Is John Bolton trying to drive Trump to war with Iran?
Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, was a key architect of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Now he is stoking tensions with Iran. Julian Borger describes […]
I thought I understood the healing power of food during Ramadan – until I cooked with refugees who’d lost everything
Most of us can’t imagine the horror of being forced to flee our homes due to war. But food is often the balm that we need to soothe our souls […]
Trump thinks the North Korea blueprint will work with Iran. He’s dangerously wrong
The people who will end up getting hurt are the pro-democracy Iranian activists, and I know because they told me themselves Negar Mortazavi Washington DC The Independent Voices Over the […]
In an Indian village, Muslims talk of leaving as divide with Hindus widens
May 21, 2019 (reuters_tickers) By Krishna N. Das, Zeba Siddiqui and Aftab Ahmed NAYABANS, India (Reuters) – Muslims in Nayabans, an unremarkable village in northern India, say they remember a […]
Pakistan’s blasphemy law: People die for insulting Prophet Mohammed
Pakistani national Asia Bibi, a Christian, spent eight years in jail after having been convicted of blasphemy in 2010. Jagyaseni Biswas Pakistani national Asia Bibi, who was acquitted two years […]
Global Opinions. Federal court presses Trump administration to release Khashoggi documents
By Josh Rogin Columnist May 21 at 6:00 AM More than six months after Saudi government agents brutally murdered Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration has yet […]
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid unveils gold card for permanent-visa residents
Nearly 7,000 people were chosen to benefit from new scheme Sheikh Mohammed said the visa scheme was ‘our way to welcome all those seeking to be a part of […]
Video: Jemima Marcelle Khan Raising Her Children in Islam
Jemima Marcelle Khan (née Goldsmith, born 30 January 1974) is a British TV, film and documentary producer and founder of Instinct Productions, a television production company. [2] She was formerly a journalist and associate […]
US complicity in Israel’s violations of international law
May 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY Last week, I addressed a United Nations Security Council meeting on “Israeli settlements”. Because I knew other speakers, experts and diplomats, […]
How Afghanistan’s first lady is pushing for women’s rights
Her husband’s government has been excluded from peace talks but, as Amie Ferris-Rotman writes, Rula Ghani is rallying for Afghan women Amie Ferris-Rotman Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday 28 April 2019 23:00 […]
Imran Khan thanks UAE Rulers: 572 Pakistani prisoners pardoned by UAE
As part of Ramadan, 572 prisoners from Pakistan were pardoned by the UAE Published: May 18, 2019 Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has extended thanks to President His Highness […]
Saudi paper, close to MBS, calls on US to strike Iran
May 17, 2019 A Saudi newspaper owned by one of the king’s sons has called for military strikes on Iran, as world leaders plea for de-escalation of tension […]
Pakistan’s most famous accused blasphemer escaped to Canada. Others remain on death row.
By Pamela Constable May 18 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — One prisoner is an illiterate Christian street cleaner who got into an argument with a Muslim friend while they were out […]
London’s first mosque – archive
4 October 1926: After the opening ceremony the Imam called the faithful to prayer from the minarets high over the roofs of suburbia From our London Staff Tue 4 Oct […]
If Tehran ‘wants to fight’ it will be ‘official end of Iran’: Trump
US President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that if Tehran “wants to fight” it will be the “official end of Iran” in a stern warning to the Iranian regime about […]
Indicting the International Criminal Court
May 19,2019 By Aryeh Neier NEW YORK — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has come under withering criticism from the first four presidents of its oversight body, the 123-member Assembly […]
US to hold Bahrain economic conference to launch Middle East peace plan
Official does not confirm Israeli and Palestinian attendance Palestinians believe peace plan will be in favour of Israel Reuters in Washington Sun 19 May 2019 The US will hold an […]
Where is Saddam Hussain ?
Editor’s Note: PLEASE forgive me, this thought just came to my mind. It is well known that Saddam Hussain was a brutal dictator. While he did not […]
In Iraq, the ghosts provide the glue of unity in a story of survival
For a land that has experienced such suffering – under Saddam, then under the Americans, and then under attacks from the Isis cult – Robert Fisk finds that a profound […]
Iran dismisses possibility of conflict, says does not want war
By Reuters – May 19,2019 -JORDAN TIMES Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (centre) meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not photographed) at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on […]