing act
Agence France-Presse Baghdad, Iraq / Sat, July 18, 2020 / Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi (R) stands with naval officers during his visit to the port of Umm […]
Saudi Arabia Wants Its Fugitive Spymaster Back
Officials say billions in a Saudi counterterrorism fund under the control of spy chief Saad al Jabri have gone missing; Jabri’s supporters say the money was used to fight terrorists […]
Palestinians Are Building a Village on Their Land. Armed Settlers From an Illegal Outpost Are Sabotaging Them
A farmers organization from the Jericho area is building a village in Palestinian-controlled Area A. Local settlers attack the construction workers almost daily, but the entrepreneur believes his group will […]
Exiled Iraqi journalist: ‘I am almost a member of Swiss society’
An Iraqi journalist who fled to Switzerland speaks about her former life in Baghdad and why her current life is sometimes isolating. This content was published on July 17, 2020 […]
The UK and US are starting a new Cold War with Russia and China – so what are these governments trying to hide?
It is just possible to forget amid the threats and counter-threats – and the intention is certainly that we should forget – that the world is failing to contain a […]
Education: PTI’s plan exposed
Source: Dawn BE prepared, Pakistan! Imran Khan’s government is poised to inflict damage upon this country’s education system in a manner never seen before. Its so-called Single National Curriculum (SNC) hides systemic changes going far deeper than the ones conceived and executed by the extremist regime of Gen Ziaul Haq. […]
The deal of the century is unpalatable for both Israel and Palestine
July 17, 2020 MIDDLE EAST MONITOR US President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Rose Garden at the White House on July 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. [Drew […]
The Making of Transjordan
The Making of Transjordan Although the Sykes-Picot Agreement was modified considerably in practice, it established a framework for the mandate system which was imposed in the years following the […]