Mediterranean will be ‘sea of blood’ without rescue boats, UN warns
Refugee agency says risk of people dying attempting crossing is at its highest Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo @lorenzo_tondo Sun 9 Jun 2019 The risk of migrants and refugees becoming […]
Company part-owned by Jared Kushner got $90m from unknown offshore investors since 2017
Overseas investment flowed to Cadre while Trump’s son-in-law works as US envoy, raising conflict of interest questions Jon Swaine in New York @jonswaine Mon 10 Jun Jared Kushner, who is […]
UK flags concern over rights abuse in Pakistan, cool on India
India used to figure prominently in previous such reports on the issue of attacks against woman, the rights of children and corruption. The report for 2018 released on Thursday makes […]
Rehashing old ideas will not get Palestinians, Israelis closer to solution
Jun 08,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI The recent visit of White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his accompanying delegation to Jordan and Israel was some sort […]
Sanusi vs Ganduje: Kano indigenes reject new emirs, ask Sultan to denounce emirates
Published on May 20, 2019 By Daily Post Staff Some concerned Kano Indigenes and civil society groups have forwarded a strong position paper to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad […]
1 in 5 boys married off before turning 15: UNICEF
While 1 in 5 young women aged 20 to 24 years old gets married before their 18th birthday,1 in 30 young men goes through child marriage, say UNICEF. Source: India Today The UNICEF has, after its first-ever in-depth analysis of child grooms, stated that an estimated 115 million boys and […]
Hijab dress an artistic tribute to New Zealand’s Muslim community
Source: Stuff, NZ By Tim Newman A Nelson woman has created a piece of wearable art to honour the victims of the Christchurch terrorist attack. Ruby Bay resident Susan Mott designed and made the dress out of 51 hijabs, one for each person who died in the March 15 shootings at […]
Jordan’s interfaith drive hailed as instilled culture, institutionalised policy
By JT – Jun 08,2019 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Since the Accession to the Throne, His Majesty King Abdullah has institutionalised a policy of interfaith dialogue, earning the Kingdom an […]
Bosnia is close to the edge. We need Europe’s help
Aleksandar Brezar With the economy hobbled and ethnic nationalist sentiment rising, this is no time for complacency @brezaleksandar Wed 29 May 2019 In the opening scenes of Danis Tanović’s Oscar-winning […]
A new century long hell in the Middle East
MERVE ŞEBNEM ORUÇ @mervesebnem Published 07.06.2019 Drawing parallels between the bloody conflicts in Europe before Westphalia, the U.S. in cooperation with Israel devise a strategy to create a minority-based fragmented […]
Iran urges Europe to normalise economic ties with it or face consequences
Jun 9, 2019 May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Marius Bosch (reuters_tickers) LONDON (Reuters) – Iran said on Sunday that Europe was not in a position to criticise Tehran for its military capabilities, […]
‘We’re not Chinese officers’: Indonesia fights anti-China disinformation
May 24, 2019 – 16:15 By Tabita Diela and Fanny Potkin JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police arrested a man on Friday accused of creating an anti-Chinese disinformation campaign to […]
Freed Sri Lanka Buddhist monk vows to expose Islamist militancy
May 28, 2019 – 13:34 By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) – A hardline Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against minority Muslims in Sri Lanka said on Tuesday he […]
U.S. envoy, in interview, does not rule out Israeli annexation in West Bank
Jun 8, 2019 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to Israel did not rule out an Israeli move to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, land that the Palestinians […]
A view from Turkey: A synopsis of the current Muslim world
İHSAN AKTAŞ @ihsanaktas Published 07.06.2019 When the Age of Enlightenment began in the West, dark clouds moved in over Islamic countries. At first glance, the Enlightenment emerged as an internal […]
Mysterious flooding leads to discovery of 5,000-year-old underground city in Turkey’s Cappadocia
Source: Daily Sabah A underground city partly submerged underwater and estimated to be around 5,000 years old was discovered by municipality crews trying to determine the cause of flooding in […]
Islamophobia definition raises more questions than answers
Source: The Times Surat Al-Hujurat, the 49th chapter of the Koran, states: “O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin.” The authors of the […]
Facebook Canada official admits platform can fuel hate
Facebook Canada’s global director said Thursday the social media giant knew in 2018 it was being used to stir up violence and incite hatred, including against the Rohingya in Myanmar. […]
Religious freedom watchdogs spotlight Chinese mistreatment of Muslim Uyghur minority
Source: The Washington Times By Christopher Vondracek The only barbed wire at learning centers should be at agricultural campuses for livestock, not at re-education camps for minority Muslims in […]
‘Refugee agency secured only 20% of 2019 operation costs in Jordan so far’
UNHCR offers basic needs to 762,420 refugee population in Kingdom of Jordan By JT – Jun 04,2019 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The UNHCR-Jordan has secured only 20 per cent of […]