A view from Turkey: Lost in the Middle East
MUHITTIN ATAMAN @MuhittinAtaman Since the beginning of the Arab uprisings and revolutions in 2011, Turkey has been targeted by Western states because it has been supporting the demands of regional […]
From ‘madman’ to ‘fantastic chemistry’: How Trump-Kim relationship developed over time
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP SEOUL US envoy arrives in North Korea as Trump announces second summit with Kim U.S. President Donald Trump’s much-trailed announcement of a meeting with North […]
Angelina Jolie visits Rohingya camps, says refugees’ plight ‘shames us all’
Source: Reuters By Poppy McPherson COX’S BAZAR (Reuters) – U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie on Tuesday visited camps in Bangladesh for Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and condemned […]
‘I Had No Options’: The Rohingya Man Who Smuggled Himself
Source: The Atlantic By TIMOTHY MCLAUGHLIN The reporting for this article was supported by The Masthead, The Atlantic’s membership program. Learn more. YANGON, Myanmar—By Kamal’s own admission, his family used to be […]
Why 2019 could be the worst year for the Palestinians
Feb 06,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF If 2018 was a particularly bad year for Palestinians, in the wake of a series of unilateral US administration decisions that included […]
Arab League reverses decision on Syria
Feb 06,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Eight years ago, the Arab League suspended Syria’s membership as it did Libya’s. Both decisions were wrong, not just because they […]
Racism against Arab Israelis will reach unprecedented levels by Israel’s April elections – and the world won’t care
Issues like racial discrimination were once kept in check by the left in Israel and the Jewish diaspora in countries like the United States. But that backlash seems to have […]
Saint Francis Of Assisi And Islam
Our Favorite Christian Prayer:http://t.co/4u1oCf5I8i pic.twitter.com/f8UnMW93KX — The Muslim Times (@The_MuslimTimes) January 3, 2015 Source: Huffington Post By Doctor David Liepert, who is a convert to Islam and is an anesthesiologist […]
The Concept of Justice in Islam by Sir Zafrulla Khan
Author: Sir Zafrulla Khan The Quran has at various places reiterated this principle. And the recompense of an injury is a penalty the like thereof; but whoso forgives and his […]
How Netanyahu is freezing out the international community
Chris Doyle February 04, 2019 From the outset of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the question of Palestine has been an international issue. International actors inserted the conflict into the region, with […]
US asks nations to repatriate militants as they leave Syria
By AFP – Feb 04,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Civilians fleeing fighting between Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Daesh terrorists in the frontline Syrian village of Baghuz, await to be screened […]
Warmer Jordanian-Iraqi relations
Feb 04,2019 -JORDAN TIMES Jordanian-Iraqi relations got a strong boost on Saturday, when Prime Minister Omar Razzaz and his Iraqi counterpart Adel Abdul Mahdi and their respective high-level accompanying delegations […]
Pope calls for end to wars in Middle East in Gulf trip
By AFP – Feb 05,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Pope Francis shakes hands with Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Al Tayeb after signing a document on fighting extremism, during […]
How Asia Bibi’s case created major change in the Pakistan government’s approach to extremism
The bravery and perseverance of Bibi, her family, and her legal team should not be overshadowed In any other country her ordeal would be cause for outrage, but in […]
Nepal woman suffocates in banned ‘menstruation hut’
Source: BBC News A 21-year-old Nepali woman died of suffocation in a windowless “menstruation hut” after she lit a fire to keep warm, say police. Parwati Bogati was found when […]
Iraqi lawmakers call for end to US military presence
November 24, 2018 Iraqi lawmakers have called for the withdrawal of US troops, saying they see no justification for the presence of foreign troops about a year after the defeat […]
Iraqi President: Trump Didn’t Ask Permission to Keep Troops in Iraq to ‘Watch Iran’
Reuters / Wissm al-Okili On Sunday, Donald Trump told CBS News he wants to keep a U.S. military presence in Iraq to “watch” Iran—but the plan came as a […]
Death Knell For Syria Pullout: “We Have To Protect Israel” Says Trump
By Tyler Durden After approaching two months of talk of a “full” and “immediate” US troop withdrawal from Syria, first ordered by President Trump on December 19 — which was […]
Are Multinationals Eclipsing Nation-States?
Feb 1, 2019 Stefano Marcuzzi , Alessio Terzi In the absence of government action to address today’s most pressing global problems, multinational corporations are stepping up to offer their own […]
Asia Bibi’s Lawyer Seeking European Nationality Amid Death Threats
Saif-ul-Mulook has been targeted by death threats since his the spectacular acquittal of his client Asia Bibi, a labourer from central Punjab province on death row since 2010. Saif-ul-Mulook fled […]