By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Feb 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Participants walk past brochures of previous funds collected by the International Islamic Relief Organisation (IIRO), during the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq on Monday, in Kuwait City (AFP photo) KUWAIT — Rebuilding Iraq after three years of […]
This content was published on February 9, 2018 Players need to wrap up in thermals, gloves and hats and have footwear with a good grip to stop them […]
Source: Al Jazeerah Shaked said Israel must maintain a Jewish majority ‘at the price’ of rights violations [Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP] Israel must safeguard a Jewish majority even at the […]
Source: BBC News By Megha Mohan Image captionMegha Mohan’s grandmother Although still a sensitive subject in many Indian families, menstruation had never been taboo in mine – until an emotional […]
Source: Associated Press By ADIL JAWAD KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The first woman from Pakistan’s tiny minority Hindu community is poised to become lawmaker next month, after the country’s opposition […]
Feb 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL With downing of an Israeli warplane on Saturday by Syrian air defences, followed by more Israeli strikes at Syrian and Iranian military targets in Syria, the stage could be set for further escalation of tensions between Israel and Syria that could extend to Iranian military presence […]
Simple, effective and low-cost project helps save a generation of school dropouts By Camille Dupire – Feb 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES ‘The Dome’ as the residents call it, serves as […]
As the Ritz-Carlton reopens after Riyadh used it to detain and probe elite Saudis in an antigraft campaign, questions linger over the rule of law Benoit Faucon Summer Said & […]
Djibouti, one of Africa’s smallest countries, has become China’s “strategic partner.” The Chinese have built a military base and a port, and is currently constructing a free trade zone, […]
YAHYA BOSTAN @yahyabostan Since the future of the Middle East seems highly blurred, Turkey, like other actors in the region, needs to accordingly take measures for its own security The proxy wars in the Middle East slowly give way to new confrontations that pit the real parties against each other. […]
Reuters International This content was published on February 11, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Men, who the Democratic Forces of Syria fighters claimed were Islamic State fighters, […]
By AFP – Feb 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES UNITED NATIONS, United States — One month after the Trump administration announced a drastic funding cut to the UN agency for Palestinian […]
Feb 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Jordan appears to be running a political strategy of opposing the US position of Jerusalem as the […]
His Majesty says Jordan to keep defending status quo of holy city By JT – Feb 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with Bishop of the Evangelical […]
Source: The Reuters ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has banned events marking Valentine’s Day, and media coverage of them, for the second year in a row after a court ruled the […]
By: David A King There can be no comparison with the established sophisticated astronomical traditions in Mamlûk Cairo and Damascus and Aleppo, with substantial numbers of capable astronomers, […]
Heartbroken that we lost Asma Jahangir – a saviour of democracy and human rights. I met her a week ago in Oxford. I cannot believe she is no more among […]
In the Magazine SpyTalk A Secret History of Israeli Assassinations By Jeff Stein On 2/2/18 An Israeli air force drone is seen flying over Gaza as seen from the northern Gaza strip border April 9, 2011. Reuters/Darren Whiteside Share SpyTalk Israel Mossad Modern espionage literature is rife with authors […]
By Reuters – Feb 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian demonstrators take cover during confrontations with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, in the occupied West Bank on Friday (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — US President Donald Trump told Israel on Friday that it too would need to […]
Feb 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi I suspect that while the international community is seemingly working in earnest for the two-state solution for the Palestinian conflict as the only just and sustainable solution for the Palestinian crisis, Israel’s planners could be contemplating another formula that would allow […]