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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: CNN By Tami Luhby The economy may be chugging along, but many Americans are still struggling to afford a basic middle class life. Nearly 51 million households don’t earn […]
Source: Wall Street Journal BY Francis X. Rocca ROME—The Vatican denounced the use of offshore tax havens and financial instruments such as debt securitizations that are seen as factors behind […]
Source: The New York Times By Nada Homsi May 16, 2018 BEIRUT, Lebanon — For members of Lebanon’s gay community, Beirut Pride week was intended as a way to celebrate […]
Source: The Washington Post By Isaac Stanley-Becker DUBLIN — On a shelf in Amanda Mellet’s bedroom sits a wooden box that holds the ashes of her baby girl. A small plaque […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and EVA VERGARA VATICAN CITY (AP) — Another group of Chilean church sex abuse victims is making its voice heard as the country’s Catholic […]
Source: Reuters BY Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders began his appeal on Thursday against a conviction for inciting discrimination, accusing prosecutors of trying to destroy […]
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party ended Congress party rule in a key southern state on Thursday, but […]
Source: The Intercept By Mehdi Hasan, who is a Columnist, The Intercept. Contributing Editor, New Statesman. Host, Al Jazeera English. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University. YOU THINK LIFE is bad for […]
brookings.edu: In his book “Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle over Islam is Reshaping the World”, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Shadi Hamid argues that Islam is exceptional in how it relates to law, governance and politics, and plays an outsized role in public life in the Arab world. He also posits that […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL It has been almost a month since Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman made a public appearance, triggering questions whether the April 21 incidents at the Royal […]
By AFP – May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi speaks during ‘5th National Youth Congress’ in a session ‘Ask the President’ in Cairo, Egypt, on […]
By AFP – May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian coffee seller makes a coffee, in Gaziantep, in the southwest province of Turkey on May 1 (AFP photo by Ozan Kose) […]
May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Guy Verhofstadt BRUSSELS — There can no longer be any doubt that “America First” means precisely that. In abandoning the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, […]
Jordan renews call for recognising East Jerusalem as Palestine’s capital By Agencies – May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Thursday shows a general view of the Arab League Foreign Ministers […]
Remember how they were to blame for their own exodus seven decades ago, because they followed the instructions of radio stations to leave their homes until the Jews of Israel […]
Source: Aljazeera India will suspend all military operations against rebels in Kashmir during the holy month of Ramadan for the first time in nearly two decades. The move, which comes after months of intense fighting […]
Source: Houston Chronicle By Ileana Najarro Photo: Marie D. De Jesus, Houston Chronicle / Houston Chronicle Eid decorative plates sold at Party City, purchased by Asma Malik. Thursday, May 10, 2018, in Houston. Children’s Ramadan books were stacked on Asma Malik’s dining table, soon to be wrapped and placed in a […]