America’s wars and the US debt crisis
May 24,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Jeffrey D. Sachs In the year 2000, the US government debt was $3.5 trillion, equal to 35 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product […]
As Asian, African powers offer mediation in Ukraine war, Western war makers reject peacemaking
May 24,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen While UN and relief agencies and partisan groups dispute fatalities in the wider region’s recent wars, the Costs of War Project at […]
UN concerned by lack of grain ships going to 1 Ukrainian port
BY REUTERS UNITED NATIONS MAY 23, 2023 – 1:13 PM GMT+3 Vessels are seen as they wait for inspection under United Nation’s Black Sea Grain Initiative in the southern anchorage of […]
Russia issues retaliatory arrest warrant for International Criminal Court prosecutor
The Russian Investigative Committee accused Karim Ahmad Khan and several judges of issuing “unlawful decisions” against President Putin and his commissioner for children’s rights. Karim Ahmad Khan at U.N. headquarters […]
The war in Ukraine was not ‘unprovoked’
May 20,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Jeffrey D. Sachs There is no fairy-tale end to the war in Ukraine, in which Ukraine defeats Russia on the battlefield and then joins […]
Russia issues arrest order for British ICC prosecutor after Putin warrant
International criminal court Interior ministry seeks to detain Karim Khan in wake of allegations against president over abducted Ukrainian children Andrew RothFri 19 May 2023 The Russian government has put […]
UN chief thanks Türkiye for extension of Ukraine grain deal
BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL MAY 17, 2023 – 10:03 PM GMT+3 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres talks with reporters during a news conference at United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, […]
Erdogan scents victory as Turkish presidential election goes to a runoff
YASAR YAKIS May 16, 20231 The elections that were held in Turkiye on Sunday produced both conclusive and inconclusive results. The parliamentary elections concluded with the victory of the present […]
Ukraine grain deal may be extended for 2 months: Çavuşoğlu
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL MAY 10, 2023 – Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu attends meeting with his Russian, Iranian and Syrian counterparts in Moscow, May 10, 2023. (AA Photo) Foreign Minister Mevlüt […]
Time for Arabs to come together and rethink strategic alliances
May 10,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen US national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s discussions in Riyadh with Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman coincided with the […]
Türkiye, Ukraine, Russia, UN unable to reach deal
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL MAY 05, 2023 – A load of corn is poured into a truck, at a grain storage facility in the village of Bilohiria, Khmelnytskyi region, […]
Sudan must solve issues without outside interference, Zakharova tells Arab News
Russian Foreign Ministry representative Maria Zakharova told Arab News Sudanese people should be able to fix their own problems without external interference. (Screenshot/AN Photo) DR. SALAM ALOBAIDY April 27, 2023 […]
Guterres proposes ‘way forward’ for Ukraine grain initiative
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with UN. Secretary-General António Guterres on April 24, 2023 in New York City. (Getty Images/AFP) Updated 10 sec ago AFP April 24, 2023 UNITED NATIONS, […]
West’s lectures could prove costly
KHALED ABOU ZAHR April 20, 2023 Larry Summers, the former US secretary of the treasury, last week stated in an interview: “Somebody from a developing country said to me, ‘What […]
World War III is already here
Historians will look back with confusion as to how idiotic the leaders of this time were By BRANDON J WEICHERT FEBRUARY 23, 2023 This past week will be remembered by most […]
John Bolton says US should not co-operate with ‘illegitimate’ ICC
Former American government official says ‘nothing will happen’ after the court issues an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin Laura O’Callaghan Mar 20, 2023 The US should not co-operate […]
Publicity for Ukraine war vs campaign to justify 2003 US war on Iraq
Mar 22,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The publicity for the Ukraine war has been handled far more successfully by the US, NATO and allies than the campaign to […]
Ukraine Black Sea grain deal extended for at least 60 days
BY DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS ISTANBUL MAR 19, 2023 – DAILY SABAH The cargo ship Zante, carrying Ukrainian grain, sails on the Bosporus under the 15 July Martyrs Bridge, in Istanbul, […]
ICC’s Putin arrest warrant reeks of politicization and prejudice
OSAMA AL-SHARIF March 21, 2023 This month marks the 20th anniversary of the US and UK-led invasion of Iraq, on falsified evidence, that set in motion a series of cataclysmic […]
An ICC warrant against Putin is good – and hypocritical
OPINIONOPINION, Opinions|Russia-Ukraine war It’s good that the ICC has charged Putin with war crimes. But what about the blood on the hands of the US and Israel? Published On 20 […]