‘We don’t have a policy in Syria,’ one former US State Department official told me. ‘Everybody in the Middle East knows that whatever is said by the Pentagon, State Department or National Security Council lacks authority because whatever assurances they give may be contradicted within the hour by a presidential tweet or […]
Gov’t downplays accusations of hampering opposition’s participation in Astana talks By Mohammad Ghazal – Jul 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian girl carries a large jug of water on her back while on her way home, in the Kallaseh district of the northern city of Aleppo, on Wednesday (AFP […]
HILAL KAPLAN@hilal_kaplan (Editor: View from Turkey) Every crisis and intervention instigated by the U.S.-Israel partnership in our region has been conducted through a chain of lies and manipulation Articles COLUMNSCIA: 1, Trump: 0, Democracy: -1 COLUMNSAs Trump mirrors the Left COLUMNSTurkey’s jurisdiction after the constitutional amendment […]
Observatory says air strikes in Raqqa had killed 311 Daesh extremists By AFP – Jul 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced Syrians who fled with their families from Daesh controlled areas in Raqqa, Deir Ezzor and Mayadeen gather at Aleppo’s bus station of Ramussa on Thursday (AFP photo) BEIRUT — […]
Ahead of the Hamburg G-20 summit, the EU trade conflict with the U.S. is threatening to escalate. Both Brussels and Washington are looking into sanctions and Chancellor Merkel is concerned that a fiasco could ensue. By SPIEGEL Staff REUTERS U.S. President Donald Trump June 30, 2017 0 Wilbur Ross is […]
America still wins praise for its people, culture and civil liberties BY RICHARD WIKE, BRUCE STOKES, JACOB POUSHTER AND JANELL FETTEROLF Although he has only been in office a few months, Donald Trump’s presidency has had a major impact on how the world sees the United States. Trump and many […]
One-in-six newlyweds are married to someone of a different race or ethnicity BY GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON AND ANNA BROWN (Beowulf Sheehan/iStock) Terminology In 2015, 17% of all U.S. newlyweds had a spouse of a different race or ethnicity, marking more than a fivefold increase since 1967, when 3% of newlyweds were […]
Global research last week found that three quarters of the world has little or no confidence in Donald Trump and his policies. So it’s no surprise that he’s chosen to start his trip in Poland Andrew Hammond @IndyVoices 2 hours ago 0 comments Donald Trump begins his second foreign foray as […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Protesters holds signs as they demand that a white former police officer be tried a third time in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist, June 28, 2017. (AP Photo) As many in the United States celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, some minorities have […]
Reuters International JUL 1, 2017 – 12:51 Syed Salahuddin (L), Supreme Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, is showered with flower petals as he arrives to speak at a news conference in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan July 1, 2017. REUTERS/M. Saif-ul-Islam (reuters_tickers) By Abu Arqam Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Kashmiri militant commander […]
June 28, 2017 by Hemant Mehta 307 Comments http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/28/christian-pastor-no-one-is-gay/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=44 At a conference earlier this month hosted by Ligonier Ministries in Los Angeles, Pastor John MacArthur responded to a question about whether a gay Christian could go to Heaven by saying gay people didn’t exist. Well, I don’t know if [the question is] for me, but no one is […]
By Kamran Yousaf Published: July 3, 2017 ISLAMABAD: Former presidential candidate and veteran congressman Senator John McCain on Sunday made it clear that there was no change in the United States policy on the longstanding Kashmir dispute, stressing the need for an end to the current unrest in disputed Himalayan […]
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Missouri church seeking state funding in a case that tests the boundaries of separation between church and state. The case concerns Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Missouri, which applied for a grant from the Department of Natural Resources to help renovate […]
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trumps-lies.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0 JAN. 21 “I wasn’t a fan of Iraq. I didn’t want to go into Iraq.” (He was for an invasion before he was against it.)JAN. 21 “A reporter for Time magazine — and I have been on their cover 14 or 15 times. I think we have the all-time record in the […]
Reuters International JUN 16, 2017 FILE PHOTO – A sign adorns the security fence near shelters inside the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea, February 11, 2017. Behrouz Boochani/Handout via REUTERS/File photo (reuters_tickers) By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States will tell dozens of refugees […]
Donald Trump wants Muslims banned from entering the US – but without them the country would be a much poorer place Donald Trump with legendary boxer and Muslim, Muhammad Ali. Photograph: John Shearer/WireImage Stuart Jeffries Tuesday 8 December 2015 19.34 GMTLast modified on Thursday 8 June 201715.24 BST What have Muslims […]
Reuters International JUN 15, 2017 – A group of women react as they talk about family members seized on Sunday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a rally […]
Iran is the only country that has banned the use of WMDs with religious edicts at the highest levels Seyed Hossein Mousavian 10 comments Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has upheld a fatwa against weapons of mass destruction AP Since the advent of nuclear weapons, nations and grassroots movements across the […]
Iran is boxed in economically, militarily and politically. It has no friends left. Very few neighbours would bat an eyelid and many would quietly applaud Andrew MacLeod @AndrewMMacleod Tehran may need to abandon its own nuclear ambitions to avoid an escalation of tensions with the US Reuters Donald Trump has just signalled that […]
From the sectionMiddle East Image captionTens of thousands of civilians have been displaced by the fighting for Raqqa UN war crimes investigators say US-led coalition air strikes on Islamic State militants in the Syrian city of Raqqa are causing “staggering loss of life”. Coalition warplanes are supporting an offensive on […]