Arab-European relations
Sep 02,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – by JAVAD ANANI Last week, I travelled to Berlin upon an invitation from the Euro-Mediterranean Association for Cooperation and Development to give a keynote […]
‘I’m like a mouse in a trap’: trauma of Europe’s refugees – in pictures
Refugees living in Serbia, Belgium, Sweden and Greece speak about their experiences Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi/The Guardian Mental health is a critical issue for those who have fled their homes […]
The scorched corpses of Nagasaki should be a grim restraint to the chest beating in India, America and Iran
In the Middle East and southeast Asia, at least one nation in every potential conflict is a nuclear power or a prospective one Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 8 August 2019 […]
As Trump flip-flops on Iran talks, the reality is that the ‘crazed’ rogue leader now sits in Washington not Tehran
The US is not confronting the lunatic state which Bolton and Pompeo have nightmared up for Trump, but a nation governed by bravely defiant, ruthless and calculating men Robert Fisk […]
U.S. should honour nuclear deal if it wants talks – Iran foreign minister
Aug 29, 2019 By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday the United States must observe the 2015 nuclear deal and […]
India seeks to portray sense of calm in locked-down Kashmir
Source: Associated Press By EMILY SCHMALL NEW DELHI (AP) — Just before midnight on the eve of the biggest political change in Indian-administered Kashmir in decades, authorities shut down internet […]
In Landmark Ceremony, a Catholic Bishop Is Installed in China
Source: The New York Times By Ian Johnson A state-sanctioned Catholic church in Shanghai. A deal in 2018 aimed at ending decades of animosity and estrangement between “underground” Catholics loyal […]
China ban on some textbooks seen as aimed at Uighur culture
Source: Associated Press BY DAKE KANG BEIJING (AP) — For 15 years, Yalqun Rozi skillfully navigated state bureaucracies to publish textbooks that taught classic poems and folk tales to millions […]
Sri Lankan Islamic clerics seek clarity on face veil ban
Source: Associated Press By KRISHAN FRANCIS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Islamic clerics in Sri Lanka asked Muslim women on Tuesday to continue to avoid wearing face veils until the […]
Bangladesh to remove the word ‘virgin’ from Muslim marriage certificates
Source: The Guardian The word “virgin” must be removed from Muslim marriage certificates in Bangladesh, the country’s top court has said, a landmark verdict after campaigners challenged the “humiliating and discriminatory” […]
Indonesia will build its new capital city in Borneo as Jakarta sinks into the Java Sea
Source: MSN News By Rob Pichet Concerns over the sustainability of the congested and rapidly sinking political center of Jakarta prompted the need for a new capital. The relocation was […]
In Trump’s team, misgivings emerge over any deal with Taliban in Afghanistan – U.S. officials
Aug 31. 2019 By Jonathan Landay and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As negotiators work to nail down an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, […]
Cracks are appearing in the Mideast’s most important alliance. That’s bad news for Trump
Analysis by Tim Lister, CNN August 22, 2019 (CNN)The partnership of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates is the closest anywhere in the Middle East. It goes back […]
Papuan resistance grows against Jakarta
Benny Mawel, Victor Mambor, Kharishar Kahfi, and Donny Fernando The Jakarta Post PREMIUM Jayapura/Melbourne/Jakarta / Thu, August 29, 2019 / 10:0 Papuan demands for a referendum on self-determination have gained […]
Turkey’s Jewish community celebrates Victory Day in Büyükada synagogue
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published The Jewish community celebrated August 30 Victory Day in a synagogue in Büyükada, the largest of Istanbul’s Prince Islands. In a video released on social […]
From migrants and refugees to successful entrepreneurs
Arab News Friday . August 30, 2019 Startups without borders helps refugee and migrant entrepreneurs. (Supplied) Mostafa Adel August 30, 2019 Argentinian journalist Valentina Primo started Startups Without Borders in Egypt six years ago Migrants and refugees often lack connections and awareness of the startup ecosystem CAIRO: What does it […]
Makkah’s Grand Mosque courtyard extension project nears completion
Arab News August 22, 2019 The project, which is due to be completed at the end of this month, aims to increase the capacity of the Ground Mosque and its […]
Imran Khan in New York Times: The World Can’t Ignore Kashmir. We Are All in Danger.
Source: New York Times By PM Imran Khan If the world does nothing to stop the Indian assault on Kashmir and its people, two nuclear-armed states will get ever closer […]
President Obama’s Speech about the Muslim Heritage and the Muslim World, in Cairo, in 2009
Text from NY Times The following is a text of President Obama’s prepared remarks to the Muslim world, delivered on June 4, 2009, as released by the White House. I […]
Ground shifts in Indonesia’s economy as conservative Islam takes root
Aug 28, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch By Gayatri Suroyo and Tabita Diela JAKARTA (Reuters) – Arie Untung, a former video jockey for the Indonesian offshoot of MTV, says he used to […]