UAE seeks Gulf ‘de-escalation’ after sabotage attacks on ships
By AFP – May 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES UAE navy boats are seen next to Al Marzoqah, Saudi Arabian tanker, off the Port of Fujairah, UAE, on Monday (Reuters photo) […]
Containing the raging fire in the Gulf
May 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Jordan was among the first countries that condemned the terrorist attacks on four ships off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the […]
King of Jordan calls for unifying efforts to confront threats of extremism, hate speech
Participants in ‘Christchurch Call to Action’ commend His Majesty’s anti-terror efforts By JT – May 16,2019 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday participated in the high-level […]
Huawei hits back after Trump declares national emergency on telecoms ‘threat’
Order ‘unreasonable’ and will harm US consumers, says Huawei Move bars business with firms posing national security risk Lily Kuo in Beijing, Sabrina Siddiqui and agencies Thu 16 May 2019 […]
Soldiers shouldn’t be allowed to get away with murder – but neither should the leaders who sent them to war
Defence minister Penny Mordaunt’s attempts to introduce an amnesty on historical prosecutions for British army veterans are designed to protect the British state and its leaders from international law Joe […]
As tensions with Iran escalate, the question we should all be asking is: who’s really in charge in the White House?
The president needs to step up and take control of the situation — and fast Jay Caruso Washington DC The Independent Voices Because of escalating tensions with Iran, Donald Trump […]
Sex Abuse Scandal Hits Dallas Cathedral
Source: Huffington Post By David Warren Police Raid Dallas Catholic Diocese For Documents On Sex Abuse Allegations The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests applauded investigators for digging into […]
The amazing story of Amar: Finding family after 30 years
Love that survived Saddam’s savagery: Horribly burned in an Iraqi war crime, this orphan was taken in by an English Baroness, but 28 years later he has made an […]
Religiously unaffiliated voters are leading U.S. politics into uncharted waters
Source: Washington Post By David Byler; Data analyst and political columnist Though most Democrats identify as some type of Christian, the narrative about religion and Christianity in the United States […]
A Glimpse into the Life of the Holy Prophet(sa)
19th April 2019 He was a dauntless, fearless person who never refrained from approaching danger head on. In his lifetime, he fought many defensive battles without ever waging a single […]
Prayers to remember during Ramadan
10th May 2019 (As quoted by Hazrat Amirul Momineen, Khalifatul Masih Vaa in his Friday Sermon on 15 June 2018 during Ramadan) رَبَّنَآ اٰتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَّفِي الْاٰخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً […]
Saudis’ troubled ties in region threaten Trump’s anti-Iran agenda
Bruce Riedel May 9, 2019 Article Summary The Trump administration is tightening the screws on Iran, but Saudi Arabia, Iran’s archnemesis, may not be of help drumming up support […]
Imran Khan’s Pakistan forced to swallow IMF medicine in return for $6bn bailout
Ben Farmer, in Islamabad 13 May 2019 Imran Khan’s Pakistan government will bring in painful tax increases, subsidy cuts and devalue the rupee in return for a $6bn (£4.5bn) […]
Asia Bibi’s lawyer to defend couple on death row over blasphemy
Source: Guardian By Harriet Sherwood; Religion correspondent Pakistani Christian man and wife sentenced to death for text messages sent to Muslim The case of a Christian couple on death row […]
Video: Julian Williams Praises Allah After His Shocking Boxing Victory
Have your moment, @Jrockboxing 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/gxVvQQTXDS — FOX Sports: PBC (@PBConFOX) May 12, 2019 Julian Williams stuns Jarrett Hurd for unified junior middleweight title Williams outpoints previously unbeaten Hurd for […]
Only 27% in Western Europe Believe in God of the Bible
In none of 15 Western European countries we surveyed do a majority of adults believe in God as described in the Bible: https://t.co/3v8Vku9Ak3 pic.twitter.com/nj59lPbK79 — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) May […]
Egypt teaches students about love and marriage in attempt to curb divorce
May 14, 2019 (reuters_tickers) By Lena Masri CAIRO (Reuters) – During a recent class at Cairo University, students laughed as they watched a skit acted out by their peers about […]
Palestinians will never allow a second Nakba to pass
May 15,2019 Seventy-one years since the Nakba, an epic event so fundamental in the anatomy of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, one thing stands out: It remains as vivid in the Palestinian […]
King of Jordan in Paris for meeting on eliminating extremism online
By JT – May 15,2019 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday departed for Paris to participate in a high-level meeting on the Christchurch Call to Action […]