SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER Trump immigration order ‘goes in wrong direction’ JAN 29, 2017 – United States President Donald Trump’s new travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries is discriminatory and contrary to fundamental rights, warns Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter. Trump signed an order on Friday suspending the entry of people […]
Trump is no Roosevelt or Kennedy – not even a Bush, for what that’s worth. But May is no Churchill. Not even an Attlee or a Macmillan or even a John Major. It’s not just a failure of compassion – she does not have what Churchill spoke about very often […]
By Masuma Ahuja, CNN Updated 1924 GMT (0324 HKT) January 29, 2017 (CNN)From Boston to Baghdad, families are being ripped apart. Some people can’t go home to the US, others can’t return to their native countries to visit parents and children, and still others are stranded in airports and cities […]
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON JANUARY 29, 2017 By Dr. Salim Surani Vaping, smoking, puffing, sniffing, chewing and snorting seems like an adrenaline-pumping and exhilarating activity – at least, that’s what the tobacco and e-cigarette producers would like for consumers to believe. Cigarette smoking kills 480,000 Americans each year. This is […]
A refugee in Virginia fears for her family in Iraq. A translator who survived eight IED blasts has a visa. The president wants to slam the door in their faces An overturned Bradley fighting vehicle in Baghdad, in May 2007. The vehicle was hit by an IED, killing six American […]
ACLU and lawyers for two Iraqis held at New York’s JFK airport celebrate World reacts to Donald Trump’s US travel ban – live updates Iraqi immigrant Hameed Darweesh walks out of Terminal 4 at JFK with Congressman Jerrold Nadler (L) and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (R) after being released on Saturday. […]
Reuters International JAN 29, 2017 – 01:51 A displaced Iraqi boy holds a white flag as his family flees during the battle between Iraqi rapid response forces and Islamic State militants at Tigris river frontline between east and west of Mosul , Iraq, January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (reuters_tickers) By […]
Saturday, January 28, 2017 Following the shock announcement that citizens of seven Arab nations would not be allowed entry into the United States of America as of Friday 27th January 2017 for a period of 90 days, Iraq has decided to respond with equal measures. Iraq has implemented the exact […]
Sarah Lee Jan 28, 2017 On Friday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order freezing the refugee resettlement program and is expected to prioritize Christian refugees over Muslim refugees. But there’s a group of immigrants — many of them Muslim — waiting for their visas that are also being frozen […]
Qasim Rashid I’m an immigrant, an American Muslim and I have family overseas. A Muslim ban would materially impact me — but I can’t help but thank President Trump. I thank him, but not because I think the ban is a necessary — it’s not. Our immigration and refugee process […]
Reuters International JAN 28, 2017 – Women check their luggage after arriving on a flight from Dubai on Emirates Flight 203 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., January 28, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (reuters_tickers) By Yeganeh Torbati and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald […]
Reuters International JAN 28, 2017 – 12:09 FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a news conference near the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. To match Insight IRAN-CONTRACTS/ REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo (reuters_tickers) DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani […]
This self-serving move may only be the beginning from the new President. If he can stop refugees from coming in, who’s to say he won’t also kick them out – or worse? Robert Fisk @indyvoices So Donald Trump is going to f**k them all. No excuses for such filthy words today. I’m only […]
by ALEXANDER SMITH Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned Friday that “it all looks as if the world is preparing for war.” Gorbachev, who was head of the socialist state when it dissolved in 1991, wrote the comments in an opinion piece for Time magazine. Mikhail Gorbachev AFP/Getty Images “More […]
MARKAZ Daniel L. Byman Wednesday, January 4, 2017 MARKAZ Editor’s Note:President-elect Donald Trump and some of his senior advisors have stressed the need to focus on radical Islam and criticized President Obama for avoiding that specific label, writes Dan Byman. It is tempting to dismiss the newcomers’ views as naïve and bigoted, but […]
MARKAZ Kenneth M. Pollack Wednesday, January 25, 2017 I had assumed that Mr. Trump’s assertion on the campaign trail that the United States should have taken and kept Iraq’s oil was nothing but electioneering. The fact that he has repeated it as president suggests that he may actually believe it’s […]
ORDER FROM CHAOS The disastrous ripple effects of Trump’s executive action on refugee resettlement Elizabeth Ferris Thursday, January 26, 2017 The international refugee system, constructed in the aftermath of World War II, has enabled millions of refugees in every region to find safety in other countries. President Trump’s expected action to […]
Jan 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri Despite all the negative gestures and statements he has made in the past 18 months, my personal and journalistic instinct is to see what US President Donald Trump actually defines and implements as policies before judging him conclusively. That should take just […]
By JT – Jan 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah is scheduled to start a working visit to the US next Monday, a Royal Court statement said Thursday. During the visit, the King is slated to hold talks with key US administration officials and members […]
Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, spoke largely about accountability and honesty from the new leadership during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He said that the “utmost mission” was defeating ISIS and that the United States must be “clear eyed” about Russia. […]