False mantra
Apr 06,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen When dealing with the devastation wreaked by Russia on Ukraine during the ongoing war, Western military analysts point to the Russian air […]
UNESCO unanimously adopts resolution on old Jerusalem
By JT – Apr 07,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Birds fly around the Dome of the Rock in Al Haram Al Sharif in Jerusalem’s old city (AFP file photo) AMMAN — The UNESCO […]
UN chief calls for joint efforts for world peace in Ramadan message
Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2022-04-02 0:00 Video: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on April 1, 2022 extended greetings to millions of Muslims around the world who will soon […]
Guns largely silent in Yemen as factions stick to UN-brokered truce
The UN’s Yemen envoy Hans Grundberg on Friday announced that the Iran-backed Houthis and the internationally recognized government agreed to a two-month truce. (AFP/File Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/2ag4p Updated 11 […]
Yemen faces ‘extremely troubling outlook’, says UNDP chief
By AFP – Mar 27,2022 – Yemenis loyal to Houthi rebels take part in a rally marking the seventh anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition’s intervention in their country, in the capital Sanaa, […]
World Bank freezes Afghan projects after Taliban bans girls from high school
Afghan women and girls take part in a protest in front of the Ministry of Education in Kabul on March 26, 2022, demanding that high schools be reopened for girls. […]
Greek ‘confidence-building measures’ target rights of Turkish Cypriots
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL MAR 22, 2022 – A view of snow covering a portion of Cyprus’ northern Kyrenia mountain range, above the flag of the Turkish Republic of […]
Hunger killing more worldwide while COVID-19 pandemic occupies center stage
Food shortages are killing more people than COVID-19 globally as conflicts, climate extremes and economic slowdown add to the toll. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/paeab Updated 20 March 2022 JUMANA KHAMIS […]
Arabs face hunger as Syrian mercenaries join the Ukraine inferno
BARIA ALAMUDDIN March 21, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/n8jg7 The World Food Programme is warning of a “wave of collateral hunger” around the world as a result of the carnage in […]
UN reforms needed for fair, efficient global governance: Experts
BY ERALP YARAR ANTALYA MAR 13, 2022 – Participants speak during the panel “Revitalising Multilateralism: U.N. and Beyond” at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Antalya, Turkey, March 12, 2022. (AA Photo) The […]
Selective empathy: Western media’s horrific double standards amid Russia-Ukraine War
By Ataul Fatir Tahir, for Al Hakam The Western media’s portrayal of Ukraine’s suffering as somehow “different” and labelling Ukrainians as more “civilised” compared to those suffering from wars in countries like Yemen, Libya, Ethiopia, Palestine and Syria, […]
Afghanistan is a collective failure of international community
YOSSI MEKELBERG February 26, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/ym7nj Six months on from the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan presents one of the most complex moral, humanitarian and political challenges the […]
Does the Human Rights Council ever criticise the West?
Some developing countries feel they are unfairly targeted at the United Nations Human Rights Council. As the Council meets from Monday for its latest session in Geneva, we look at […]
Loss of trust led to protracted negotiations in Vienna talks
Feb 23,2022 – JORDAN TIMES ‘ Michael Jansen Talks in Vienna are closer than ever to agreement on reviving the 2015 agreement for limiting Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for […]
Does the World Need to Recognize the Taliban?
Can the international community continue to recognize Afghanistan without recognizing the Taliban? By Maryam Jami February 01, 2022 The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan collapsed on August 15, 2021 following the Taliban’s […]
The Protected Rich and the Unprotected Poor – A Tragic Gap
Sarmad Naveed CONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 10th February 2022 ©Shutterstock Sarmad Naveed, Canada Gordan Brown, former Prime Minister of the UK recently said, ‘It is an ethical failure that rich countries […]
Israel would be better off working with the UN than attacking it
YOSSI MEKELBERG February 12, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/j8h2e The ink had hardly dried on the shortlist for the highly crucial and equally sensitive post of the UN Office of the […]
Value for money essential when delivering aid to Afghanistan
AJMAL SHAMS February 07, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/2fpqy With the collapse of the former Afghan government last August, a majority of the country’s 40 million people face abject poverty, hunger […]
A Muslim Woman’s Thoughts on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM
Munavara GhauriWOMEN’S SECTION 6th February 2022 ©Shutterstock Munavara Ghauri, UK International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was initiated by the United Nations in 2003 and is marked […]
US grants sanctions relief to Iran as nuclear talks remain in balance
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has signed several sanctions waivers related to Iran’s civilian nuclear activities. (Reuters/File Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/za6se ARAB NEWS February 05, 2022 The waivers are […]