Indonesia’s quake-hit Lombok battles with malaria, 137 infected
AFP September 16, 2018 The quakes and aftershocks since July have killed about 500 people and forced hundreds of thousands into evacuation shelters or tents Among the 137 infected […]
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi says in hindsight could have handled Rakhine issue better
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the plenary session of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN […]
Switzerland: CRACKDOWN: Government seeks harsher sentences for terrorism
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga (right) and the director of the Federal Justice Office, Martin Dumermuth, presented the bill to the media. (Keystone) […]
Ethiopia, Eritrea leaders celebrate peace and new year at border where war raged
By Reuters – Sep 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES FILE PHOTO: Eritrea’s President, Isaias Afwerki talks to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed during the Inauguration ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean […]
Arsenal star launches new coaching programme in Zaatari camp
By Camille Dupire – Sep 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Former Arsenal captain Per Mertesacker launches the ‘Coaching for Life’ programme in Zaatari camp recently (Photo courtesy of Save the Children) […]
I’m not surprised most terror suspects in the UK are white – we’ve been expecting to see this change for a while
Many of the materials now used by far-right groups such as National Action mirror the tactics of Isis, asking recruits to join ‘white jihad’ to ‘cleanse Britain of parasites’ Muna […]
Dr Abdus Salam’s biopic is a happy film… if you don’t have a conscience
Source: Dawn News BY Zainab Imam The documentary took 14 years to make and is sourced using rare interviews and painstakingly obtained archival material Salam, a 75-minute documentary that stays […]
To use religious sentiment for worldly gain is now firmly part of Pakistan’s political culture
Religious bias okayed Source: Dawn By Pervez Hoodbhoy IT’S always been easy for power-seeking Pakistani clerics and politicians to set our simple-minded religious masses on fire. But, as Prime Minister Imran […]
Pope meets with leaders of US Catholic Church ‘lacerated’ by abuse scandal
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke and Delia Gallagher, CNN Rome: Struggling to contain one of the most serious crises of his papacy, Pope Francis met Thursday in Rome with leaders of the American Catholic Church, […]
Chile authorities raid 4 dioceses in clerical abuse probe
Source: Associated Press By EVA VERGARA SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean authorities raided four dioceses on Thursday as part of an investigation into clerical sex abuse of minors and alleged […]
Steve Bannon drafting curriculum for right-wing Catholic institute in Italy
Source: Reuters By Mark Hosenball (Reuters) – Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon is helping to craft the curriculum for a leadership course at a right-wing Roman Catholic institute […]
Evangelicals, growing force in Brazil, to impact elections
Source: Associated Press By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a Brazilian presidential election marked by uncertainties, there is little doubt about one thing: Evangelical voters […]
Cuba is debating whether to allow gay marriage. Is it deflecting from other reforms?
Source: Miami Herald BY NORA GÁMEZ TORRES A proposed reform of the Cuban constitution would shape the island’s future for years, but Cubans appear to be more interested in debating […]
Hypocrisy of ‘New” Pakistan
September 11, 2018, 6:04 PM IST Rajiv Jayaram in Broad Gauge | India | ET Within three weeks of proclaiming the dawn of a tolerant, meritorious inclusive and progressive ‘new’ […]
Pakistan’s new government betrays the Ahmadi minority
A bold gesture against bigotry soon gives way to capitulation to it Print edition | Asia Sep 13th 2018| ISLAMABAD IT SEEMED a speech worthy of a place in history, […]
Pakistan and Ahmadis
OP-ED Pakistan and Ahmadis Concrete policy needs to be developed which provides substantive relief to Ahmadis Ishtiaq Ahmed SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 In the light of the clumsy and awkward decision […]
Book Review: Leo Africans
Amin Maalouf, Author W. W. Norton & Company $17.95 (360p) ISBN 978-0-393-02630-6 Through the adventures of a wise, courageous traveler, this excellent historical novel re-creates the era when the Moors […]
America’s Arab authors
Sep 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES -Marwan M. Obeidat A key element of American culture is the Arab American component, a somewhat newfangled term suggesting a diverse group of people who vary […]
Trump’s personal crusade
Sep 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL US President Donald Trump continues to tighten the noose around the neck of the Palestinians in East Jerusalem to make their life difficult by […]
A murder in Aleppo shows the Syrian war is not over yet
Whatever the fate of Mosul or Raqqa or the future of Idlib, Isis and Nusrah are still in conflict – just when the conflict was supposed to be about to end […]