Indian rights lawyer to lead U.N. probe into Rohingya crackdown
Reuters International MAY 30, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: A boy sit in a burnt area after fire destroyed shelters at a camp for internally displaced Rohingya Muslims in the western […]
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Ethiopian wins top WHO job
Our favorite posts: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic and A Moonshot Moment for the Muslims: Making Covid 19 Vaccine before the West and China Source: BBC Dated: 2017 Tedros […]
One person forced to flee every second in 2016, report says
DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES ISTANBUL Internally displaced people sit at a makeshift camp for IDPs in al-Jarahi, south of the Red Sea port city of Houdieda, Yemen, Feb. 22, 2017. […]
UN-mediated Syria peace talks conclude in failure
ANADOLU AGENCY GENEVA UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (AFP Photo) The sixth round of Syria talks in Geneva Friday ended in failure as there was no progress on any issue for a political solution to the Syrian crisis. The latest round of talks was expected to focus […]
This is the aim of Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia – and it isn’t good for Shia communities
The Sunni Saudis and the Gulf kings possess immense wealth, the only religion that Trump really respects, and they want to destroy Shia Iran, Syria, the Hezbollah and the Houthis – which is a […]
Syrian rivals weigh UN plan for new constitution
By AFP – May 17,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Residents of Al Qaboun, a formerly rebel-held northeastern suburb of Damascus, wait in an area designated by the Syrian government for […]
EXPLAINER: Syrian peace talks in Geneva: what’s going on?
By Simon Bradley May 15, 2017 Children stand among destroyed homes in Autaya in eastern al-Ghouta, Syria, on May 11, 2017(Keystone) Round six of United Nations-brokered talks aimed at ending […]
The truth about development aid
May 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Mark Suzman US President Donald Trump’s recently released 2018 budget blueprint proposes deep cuts in US foreign aid, prompting a discussion on the role of such spending in improving the health and wellbeing of the world’s most vulnerable people. This discussion is important, because, […]
Some deal for Syria, finally?
May 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The endorsement of a plan to establish four major deescalation zones in Syria by the sponsors of the Astana peace talks on the Syrian […]
Jordan welcomes UNESCO vote in favour of Palestine
By Mohammad Ghazal – May 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – AMMAN — Jordan on Wednesday said UNESCO’s vote in favour of a Jerusalem item in the draft resolution “Occupied […]
The Arab Prince Standing Up to Trump
Prince Zeid Raad al-Hussein has emerged as the Middle East’s most prominent defender of human rights — both in the region of his birth, and the United States. BY KIM […]
New Mormon women’s leader preaches the value of interfaith aid in U.N. speech
Source The Salt Lake Tribune By BOB MIMS AND DAVID NOYCE | The Salt Lake Tribune First Published Apr 13 2017 01:30PM • Updated 2 hours ago Photo […]
Malala Yousafzai Has Just Been Named the Youngest Ever U.N. Messenger of Peace
Source: Time BY Feliz Solomon Pakistani human-rights and education advocate Malala Yousafzai has just become the youngest person ever to be named a U.N. Messenger of Peace, an honorary title conferred […]
MISSILE STRIKE: Swiss warn against military escalation in Syria
APR 7, 2017 – US President Donald Trump announcing the missile strike on Thursday (Keystone) Switzerland has urged the international community to tackle the escalating Syrian crisis through diplomatic means rather than military confrontation. The statement follows United States missile strikes on a Syrian airfield suspected of launching an earlier […]
Could World War 3 really happen? The risks, the players and the weapons that could bring on the Apocalypse
Source: The Sun By Neal Baker, Tom Gillespie and Mark Hodge PRESIDENT Trump’s missile attack on the Syrian regime has caused a spike in tension between the United States and […]
How many more dead before peace?
Apr 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The chemical attack on a small town in the province of Idlib, in northern Syria, one of the last strongholds of rebels fighting the […]
CONDEMNATION: Switzerland calls for truth behind Syria chemical attack
APR 5, 2017 – UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (left) and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter during the Syria conference in Brussels(Keystone) Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter […]
Shift on Syria could lead to progress of Geneva talks
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 […]
U.N. launches probe of crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar
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 […]
Jordan hosts 657,000 registered Syrian refugees
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 […]