SIRAJ WAHAB | Published — Monday 10 October 2016 Maria Dubovikova, president of the International Middle Eastern Studies Club A leading Russian political analyst specializing in Middle Eastern affairs has described the United Nations Security Council as a talk shop that has become a battleground where global powers indulge in […]
The United States’ first hydrogen bomb explodes at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands on Nov. 1, 1952. This photo was taken from Majuro Atoll. | AFP-JIJI ASIA PACIFI AFP-JIJI OCT 6, 2016 THE HAGUE – The U.N.’s highest court on Wednesday narrowly threw out landmark cases brought by the […]
Afghanistan will not become Islamistan or even Talibanistan. It will, when the West finally packs up and leaves, become Mafiastan. Perhaps it already is Robert Fisk @indyvoices A young man sits among the wreckage after a suicide bomb attack in Kabul in July EPA As usual, all the warnings were […]
Published: Oct 5, 2016 DAVID WALDMAN WASHINGTON — Technology will fuel an increase of up to 3% in the gross domestic product of every country over the next decade, the executive chairman of Cisco Systems said at an International Monetary Fund panel Wednesday. “If you look at what is […]
Oct 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF At 70, one would think the United Nations’ conflict resolution record would be credible enough to provide hope for millions of people caught in complex conflicts in many parts of the world. But the reality is different. The record is dismal […]
The rights group has criticized developed countries for not accepting enough refugees. BY JACK MOORE ON 10/4/16 AT 11:58 AM CLOSESyrian Refugees In Jordan Struggle To Go To School Just ten countries host more than half of the world’s refugees with wealthy nations showing a lack of responsibility in absorbing […]
Sep 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER The last war in the Western hemisphere came to an end with the recent signing of the formal peace treaty between Colombia and the FARC rebels, a conflict that has raged on and off for 50 years. Fortunately, the cities have been […]
Sep 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Kailash Satyarthi; Nobel Laureate, 2014 I once met a boy working on a cocoa farm whose only dream was someday to taste the rich brown […]
September 29, 2016 Said Alam Khan PESHAWAR – The UNHCR has formally inaugurated its second Voluntary Repatriation Centre (VRC) at Azakhel in Nowshera district on Wednesday to facilitate safe and dignified return of Afghan refugees. The opening of new centre would enable UNHCR to facilitate return of up to […]
Sep 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Gwynne Dyer It is not an election, it is a selection. And although all the countries in the United Nations General Assembly have equal rights, some are more equal than others. Ban Ki-moon retires at the end of this year, and it is time for […]
REPORT Joelle Fiss September 2016 DOWNLOAD Download the full report Given the rise of media and information technology, the debate over anti-blasphemy laws has become one of international importance. Cutting across different regions and faiths, blasphemy laws have triggered instability, empowered extremists, and increased sectarian violence. With frequently vague wording, they […]
JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Ban Ki-moon’s second term as secretary general of the United Nations is ending this December. He was an ideal man for the job as far as the United States and its allies are concerned. Of course, there will always be other Ban Ki-moons. In fact, […]
Source: Time By Joshua Goodman and Andrea Rodriguez / AP The 2,500 guests at the ceremony were asked to wear white as a sign of peace (CARTAGENA, Colombia) — Colombia’s government […]
US Secretary of State defends diplomatic efforts as Aleppo burns under a ferocious Russian-backed attack by the Syrian regime Bethan McKernan Beirut The US has been boxed into a corner in the face of a huge Russian-backed military escalation in the Syrian civil war, several experts have said. US Secretary […]
SEPT. 23, 2016 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 30, 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. (AFP/Don Emmert, File) By: Chloe Benoist BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly became the scene […]
September 21, 2016 | by Rabwah Times | Iran has slammed the decision by United Nations to appoint Asma Jahangir as special rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and called her out as a ‘Qadiani’, a derogatory term used for members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Sect. Pakistani Lawyer and Human […]
MIGRATION SERIES (PART 3) By Duc-Quang Nguyen SEP 22, 2016 – Phrases like “refugee crisis” and “migrant waves” have routinely made the headlines in recent years. But is the prevailing feeling that Europe is facing an unparalleled level of mass migration backed by hard numbers? Here is a much quoted […]
Sep 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Devesh Kapur World Bank President Jim Yong Kim’s nomination for a second term is inexorably moving forward with a lack of transparency that has become all too typical. Many observers are once again gnashing their teeth at the United States’ continued monopoly over the top […]
Sep 20,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL World leaders are meeting in New York where the United Nations General Assembly is holding the first-ever summit on “Addressing large movements of refugees and migrants”. With numbers of people forced to flee conflict and hunger in their countries unprecedented since World War II, […]
By JT – Sep 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah takes part in Tuesday’s Leaders Summit on Refugees in New York (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday reiterated that an apt response to the escalating refugee crisis is […]