Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Project Syndicate In an ideal world, everyone, everywhere, would access the health services they need without having to pay more than they could afford. But is “health for all” — also known as universal health coverage — really possible, not just in rich countries, but […]
By AFP – Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s shura council recommended Monday an expansion of roads leading to the site of a ritual in the annual Hajj pilgrimage where more than 2,000 pilgrims died in a stampede last year. Muslim pilgrims blamed the stampede on […]
Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby At the close of 2015, Zogby Research Services (ZRS) conducted face-to-face polling with 5,374 Muslim youth between the ages of 15 and 34 in eight Arab countries: Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Palestine. We had been commissioned […]
Source: ET About five years ago, when the PPP wasn’t the sick man we’re used to today, a public post fell vacant. The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) — i.e., […]
Saudi Arabia is pressing Pakistan to side with the Kingdom in its spate with Iran. Islamabad is reluctant to do so, given its own serious sectarian tensions. In the last week, the Saudi Foreign Minister and the Defense Minister have separately visited Pakistan to explain Saudi policy toward Iran and its decision to sever […]
Editors’ Note: What does Saudi Arabia’s execution of Nimr al-Nimr say about the country’s domestic politics and foreign policy? As Ken Pollack explains, the leadership in Riyadh sees a Middle East spiraling out of control—that, combined with concerns about a general mobilization of the region’s Shiites, difficulties in controlling […]
Source: BBC Capital of a Global Empire Tamerlane was once one of the world’s most feared conquerors and kings. In the course of amassing his Eurasian empire in the late […]
By AFP – Jan 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal blesses the faithful during a religious service as part of an annual pilgrimage at John the Baptist Church near the Baptism Site along the Jordan River, on Friday (Reuters photo by Muhammad Hamed) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM […]
Jan 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI One million Israeli settlers in the West Bank is the current target of the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu, as reported by the Palestinian press. The expansion of existing settlements and the construction of new ones has been a priority of successive […]
We have to remember that on the UN Council we can find such vigorous defenders of human rights as China and Russia Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 3 January 2016 When Saudi Arabia was elected to the UN Human Rights Council in 2013 – with Dave Cameron’s help – we all […]
Source: Global Issues By Neeta Lal (New Delhi) NEW DELHI, Jan 08 (IPS) – Women constitute nearly half of the country’s 1.25 billion people and gender equality — whether in […]
Source: Macleans It would be simplistic to say the sectarian outrage over Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shia cleric was only religion-driven—and would ignore key history By Brian Bethune Sunni […]
October 11, 2014 Filled under Iraq Daily News No Comments Iraq Daily News – Tucked into a remote canyon a two-hour drive north of the Kurdish capital of Irbil, this small town is a beacon for Iraqis who pine for a quiet, safe life after decades of […]
Source: Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that the Saudi Arabian government should compensate the past mistakes and abandon the “wrong” path which will […]
ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 8 January 2016 JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia does not plan to start a war with Iran because it would be “catastrophic” for the region, according to Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. In a wide-ranging interview with The Economist magazine published on Thursday, he said: “It […]
By Reuters – Jan 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES YISHUV HADAAT, West Bank — The caves around this windy settler outpost, whose name is Hebrew for “Of Sound Mind”, have served as places of meditation and prayer — and, according to Israel — staging ground for the worst Jewish militant […]
Jan 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri At least a dozen different dynamics shape the deteriorating situation between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and the consequences this will have across much of the Middle East for some time. The crisis is being analysed through a dizzying array of lenses. These […]
By Khetam Malkawi – Jan 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Although Jordan is historically known for its ability to maintain balance in its ties with the rest of the world and a moderate foreign policy, especially at times of regional crises, local observers differed on how far Jordan […]
Source: The Guardian Bangladesh’s highest court has upheld the death sentence for the leader of the country’s largest Islamist party for crimes during its 1971 independence struggle, paving the way […]
By Reuters – Jan 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — Iraq dispatched its foreign minister to Tehran on Wednesday with an offer to mediate in an escalating feud between Saudi Arabia and Iran, reflecting Baghdad’s fears that new sectarian conflict could unravel its campaign against Daesh. Sunni Saudi Arabia’s […]