Saudi women in ‘inside-out abaya’ protest
Source: BBC News Some Saudi women have launched a protest against the abaya – a long loose-fitting robe used to cover their bodies in public – by saying that they […]
Australia, Malaysia trade words over Israel embassy shift
Source: Associated Press By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA SYDNEY (AP) — A top Australian official seized Friday on past comments from Malaysia’s prime minister seen as anti-Semitic, amid a diplomatic war of […]
UN committee criticizes human rights violations in Iran
Source: Associated Press By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. committee on human rights approved a resolution Thursday urging Iran to stop its widespread use of arbitrary […]
Lebanese premier accuses Hezbollah of blocking government
Source: Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s prime minister-designate on Tuesday accused Hezbollah of hindering the formation of a new government six months after parliamentary elections were held, a reflection […]
Jewish religious candidate elected Jerusalem’s mayor
Source: Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A religious Jewish candidate won election as mayor of Jerusalem on Wednesday in a run-off against a secular contender for a post that shapes Israel’s […]
In Iraq’s parliament, Shi’ite militia leaders plan to call the shots
Source: Reuters BYAhmed Rasheed, Babak Dehghanpisheh, Michael Georgy BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In May, Hassan Fada’am traded his military fatigues for a suit when he became one of 45 Shi’ite militiamen elected to […]
Jerusalem mayoral race exposes religious-secular rift
Source: Religion News Service BY Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) – Guyoz Golan, a young Israeli businessman, just moved to Tel Aviv, but as a registered voter in Jerusalem he is […]
Saudi Arabia Is Misusing Mecca
Source: The New York Times In the aftermath of the Jamal Khashoggi murder, the kingdom has exploited the podium of the Grand Mosque in Mecca by using its imams to […]
Letter shows a fearful Einstein long before Nazis’ rise
Source: Associated Press By ARON HELLER 1 of 3 FILE – This June, 1954, file photo shows renowned physicist Albert Einstein in Princeton, N.J. More than a decade before the […]
Political links before railway
Nov 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israel is busy marketing a master plan to link itself by rail with neighbouring Arab countries, notably Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf […]
Middle East: Rail tracks for regional peace?
Nov 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Fares Braizat Despite the deep sense of pessimism in the region about a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the Israelis are proposing […]
Oman Just Bought Israeli Insurance
Why is Sultan Qaboos cozying up to Benjamin Netanyahu? The answer is in Washington. By Steven A. Cook | November 7, 2018 Omani Leader Sultan Qaboos bin Said addresses the […]
Europe torn over Islamic State children in Syria
Source: Reuters By Alissa de Carbonnel, Emmanuel Jarry ANTWERP/PARIS (Reuters) – For years, they heard little from daughters who went to join Islamic State. Now dozens of families across Europe have […]
Jerusalem mayoral race narrows to religious and secular Jewish candidates
Source: Reuters By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The race for mayor of Jerusalem, a role shaping Israel’s rule over the sacred city at the heart of its conflict with […]
A Palestinian’s failed bid to become mayor of Jerusalem highlights his community’s challenge
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash JERUSALEM — Aziz Abu Sarah’s bid to become mayor of Jerusalem was doomed from the start. A Palestinian businessman and activist born and raised in […]
Druze on Golan Heights protest against Israeli municipal election
Source: Reuters By Stephen Farrell, Suleiman Al-Khalidi MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (Reuters) – Hundreds of Druze Arabs, some carrying Syrian flags, gathered outside the gates of a polling station on the […]
Israeli minister’s mosque tour highlights diplomatic push in the Gulf
Source: Reuters By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli cabinet minister’s visit to Abu Dhabi’s grand mosque gave more momentum on Monday to Israel’s diplomatic push in the Gulf, […]
‘Walk to heaven’: Shiite pilgrims trek to Iraq’s Karbala
Source: Associated Press By PHILIP ISSA and HADI MIZBAN KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world are making their way this week to their sect’s […]
The fate of children born of IS rape
Iraqi minority shuns children born of IS rape, enslavement Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI, QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SALAR SALIM DAHUK, Iraq (AP) — The 26-year-old Yazidi mother faces a […]
Saudi Arabia’s missing princes
Source: BBC News By Reda El Mawy Between 2015 and 2017, three Saudi princes living in Europe disappeared. All were critical of the Saudi government – and there is evidence […]