Showdown in Munich
Feb 24,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – CARL BILDT MUNICH — It was at the 2007 Munich Security Conference that Russian President Vladimir Putin first signalled a cooling of Russian-Western relations. Soon […]
No regrets for woman who stuck by Daesh through defeats
By Reuters – Feb 23,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Women and children are searched by fighters with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, after fleeing the Daesh group’s last holdout of Baghouz, in Syria’s […]
New attempts to impose ‘regional settlement’
Feb 24,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – AMER AL SABAILEH Heading into the final year of his first term in office, US President Donald Trump will be pursuing a regional settlement […]
Another India-Pakistan crisis
Feb 24,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL India and Pakistan are, once again, at each other’s throat, this time after Islamabad was accused by New Delhi as having been behind […]
Exodus from last Daesh enclave overwhelms Syria force
By AFP – Feb 25,2019 – JORDAN TIMES A man prays as men suspected of being Daesh fighters wait to be searched by members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces […]
‘Gatekeeper’ of Islam? MBS Defends Chinese Concentration Camps for Uyghur Muslims
Published February 24th, 2019 MBS visited China on Friday and met with President Xi Jinping in Beijing where both parties signed agreements related to energy production and the chemical industry.(AFP) […]
French Muslims and the Secular State
Source: The Jewish Press By Denis MacEoin {Originally posted to the Gatestone Institute website} Islam has a history largely forgotten today: Schools seem largely to ignore or suppress topics related […]
Internet contributes to radicalism among young RI Muslims: Study
Ivany Atina ArbiThe Jakarta Post Jakarta / Sun, February 24, 2019 / Visitors use the computer in an internet café. (Shutterstock/File) A study suggests that […]
Myanmar shuns pressure with China backing, says FM
Diplomatic Correspondent | Published: 00:15, Feb 25,2019 Bangladesh Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said Myanmar averted all international pressures as it got unwavering support from China. ‘There were […]
None arrested over attacks on Ahmadiyyas yet
Our Correspondent . Panchagarh | Published: 16:59, Feb 18,2019 | Homesteads of Ahmadiyya Muslims are burnt by religious bigots in Panchagarh’s Ahmadnagar on Tuesday night. — New Age file photo […]
India welcomes guest of honour invite at OIC’s Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Abu Dhabi
Wam/Web Report/Abu Dhabi/New Delhi Filed on February 23, 2019 (Mofa file) The theme will be ’50 years of Islamic cooperation: Road map for prosperity and development’. Abu Dhabi will host […]
Pakistan: Laws that set us back
OP-ED Laws that set us back Manahil Shahnawaz FEBRUARY 24, 2019 A nation doesn’t just become crazy and non-nonsensical overnight. Our laws, formulated under the guise of religion have […]
Understanding Satan in the Quran Provides for Progressive Islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Satan or Iblis is mentioned no less than 60 times in the holy Quran. Is Satan a real […]
‘You’re fired!’ America has already terminated Trump
Robert Reich The Mueller report looms but the president is doomed anyway – no one who screws the people so blatantly can win re-election Sun 24 Feb 2019 Donald Trump delivers his “You’re fired!” catchphrase at a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire in 2015. Photograph: Dominick Reuter/REUTERS Robert Mueller’s soon-to-be-delivered […]
UK must stop investing in fossil fuels in developing countries
Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon It is time to prove it is serious about phasing out use of fossil fuels worldwide Ban Ki-moon tells Britain: stop investing in fossil fuels overseas […]
Shamima Begum says she regrets publicising desire to return to UK
Shamima Begum 19-year-old who left Britain to join Isis in 2015 fears talking to media may have harmed cause Haroon Siddique Sun 24 Feb 2019 Shamima Begum want to return […]
African Union seeks to kill EU plan to process migrants in Africa
Exclusive: Leaked paper shows determination to dissuade coastal states from cooperating Daniel Boffey in Sharm el-Sheikh Sun 24 Feb 2019 Migrants and refugees arrive in Messina, Sicily, following a […]
‘Extinct’ Galapagos tortoise found after 100 years
By Alex Stambaugh, CNN • Updated 21st February 2019 CNN — A species of giant tortoise believed to have been extinct for more than 100 years has been discovered on […]
RUSSIA: 100+ Jehovah’s Witness criminal cases
Source: Forum 18 News By Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 At least 26 Jehovah’s Witnesses are in pre-trial detention, 28 under house arrest, and 42 under travel restrictions as more than […]
A view from Turkey: Married couples, women happier according to life satisfaction survey
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published23.02.2019 A tramway drives through a crowd in İstiklal Avenue, Istanbul, Jan. 25, 2019. The happiness rate dropped in the country last year though hopes for a […]