Keeping the torch of the Palestinian cause burning
May 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi Jordan at various levels of government never failed to make the Palestinian conflict a core regional crisis and the continued epicentre […]
Turkey’s Erdogan says to raise Gaza violence at UN General Assembly
By Reuters – May 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Demonstrators wave flags during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the US embassy move […]
The antidote to US actions on Jerusalem
May 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL During a recent meeting with EU ambassadors in Amman, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi called on EU countries to recognise East Jerusalem as the capital […]
Breaking News: Houses of new members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at attacked in East Lombok, Indonesia
Suggested Reading by the Muslim Times: Why the Muslim World Needs to Follow Pope Francis? A Radical Group Attacked Indonesian Citizens of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Minority Group in East Lombok While we […]
Muslim leaders call for international protection force for Palestinians
Source: Reuters BY Ali Kucukgocmen, Tulay Karadeniz ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Muslim leaders called on Friday for an international force to be deployed to protect Palestinians after dozens of protesters were shot […]
These self-flying drones keep a constant eye on your business
Source: CNN When Ran Krauss co-founded Airobotics in 2014, he wanted to help miners, farmers and port managers get better data about their businesses. The Israeli start-up makes self-flying drones, […]
Royal wedding 2018: Prince Charles to walk Meghan down the aisle
Source: BBC News Prince Charles will walk Meghan Markle down the aisle on Saturday when she marries Prince Harry, Kensington Palace has said. Ms Markle’s father, Thomas, is unable to […]
Israel’s Gaza response ‘wholly disproportionate’ – UN rights chief
Source: BBC News The UN human rights chief says Israel used “wholly disproportionate” force against Palestinian border protests which have left over 100 people dead. Zeid Raad al-Hussein told a […]
The ‘not-yet-disappeared’ in Pakistan
Rafia Zakaria DAWN.COM – Updated May 16, 2018 The writer is an attorney teaching constitutional law and political philosophy. IT’S the stuff of nightmares: the sudden arrival of a number of men into the privacy of one’s home, a search, and then a family member taken away. This is what reportedly […]
Mapping Erik Prince’s Private Mercenary Empire
Published May 8th, 2018 – 08:37 GMT via SyndiGate.info Erik Prince (Rami Khoury/Al Bawaba) Erik Prince is the modern architect of private military firms His latest venture is in training security personnel in China But he’s been all over the world, outsourcing militaries to cheap labor markets Al Bawaba has […]
No justice, no peace
May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh Tuesday, May 15 marked the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the forced migration of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from […]
Trump and Iran : Time for Europe to Join the Resistance
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal marks the temporary suspension of the trans-Atlantic alliance. What now? A DER SPIEGEL Editorial by Klaus Brinkbäumer […]
Donald Trump cares more about re-election than the lives and rights of Palestinians
This week, as the US controversially moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and scores of Palestinian protesters were shot dead by Israeli snipers, the evangelicals received their reward […]
King urges world to shoulder responsibility in protecting Palestinians
His Majesty tells OIC summit no peace without just solution to Mideast conflict By JT – May 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah joins Muslim world’s leaders at […]
Judging militants in Syrian Kurdistan: political hot potato
By AFP – May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A general view shows a camp where detained Daesh families are held in Ain Issa in the Syrian northern Kurdish region on […]
Foreign policy UN reforms in 2018 are top priority, says Swiss diplomat
By Rita Emch in New York This content was published on January 19, 2018 Antonio Gutérres says he wants to reshape the UN’s unwieldy bureaucracy and structure(Keystone) Urgent […]
Malaysian police seize 72 bags of cash, jewels in Najib Razak raids
By Euan McKirdy, CNN May 18, 2018 Malaysian police confiscated a few hundred designer handbags, cash, jewelry and other valuables as part of an investigation into former Prime Minister Najib […]
Muqtada al-Sadr: Iraq’s militia leader turned champion of poor
Shia leader’s appeal to the disenfranchised and the low voter turnout factored into his alliance’s surprise victory. by Arwa Ibrahim Iraqi Shi”ite leader Muqtada al-Sadr delivers a speech in Najaf, […]
Where is Mohammad bin Salman?
RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s public disappearance for three weeks, since heavy shooting and gunfire bursts in Riyadh, has raised speculation about his fate, international media reports said. Mohammed […]
Turkey wants to join EU within 5 years: Deputy PM
In an interview with a German newspaper, Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag has called for Turkey’s EU accession to be sped up. Negotiations have stalled recently following a power grab […]