The Independent Kim Sengupta Twenty-eight secret pages of a report locked away in a room in the Capitol in Washington lie in the centre of a crisis between America and Saudi Arabia which threatens to have severe and widespread repercussions. The US Congress is considering legislation which would enable the […]
Syria has been rocked by fighting in recent weeks, particularly around the city of Aleppo. Photo: AFP Obama, UN envoy voice alarm at ‘fraying’ Syria truce Published: 24 Apr 2016 08:57 GMT+02:00 Syria’s fragile ceasefire is in grave peril, US President Barack Obama and the UN’s special envoy warned, as […]
Jim Michaels Friday, 22 Apr 2016 Getty Images The U.S.-led coalition air campaign has incinerated about $500 million of the Islamic State’s cash stockpiles and cut its oil revenues by an estimated 50 percent, according to a senior defense official. The Islamic State has been forced to ration fuel […]
Apr 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MARK LEONARD The consequences of Russia’s intervention in Syria stretch far beyond the Middle East. The Kremlin’s military campaign has tilted the stalemate in favour of the government and derailed efforts to craft a political compromise to end the war. It also heralds the […]
April 23, 2016 President Obama’s foreign policy legacy will have a lasting impact on the U.S. international security in general and the Middle East in particular for years to come. Obama opines that warmongering is no longer an option and the U.S. is better off coming to grips with realities […]
Apr 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER President Barack Obama observed: “ISIL [Daesh] is a direct outgrowth of Al Qaeda in Iraq that grew out of our invasion — which is an example of unintended consequences — which is why we should generally aim before we shoot.” Many of […]
An America which can stomach the anger of its Arab allies is in no mood to suffer the humiliations of Israel either Robert Fisk @indyvoices Edward Said, 13 years dead but intellectually un-buriable, used to say that there was only one “last taboo” in the United States. You could talk […]
By Reuters – Apr 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES President Barack Obama, with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman (right), speaks after a Gulf Cooperation Council session at the Diriyah Palace during the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday (AP photo) RIYADH — The United States will deter and […]
By Reuters – Apr 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Cars drive on a road where workers construct a section of the Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank city of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, on Monday (Reuters photo) WASHINGTON — US Vice President Joe Biden on Monday acknowledged “overwhelming frustration” […]
Saudi Arabia’s million barrel a day output, plus its strategic location in the Middle East, means the West must pay obeisance to the regional head-choppers Robert Fisk @indyvoices President Barack Obama shakes hands with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman at the start of a bilateral meeting at Erga Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, […]
Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, a University of California-Berkeley student and Iraqi refugee, says he was escorted out of Southwest flight after a passenger heard him speaking Arabic and reported him as a possible safety threat. http://gulfnews.com/news/americas/usa/california-student-says-airline-removed-him-for-speaking-in-arabic-1.1714951 LOS ANGELES: A University of California, Berkeley student who came to the US as an Iraqi […]
Soruce: Al Jazeerah Ex-serviceman who built communications infrastructure for US drone programme in Afghanistan speaks out against it. Norma Costello | 13 Apr 2016 07:39 GMT A US Air Force pilot […]
Apr 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Pope Francis’ brief meeting with US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Saturday at the Vatican may have been short in time but was long in symbolism and meaning. Sanders was at the Vatican to attend a conference at the Pontifical Academy of Social Justice, […]
Source: Pew Research Center More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s […]
BY ALAN COOPERMAN According to Miss Manners, polite people do not bring up religion in social conversations. Of course, if Americans stayed away from allthe topics the etiquette columnist deems taboo in polite company – including politics, money, sex, illness and what people are wearing – a lot of dinners […]
In 1838, the Jesuit priests who ran the country’s top Catholic university needed money to keep it alive. Now comes the task of making amends. By RACHEL L. SWARNSAPRIL 16, 2016 WASHINGTON — The human cargo was loaded on ships at a bustling wharf in the nation’s capital, destined […]
The Darbi family, resettled in New Jersey last July, has found that forced socialization often contributes to intense feelings of alienation. 04/12/2016 Willa Frej Reporter, The Huffington Post Rowaida Abdelaziz World Social Media Editor, The Huffington Post Damon Dahlen/The Huffington Post The Darbis — Nabiha, Amira, Mohamed, Hajar and Shaker, […]
Apr 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL US Secretary of State John Kerry, along with fellow G-7 foreign ministers, on Monday toured the memorial to the victims of Hiroshima, paying tribute to the 140,000 people killed on August 6, 1945, when the US dropped a nuclear bomb on the city. Kerry […]
Apr 09,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Of all US presidential candidates, be they Democrat or Republican, ironically, the Jewish senator from Vermont seems to have the most balanced position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Bernie Sanders has made no secret of his belief that Israelis and Palestinians can and should coexist […]
Apr 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh There is no doubt that the eight-column headline in the sports page of The Washington Post last Sunday was remarkable and unprecedented: “Palestine Marathon sparks a growing push for movement over politics.” Never before have the American media, certainly not the country’s […]