Partners in Peace in Mali
Speech Statement by UK Minister of State for the UN and the Commonwealth, Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Freedom […]
Starbucks has offered to pay their staff’s university fees – and it will have a bigger knock-on effect than you think
In a world where credentials matter more and more, people need to get through a series of hoops to have successful careers. Could this move make things easier for students […]
President Erdogan’s biggest enemy is Turkey’s failing economy – not Ekrem Imamoglu
Ekrem Imamoglu was elected Istanbul’s mayor in Turkey’s local elections Turkey’s president will not be able to exert his hold on power while the economy collapses all around him. It […]
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Details of horrific first voyages in transatlantic slave trade revealed Exclusive: As the world ignores the ignominious 500th anniversary of the buying and selling of slaves between Africa and the […]
NIH Director Francis Collins on why Christians must reconcile with science
Source: RNS (RNS) — On top of his duties as the director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins takes time to answer letters from Christians trying to reconcile […]
Enough is enough: Africans push back on poverty tourism, say they are not “wildlife”
March 03, 2019 at 06:00 am | OPINIONS & FEATURES BRIDGET BOAKYE | Contributor FULL BIOCLOSE March 03, 2019 at 06:00 am | OPINIONS & FEATURES Bridget Boakye is […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat achieves a Mile Stone in Baltic States
Source: Fareed A Khalid of Germany Pictures: Fareed A Khalid Saturday 30th March 2019 proved to be an other mile stone in the history of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat. Three Baltic […]
History: When the Americans bombed a Swiss city
By Sibilla Bondolfi (Text), Ester Unterfinger (Photo editing) Residents of the community of Feuerthalen rescue their belongings from the fire. After 371 bombs were dropped, numerous fires broke out. (Walter […]
Pakistan’s Khan dodges questions on mass Chinese detention of Muslims
(CNN)Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has dodged a question on the reported detention of as many as two million Muslims in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, saying he “didn’t […]
Sustaining the presence of Palestinians in East Jerusalem
Apr 01,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The 30th Arab summit in Tunis ended its meetings on Monday with the adoption of strong words of praise and appreciation for the Hashemite Custodianship over the […]
Yemeni doctor knew he was fighting ‘disastrous’ epidemic
By Reuters – Apr 01,2019 – Yemeni doctor Mohammed Abdul Mughni, who died two weeks later, talks to a patient at a cholera treatment centre in Sanaa, Yemen, on March […]
To understand the far right, look to their bookshelves
Source: The Guardian By Elif Shafak is a novelist and political scientist From Jordan Peterson to Thilo Sarrazin, rightwing writers are bringing once fringe ideas into the mainstream used to live […]
The trial of Najib Razak: former PM to face court of over global 1MDB scandal
Everything you need to know about the corruption-related charges the former Malaysian leader faces in the first trial over 1MDB Hannah Ellis-Petersen South-east Asia correspondent Tue 2 Apr 2019 […]
MPs want to tackle forced marriage by raising the legal age you can wed – here’s why it won’t work
Collectively, all European countries need to tackle the issue of violence against girls and women and develop support for those at risk Rabina Khan While MPs debate whether to raise […]
This summer, I’ll attend the wedding of a child bride in the Deep South — the same place where my 32-year-old friend is a grandmother
Judges still sign off on young girls getting married at ages younger than 18 — and sometimes even younger than the state’s age of consent — shockingly often across the […]
Video: Punjabi Poet Bulleh Shah On Human Compassion and Kindness
Additional Reading Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran A Message of Compassion and Love from the Holy Bible True Fasting: A Message of Compassion and Love from […]
A morale-booster for Palestinians
Michael Jansen The author, a well-respected observer of Middle East affairs, has three books on the Arab-Israeli conflict Palestiinians take part in a protest rally. Michael Jansen, Political CommentatorThe good […]
Corrupt Egyptair Deal: Suspicions of Bribery Cast Shadow Over Airbus
Leaked internal documents from Airbus suggest corruption may have been involved in the sale of several aircraft to Egyptair in 2003. The issues raised by the documents threaten to overshadow […]
There’s a Muslim caliphate at the end of the District Line
Source: MyLondon The word “caliphate” has become so loaded that the mere suggestion there could be one in London is enough to make anybody do a double take. But it’s […]
Trump’s counter-intelligence strategy
Mar 31,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – KENT HARRINGTON ATLANTA — For more than two years, US President Donald Trump has heaped praise on the world’s authoritarians, disrespected America’s democratic allies […]