Apr 04,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud Once more, the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 is taking centre stage. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas insisted during his speech at the recently concluded Arab League summit, that the initiative is the only solution on the table, asserting that it will not be changed or […]
Source: Indian Express By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: April 3, 2017 1:03 pm Fazlur Rahman Khan is recognised for his pioneering work in skyscraper design. April 3 […]
Doctors say victims from attack on Khan Sheikhun were bleeding from the nose and mouth, had constricted irises and suffered from convulsions WARNING: Some readers may find the images in […]
April 3, 2017 TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said his country will not give the Trump administration any pretext that can be used against it. “The establishment in its entirety has reached the conclusion that we shouldn’t give them (the Americans) any excuse,” Zarif said […]
Source: Dawn HE arrived to the usual frenzy of curiosity, though some of it was unusual. Most powerful man in Pakistan — the very job description attracts it.But Bajwa was more. Victim of an ugly hit job while still candidate. Lampooned as Nawaz’s man when he got the nod. Architect […]
Source: Dawn Iran has expressed its reservations regarding the appointment of the former army chief, retired Gen Raheel Sharif, as head of the Saudi-led 39-nation Islamic military alliance, saying it is not ‘satisfied’ with the coalition. “We are concerned about this issue… that it may impact the unity of Islamic countries,” […]
Reuters | Published — Sunday 2 April 2017 (AFP) RELATED ARTICLES CAIRO: Egypt’s Court of Urgent Matters ruled that a judicial decision to block the transfer of two Red Sea […]
AFP | Published — Monday 3 April 2017 Britain’s Foreign Minister Boris. (AP) RELATED ARTICLES RIYADH: Britain has apologized after an egg was thrown at a Saudi military official during […]
By Anand Chandrasekhar APR 2, 2017 – The Café de la Couronne along with Hotel Bristol in Geneva were favoured hangouts for anti-colonial activists and foreign agents(by courtesy) A forgotten […]
By AFP – Apr 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced Iraqi people who fled their homes stand in a queue to receive aid in the city of Mosul, Iraq, on […]
Endgames: inside Iraq In an exclusive dispatch on the climax of the battle for Mosul, Patrick Cockburn speaks to one of 400,000 desperate civilians for whom the besieged city has become like an underground prison Patrick Cockburn Irbil, Iraq @indyworld Isolated in their houses and short of food and water, […]
REUTERSPUBLISHED ABOUT 2 HOURS AGOhttps://www.dawn.com/news/1324403 0 COMMENTS EMAIL PRINT Women ride bicycles while taking part in Girls on Bike rally in Islamabad. ─Reuters Dozens of women took part in female-only […]
Source: BBC Twenty people have been murdered and others wounded at a Sufi shrine near the city of Sargodha, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, police say. Deputy police commissioner Liaquat Ali […]
Apr 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL “We want to send a strong message to the people that killing women in the name of family honour will no longer be […]
Source: BBC China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against Islamist extremism. The measures include prohibiting “abnormally” long […]
Adri Nieuwhof Rights and Accountability 29 March 2017 Palestinian children fill containers with water at a public tap in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, July 2014.Ashraf AmraAPA images Israel markets its water […]
NADEEM F. PARACHA UPDATED MAR 24, 2017 Picture: Archive 150 The first resolve: Head of the All India Muslim League (AIML), Muhammad Ali Jinnah, speaking to party members in Lahore on March 23, 1940. Jinnah was presiding a party session in which the AIML passed a resolution that demanded the creation […]
Source: CNN No long beards. No veils in public places. No home-schooling. China is intensifying its crackdown against what it deems religious extremism in the far-west province of Xinjiang, which is home to 10 million Muslims. The latest measures — outlined in a sweeping new anti-extremism legislation — take effect […]
Mar 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power The Asian economies are picking up speed again. After the big hit from Wall Street when the bank Lehman Brothers collapsed in a heap in 2008, sending shock waves everywhere, a recovery is now in the works. How many child deaths in the […]
Reuters International MAR 31, 2017 The locked door of a neighbourhood mosque is seen in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, March 23, 2017. Many smaller neighbourhood mosques have been closed by the authorities in favour of larger more centralised places of worship, locals and an analyst said. REUTERS/Thomas Peter […]