Arriving in Riyadh, Pompeo urges Gulf states to heal rift
By Reuters – Jan 13,2019 – JORDAN TIMES DOHA/RIYADH — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that a rift between Qatar and its Gulf Arab neighbours […]
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s refugee status is great news, but we’re in danger of settling for one happy ending
There are no doubt countless women with similar stories in Saudi Arabia, and they need an effective global feminist foreign policy that protects them Dahaba Ali Hussen @DahabaH The Independent […]
Saudi teen’s asylum case being judged at lightning speed
Source: Yahoo News BY Andrew BEATTY Australian authorities are weighing a young Saudi woman’s asylum claim at unusual speed, several lawyers and legal experts have told AFP, contrasting her high-profile […]
Saudi teenager Rahaf offers a blueprint for others – but there will be frustration at the back of the asylum queue
Will the powerful use of social media by one savvy woman change our attitude to asylum seekers fleeing abusive families or regimes? Janet Street-Porter The Independent Voices Months on from […]
‘You saved Rahaf’s life’: online outcry kept ‘terrified’ Saudi woman safe, says friend
Source: The Guardian BY Jamie Fullerton in Kuala Lumpur and Helen Davidson Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, the Saudi Arabian woman who fled her family and is now under UN protection in Thailand, has been […]
What’s Next for Fleeing Saudi Woman?
By RICHARD C. PADDOCK Mohammed Alqunun views her mobile phone as she sits barricaded in a hotel room at an international airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Alqunun says she […]
Father of Saudi teen asylum seeker in Thailand, seeks meeting
Jan 8, 2019 – 11:05 By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – The father of an 18-year-old Saudi woman asylum seeker who fled to Thailand saying she feared her […]
Judge Richard Goldstone suffered for turning his back on Gaza – but not as much as the Palestinians he betrayed
Friends of Goldstone told me that he had been painfully pressured to recant, and was in a state of great personal distress Robert Fisk Beirut @indyvoices The Independent Voices When […]
Advance U.N. truce monitors arrive in Yemen’s Hodeidah
This content was published on December 23, 2018 swissinfo.ch By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. advance team arrived in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah on Sunday […]
Denial of human rights cause of world conflicts
Dec 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The 70th Human Rights Day has come and gone with little fanfare across the globe. The occasion for the commemoration of the day was […]
U.N. watchdog presses Saudi Arabia on alleged torture of activists
Source: Reuters BY Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights watchdog has urged Saudi authorities to free over a dozen rights activists detained in the kingdom, alleging that some […]
UN seeks $5.5b to help countries hosting Syria refugees
By AFP – Dec 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugee children ride their bicycles at Azraq refugee camp, near Al Azraq city, Jordan, December 8 (Reuters photo) AMMAN — The United […]
West hypocritical on defending human rights, Erdoğan says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at an event in Istanbul titled, ‘Civilization of Humanity,’ marking the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human […]
Why do we need the Global Compact for Migration?
By Simon Bradley Dec 10, 2018 – 11:00 United Nations member states are meeting in Morocco on Monday to formally adopt an international agreement that promises a better, more coordinated […]
UN launches aid delivery from Jordan to 650,000 Syrians
AFP December 09, 2018 Known as Jaber on the Jordanian side and Nassib in Syria, the crossing is a key Middle East trade route Reopening in October after […]
Global compact on refugees: Switzerland to vote in favour of global compact on refugees
Dec 7, 2018 – 20:57 The pact envisages reducing the pressure on host countries like Uganda, Lebanon, Turkey and Bangladesh. (Keystone) The Swiss Federal Council has approved voting in favour […]
President Trump taps ex-Fox News anchor Heather Nauert for UN ambassador, strips post of Cabinet rank
Deirdre Shesgreen USA TODAY Published 5:12 PM EST Dec 7, 2018 WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s pick for United Nations ambassador, Heather Nauert, could face a tough Senate confirmation process […]
Diplomacy in action: Meet the Swiss women charged with bringing peace to Myanmar
By Julia Crawford This content was published on November 30, 2018 How do you help a country from which nearly a million people have fled, where the government is […]
Why so many nations are suddenly following Trump out of the proposed U.N. migration pact
By Rick Noack December 4, 2018 When President Trump pulled out of discussions of a U.N. migration pact almost exactly one year ago, there was an immediate international […]
Science & Environment, Climate change: ‘World at crossroads’ warning as key talks begin
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, Katowice Four senior figures behind efforts to limit climate change have warned that the planet “is at a crossroads” as key talks opened a […]