A time to heal, not to hate
Jun 16,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / UN Human Rights Regional Office If the pandemic has taught us anything, it should be that humanity is fragile and life is precious. For […]
UN human rights chief decries suppression of women in Afghanistan
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE – AFP GENEVA JUN 15, 2022 – An Afghan girl reads a book inside her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 13, 2022. (Reuters Photo) The United Nations human […]
Turkey ready to host 4-way Ukraine peace talks: FM Çavuşoğlu
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL JUN 12, 2022 – Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky (R) looks on next to his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu during their joint press conference in Prague, Czech Republic, June 11, 2022. (AFP Photo) RECOMMENDED Turkey, Germany, US, UK, France convene in Berlin before NATO summit TURKEY-WEST-RELATIONS Turkey […]
Muslim World League chief leads religious diplomacy push at Geneva summit
MWL Secretary-General Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa delivered the forum’s opening speech. (SPA) Short Url Updated 14 June 2022 ARAB NEWS June 13, 2022 Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO […]
Frankly Speaking: Food crisis will have ‘huge impact’ on Middle East, says agritech entrepreneur David Meszaros
03 Food impact in Middle East 0 seconds of 1 minute, 1 secondVolume 40% More Videos 03 Food impact in Middle East 08 One mega smart farm for GCC 06 […]
UN Rights Envoy Received $200,000 From China While Acting for Beijing
May 19, 2022 Human Rights, Press Releases, The Uyghur People, Uncategorized, United Nations pinned GENEVA, May 18, 2022 — A watchdog organization today called on a UN human rights envoy to return $200,000 that she received from the […]
Fury at UN human rights chief over ‘whitewash’ of Uyghur repression
Uyghurs Open letter signed by academics in wake of Michelle Bachelet’s China visit demands release of UN report on human rights abuses Helen Davidson in Taipei and agencies @heldavidson Thu 9 […]
Iran vows response as U.S., E3 proceed with resolution
Politics June 7, 2022 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – After more than a week of back-and-forth diplomatic efforts, the United States and its European allies submitted a draft resolution to […]
Interim Iran nuclear deal may be a face-saver for all
OSAMA AL-SHARIF June 07, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/gjtp8 The International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors on Monday began a weeklong meeting in Vienna that is expected to censure Iran […]
Occupation by Israel ‘is root cause of violence’
Israel’s occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of the endless cycles of violence, UN investigators have said. (AP/File Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/ns9ek Updated 07 June 2022 MOHAMMED […]
Why should the world ensure aid for the Rohingya?
A catastrophe looms ByParvej Siddique Bhuiyan While the Covid-19 epidemic, Myanmar’s military coup in February, the Afghan refugee crisis, and now the Ukraine situation have all cast a pall over […]
A new plan for Palestine that may just work
BY DAOUD KUTTAB May 28, 2022 Source: Arab News The killing of Palestinian TV journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the appalling Israeli police assault on her funeral appear to have […]
Debt and hunger, UNDP chief sees ‘multiple’ world crises
By AFP – May 25,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / This photo taken on Wednesday shows a sign of the World Economic Forum at the Congress centre during the forum’s annual meeting in […]
More than 100 million people forcibly displaced worldwide: UN
A girl who fled with her parents from attacks of armed militants in the Sahel region carries wood for a cooking fire at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) […]
The global hunger crisis is here
May 22,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Seta Tutundjian DUBAI — Global food prices are soaring. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Food Price Index, which covers a basket of […]
Uyghurs in focus as UN human rights chief visits China
Michelle Bachelet will become the first United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit China since 2005 during a six-day official mission that starts on May 23.This content was published […]
Can Switzerland help make the UN more democratic?
Series Switzerland at the Security Council, Episode 1: The United Nations is facing a democracy deficit. As a prospective member of the powerful Security Council, Switzerland is keen to play […]
Shireen Abu Aqla: Palestinians to refer journalist’s killing to ICC
Source: BBC The Palestinian president says he will immediately refer the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqla to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a speech at a […]
What history tells us about sanctions
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted unprecedented sanctions. The question of whether they will have an effect on the course of the war is still open. History shows they have […]
Sir David Attenborough named Champion of the Earth by UN
Epigraph: The sun and the moon run their courses according to a fixed reckoning.And the stemless plants and the trees humbly submit to His will.And the heaven He has raised […]