US Secretary of State John Kerry and foreign ministers of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states pose for a picture on Saturday after their meeting in Riyadh. (SPA) REUTERS Published — Saturday 23 January 2016 RIYADH: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday he was confident Syria peace talks […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he has spoken to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif about the three American contract workers who were abducted in Baghdad last week. Kerry confirmed at the Davos World Economic Forum on Thursday that he had spoken to Zarif about the issue, AFP […]
Reactions to the new fashion line are mixed. Earlier this month, Dolce & Gabbana garnered international headlines when the Italian fashion line announced it had designed a new hijab and abaya collection for Muslim […]
dw.com © Provided by Deutsche Welle The US has imposed new visa requirements on 38 nationalities – including most Europeans – that have recently traveled to Iran, Syria, Iraq or Yemen. Added restrictions also imposed on dual citizens of those countries.Washington on Thursday began requiring visas for Europeans and Asians […]
Jan 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power Recently, the so-called Quadrilateral Coordination Group — comprising representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the US — met in Kabul to hold discussions on a roadmap to peace in Afghanistan. A former senior Taliban official said that “military confrontation is not the […]
Jan 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The difference between the sensible and superficial approaches to tackling the scourge of terrorism and other forms of violent extremism by groups such as Daesh was as clear as possible last week, in two efforts by the US government and the United […]
Source: Arab News By Bill Gates and Melinda Gates We live in extraordinary times. Each day seems to bring fresh headlines about an unfolding crisis — whether it is migration, […]
The documentary film-maker Michael Moore is to join a growing boycott of next month’s Oscars following the announcement that no actors from black or ethnic minority backgrounds have been nominated for awards. After the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ failed to highlight the work of non-white professionals for the […]
by MICHAEL WELTON Imagine thousands of people cheering and shouting for Israel in the huge Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. On stage, Ehud Olmert, the mayor of Jerusalem, proclaims: “God is with us. You are with us.” The crowd hollers, whoops and some blow the shofar. But none of […]
Behlül Özkan Become a fanAssistant professor at Marmara University; Author Turkey, the U.S. and Europe Are All Partly to Blame for the Festering Syria War Posted: 01/14/2016 12:46 pm EST Updated: 01/14/2016 4:00 pm EST Tweet ISTANBUL — On Tuesday, 10 German tourists lost their lives when a bomb […]
JAN 15, 2016 – 21:30 Ahead of Syria peace talks in Geneva, top officials are meeting in Switzerland to prepare the way (Keystone) The top diplomats for the United States and Russia will meet in Zurich next week for talks on Syria and Ukraine just ahead of the World Economic […]
Last week, President Obama decided to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees to the United States. But there’s another group of foreigners who deserve our help much more – the 50,000 men and women who served as interpreters for American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. During my two deployments, I worked with […]
STIFF OPPOSITION JAN 19, 2016 – 12:02 Construction work on the extension of the Zurich Museum of Fine Arts in November (Keystone) More than 100 rabbis have protested in front of the Swiss consulate in New York against a planned extension of the Zurich Museum of Fine Arts. They say […]
By AP – Jan 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian inspects the rubble of a farm that was demolished after Israeli authorities said it was built without a permit on Monday in the West Bank village of Al Fundoq, east of the village of Qalqiliya (AFP photo) TEL AVIV […]
By AFP – Jan 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi security forces inspect a car at a checkpoint on the main road from Baghdad’s central Jaderiyah district to Dora on the southern outskirts of the Iraqi capital on Monday (AFP photo) BAGHDAD — Search operations were under way Monday for […]
Jan 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Last Tuesday, US President Barack Obama delivered the annual State of the Union (SOTU) address to a joint session of Congress. On Thursday, the Republican candidates for their party’s nomination held their sixth televised debate. The contrasts in tone could not have […]
. View photo A general view taken from a helicopter shows the Baghdad clock tower in Harthiya Sqaure in the west of the Iraqi capital on September 10, 2014 (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski) Baghdad (AFP) – US and local authorities are searching for three American citizens who were reportedly kidnapped in […]
Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah speaks to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in Washington this week (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) Following is the full text of His Majesty King Abdullah’s interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, which was broadcast late on Wednesday. Question: As we speak, 10 American […]
By AP – Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this October 30, 2015, photo provided by the US navy, Riverine Command Boat 805, along with its crew members, is shown transiting through rough seas during patrol operations in the Arabian Gulf. Iran was holding 10 US navy sailors and their […]
Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura must have the patience of the biblical figure Job, the tenaciousness of a limpet and the strength of Hercules if he is to succeed in bringing the proxy-warring and street-fighting parties in this Arab country […]