Apr 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The Trump administration blamed Damascus and its allies Moscow and Tehran for Tuesday’s deadly gas attack on insurgent-held Idlib province but seems to be sticking to decisions on the US posture on the six-year Syrian war that could lead to progress in the […]
Reuters International MAR 24, 2017 – A Rohingya refugee girl peeks through a hole made in a plastic wall dividing the shelters at Balu Kali Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer (reuters_tickers) GENEVA (Reuters) – The top United Nations human rights body agreed on Friday to […]
By Mohammad Ghazal – Mar 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES In this recent photo, Syrian refugees are seen at Azraq Camp, around 100km from Amman, in the eastern desert (Photo by Amjad Ghsoun) AMMAN — Out of some 4.9 million Syrians registered with the UNHCR in the region by mid […]
Mar 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif The withdrawal last week of a UN agency report accusing Israel of being an apartheid state will not change the stark findings and harsh conclusions that two distinguished researchers had reached. The report, titled “Israeli practices towards the Palestinian people and the […]
Reuters International MAR 17, 2017 FILE PHOTO – The ruins of a market which was set on fire are seen at a Rohingya village outside Maugndaw in Rakhine state, Myanmar October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo (reuters_tickers) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China, backed by Russia, blocked a short […]
By JT , AFP – Mar 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Rima Khalaf AMMAN/Beirut — NGOs, grassroots, and even Lebanon’s Hizbollah, voiced support for outgoing UN Economic and Social […]
By News Desk Published: March 17, 2017 PHOTO: REUTERS US News and World Report released its latest edition of ‘Best Countries‘ study where they evaluated 80 countries on a wide range of criteria including citizenship, quality of life and cultural history. Another major marker was ‘power’, which measured how economically and […]
Source: Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. expert on Myanmar says she’s “disappointed” at the lack of “appetite” at the Human Rights Council to back her call for the […]
Source: Time (UNITED NATIONS) — The U.N. humanitarian chief says the world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation […]
Source: BBC By Jonah Fisher Image captionThe Rohingya are a Muslim minority group from Myanmar A top UN official says “crimes against humanity” are being committed by the military and […]
Excuse me, friends, I must catch my jet I’m off to join the Development Set; My bags are packed, and I’ve had all my shots I have traveller’s checks and pills for the trots! The Development Set is bright and noble Our thoughts are deep and our vision global; Although […]
Reuters International MAR 2, 2017 – By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – The United States stands to lose millions in tourism revenues by travellers who will shun the country because of its ban on the nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries, the head of a United Nations tourism body said on […]
Source: The New York Times By EDWARD WONG A half-dozen United Nations experts who investigate human rights abuses have taken the rare step of banding together to condemn China for […]
US aid reform in 2017 and global health security: This week in development news By Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe U.S. foreign aid reforms begin to take shape, U.N. agencies combine forces for an urgent funding appeal, while Bill Gates and Bono make the case for development to a national security crowd. […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo United States Rep. Senator, John McCain, who met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on Monday, has announced that he went to Syria before coming to Turkey. McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, reportedly visited the city of northern Syrian city […]
Feb 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Donald Trump’s short-lived suggestion the US could back the “one-state solution”, involving a bi-national Palestinian-Israeli state, instead of the internationally accepted “two-state solution”, alarmed Palestinians, Israelis and the international community. A day later, Trump’s UN ambassador Nikki Haley reaffirmed US’ endorsement of the […]
Fahad Nazer | Published — Monday 20 February 2017 Some American historians have long maintained that being US president is the most demanding position in the world. Overseeing the world’s biggest economy and military is an enormous undertaking. The officeholder’s decisions impact the lives of over 330 million Americans and […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Servicemen of the “Fighting Eagles” 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, walk by tanks that arrived via train to the US base in Mihail Kogalniceanu, eastern Romania, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo) Worldwide arms trade has risen to its highest level since the Cold War […]
by Jackie Wattles @jackiewattlesFebruary 18, 2017: Bill Gates in 83 Seconds Bill Gates says it’s time to redirect some of the money the world spends on weapons to prepare for a looming threat: terrorists with pathogens. He’s warning that the threat of bio-terrorism is “right up there with nuclear […]
Matt Agorist February 19, 2017 Harold James received his PhD from Cambridge in 1982. He then received the Ellen MacArthur Prize for Economic History and the Helmut Schmidt Prize in Economic History. While teaching and studying at Princeton for the last three decades, James also serves on the editorial committee of the […]