Darrell M. West Wednesday, November 9, 2016 The 2016 election produced another shocker for the world with the presidential victory of Donald Trump. Following on the heels of many other surprises in recent years such as the Great Recession, the rise of ISIS, Brexit, and Trumpism itself, it demonstrates that […]
Nov 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab At about 2:40am Wednesday, Donald J. Trump, the US president elect, spoke to his supporters, the American people and the world. He praised Hillary Clinton, spoke about how he will make America great and then addressed the world. “I want to tell the […]
Reuters International NOV 10, 2016 – U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives to speak at his election night rally with his son Barron and wife Melania in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (reuters_tickers) By Steve Holland and John Whitesides (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump […]
by Harriet Marsden in news Picture: GETTY IMAGES / WPA POOL “Take back control”: we heard it throughout the EU referendum here in the UK. Now that Donald Trump has won the US election, Americans are wondering whether the UK can do the same to their country. Americans declared their independence almost 250 […]
What does Trump actually do when these lands present a “threat” to the West? Dust off his anti-Muslim hatreds? Call up his mate Vladimir? Ask for an atlas? Robert Fisk in Beirut @indyvoices Of course, it will be no change in the Middle East. The one thing which always united […]
Trump rides wave of anti-establishment sentiment to one of the most improbable political victories in modern US history Live election results: track the voting, county by county Support our fearless, independent journalism by making a contribution orbecoming a member FacebookTwitterPinterestWatch Donald Trump’s victory speech in full Dan Roberts, Sabrina Siddiqui […]
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey October 9 Evangelical publication World magazine illustrates evangelicals’ intense dislike for Hillary Clinton. (Sarah Pulliam Bailey) Popular author and speaker Rachel Held Evans understands why evangelical Christians have a deep aversion to Hillary Clinton. It was in the air Evans breathed as the child of conservative Christians […]
REPORT Joelle Fiss September 2016 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 are […]
Image captionCommanders from the rebel forces warned civilians to leave militant-occupied areasA US-backed Kurdish and Arab force says it has begun an operation to capture Raqqa, so-called Islamic State’s “capital” in Syria. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) will be aided by US-led coalition air strikes. They have warned civilians to […]
King, Duda talk military, economic cooperation, prospects of expansion By JT – Nov 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda and First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda in Amman on Sunday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — Stability and valuing […]
Photo essay A NEUTRAL EYE ON THE US ELECTIONS Cédric von Niederhäusern “I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.” Alexis de Tocqueville (1805 – […]
October 17, 2016 – 12:18pm | admin By Ahmet S. Yayla In late September, a Turkish hacker group, RedHack, released the emails of Berat Albayrak, Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Hackers have claimed that they downloaded around 20 gigabytes of data from […]
By JT – Nov 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — At least two US flight instructors were killed in a shooting at the gate of the King Faisal Airbase in Jafer, Maan, on Friday while they were in a car about to enter the premises, the Jordan News Agency, […]
Citing an unnamed ultra-Orthodox expert on the seminal ‘Zohar’ work, Marc Zell says Trump campaign staffers in US were ‘amazed’ at the news By Times of Israel staff November 2, 2016 Donald Trump holds a question-and-answer session with Jewish reporters at his offices at Trump Tower, New York, April 14, […]
Sir Jeremy Greenstock says Britain was not consulted on key postwar decisions and was systematically excluded from meetings Sir Jeremy Greenstock’s book has now been released with Whitehall consent after he abandoned plans to publish it in 2005. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Tuesday 1 November 2016 […]
Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar writes on the importance of understanding the underlying causes of conflict in the Islamic world. (Cory Shaffer/cleveland.com/file photo) PrintEmail By Guest Columnist/cleveland.com on October 23, 2016 at 12:00 PM Zohaib ZafarZohaib Zafar Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar, a Brecksville resident, is a student at Davidson College in […]
First major exhibit on the Qur’an in the US, at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery in Washington, displays manuscripts over a period of almost a millennium The Qur’an commissioned by Mongol ruler Uljaytu in Baghdad in the early 1300s and brought back to Istanbul by Suleiman the Magnificent. Photograph: Neil […]
By DAVE PHILIPPSOCT. 24, 2016 Capt. Christopher Van Meter in Iraq. Now a teacher in Modesto, Calif., he is repaying $46,000.Creditvia Christopher Van Meter After 21 years in the military, three deployments, and a roadside bomb blast that left him bleeding and unconscious, Christopher Van Meter got a letter […]
Published time: 22 Oct, 2016 Get short URL http://on.rt.com/7soi The Russian Ministry of Defense says that the US-led coalition is responsible for striking mourners in the Iraqi city of Daquq on Friday, killing dozens of civilians, including women and children. The coalition jets apparently identified the mourning procession as […]
From the Facebook Page of Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer: Dear friends, I am writing this text full of anger and shame. Almost every day it’s raining bombs on Mosul. 15.000 civilians were already killed in the region by air raids of the U.S. coalition. The world remains silent. The United […]