Geneva talks: What’s to be done about killer robots?
By Simon Bradley This content was published on April 9, 2018 An example of a Lethal Autonomous Weapons System (LAWS) – better known as a “killer robot” (darpa.mil) Activists seeking […]
Military confrontation between Turkey, Greece not an option, Greek foreign minister says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said Monday a military confrontation between Turkey and Greece was not an option and problems have to be resolved diplomatically, amid strained […]
UN Yemen envoy kicks off peace drive in Oman
Source: Gulf News By: Fahad Al Mukrashi Muscat: The United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, believes Oman plays a “pivotal role” in helping the people of Yemen. Martin Griffiths […]
Saudi-led airstrike kills 15 in Yemen
Source: Fox News By AHMED AL-HAJ | Associated Press SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni tribal officials say a Saudi-led coalition airstrike has killed at least 15 people, including children, in the southwestern […]
Gulf feud hits new low with proposal to make Qatar an island
Source: Fox News DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Saudi media are reporting a proposal to dig a maritime canal along the kingdom’s closed border with Qatar, turning the peninsula-nation into […]
Islam and cryptocurrency, halal or not halal?
Source: Al Jazeera In Dubai’s decades-old Gold Souq, customers from around the world haggle over bangles and necklaces. Elsewhere in the emirate, the region’s top centre for gold trade, bullion […]
Settlement will prevent illegal NYPD surveillance of Muslims
Source: RNS NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has agreed not to conduct surveillance based on religion or ethnicity and to listen to Muslims as it develops […]
Syria war: Attacks hit Syrian airbase in Homs province
Source: Al Jazeera News Missiles have struck a Syrian airbase in Homs province early on Monday, state media reported, with Russia and Syria blaming Israel for carrying out the attack. Two Israeli […]
Deep down, what does Donald Trump want in Syria?
YAHYA BOSTAN @yahyabostan The new U.S. military bases in northern Syria indicate Washington does not want to pull out of the country, and instead is planning to do something […]
As Saudi prince arrives, ties with France more complex than before
By Reuters – Apr 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud is seen during a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the […]
Waning interest in UN activities on human rights
Apr 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi A top-ranking UN official at the Office of the United Nations high commissioner for human rights in Geneva complained recently during a meeting […]
Reshaping regional politics
Apr 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The launching of construction on Turkey’s first nuclear power plant by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is a […]
Thanks, but a ‘Love a Muslim Day’ isn’t enough to counter Islamophobia
Guardian: Twenty-four hours on from the “Punish a Muslim Day” and the well-meaning but deeply reductive framing of “Love a Muslim Day”, the UK’s Muslim communities and no doubt the police and authorities are breathing a huge sigh of relief that this designated day of hate passed off without major incident. “Punish […]
Happy Easter to Orthodox Christians Today, Let us celebrate and find out: Did Jesus rise in a physical body or a spiritual one?
Epigraph: And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. (1 Corinthians 15:14) Empty Tomb: Did Jesus rise in a physical or a spiritual […]
Journalistic predictions of Middle Eastern politics are – mostly – an exercise in futility
There will always be a margin of error, but after years of reporting on the region, certain things can be fairly accurately anticipated, such as the outcome of Arab elections […]
Turkey or Kurdish militias? Pick a side, Turkish minister tells France
Reuters International This content was published on April 5, 2018 6:01 PMApr 5, 2018 – 18:01 By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Turkey warned France on Thursday that it […]
Fishermen rescue Rohingya Muslims at sea off Indonesia, with more arrivals expected
Reuters International This content was published on April 6, 2018 8:08 AMApr 6, 2018 – 08:08 BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian fishermen rescued at least five Rohingya Muslims […]
When I Drank, I Knelt on the Bathroom Floor to Throw Up. When I Got Sober, I Did it to Pray
Source: Time By LESLIE JAMISON Leslie Jamison is the author, most recently, of The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath. The second time I got sober, I started praying with a sense of […]
Israel and Gaza Brace for Round 2 of Protests at Border Fence
Source: The New York Times BY DAVID M. HALBFINGER and IYAD ABUHEWEILA JERUSALEM — In Gaza City, pickup trucks and motorized rickshaws busily ferried piles of tires toward the border fence with […]
Peers report pro-Corbyn Facebook pages to police for antisemitism
Source: The Guardian By Jessica Elgot Political correspondent Cross-party group says some posts incite violence and should be urgently investigated Lord Sugar, a signatory to the letter to Scotland Yard, has been […]