Iraq’s war: the seminal event that polarised, destabilised the region
Mar 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen March is a month of anniversaries. Two weeks ago, I wrote about the demonstrations that set Syria on the course for seven […]
The real danger of John Bolton
Mar 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Most politicians and pundits have already spoken out about the dangers that the appointment of John Bolton as the national security advisor […]
The West’s unilateral Cold War
Mar 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Sergei Karaganov MOSCOW — Rising tensions between the United Kingdom and Russia are but further proof that Russia and the West, according to no […]
Uzbekistan offers to host talks between Afghan government and Taliban
Reuters International This content was published on March 27, 2018 8:50 AMMar 27, 2018 – 08:50 TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan offered on Tuesday to host peace talks between the […]
U.N. chief ‘shocked’ by top Myanmar general’s comments on Rohingya
Reuters International This content was published on March 27, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees build shelter with bamboo at the Jamtoli camp in the morning in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, […]
Trump’s travel ban imperils U.S. citizen with cancer
Reuters International This content was published on March 27, 2018 7:42 PMMar 27, 2018 – 19:42 Patient Maziar Hashemi (R), who has the cancer Myelodysplastic syndrome, and his wife Fereshteh leave after meeting with his transplant doctor at a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., March 26, 2018. Hashemi’s brother […]
Saudis likely to show restraint as Yemen crisis escalates
Reuters International This content was published on March 28, 2018 FILE PHOTO: A guard walks in the yard of a house destroyed by air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, March […]
Blowback: A Critique of American Foreign Policy- Six part series by Mehdi Hasan
The Intercept; For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Sir Isaac Newton called it his Third Law of Motion. The CIA calls it “blowback.” Watch:
Christians, Jews and the dubious history of the Passion play
Source: Religion News Service By A. James Rudin (RNS) — Passover and Easter once again coincide this year. The first seder (Passover meal) of the eight-day Jewish festival is on March […]
With a new president and new apostles, Mormon General Conference is sure to make history, but will speakers touch on timely topics?
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack No doubt, this weekend’s LDS General Conference will be historic. In a ritual known as a “solemn assembly,” reserved for sacred […]
This doctor was raised to believe abortion was wrong. He’s now an advocate for reproductive rights.
Source: The Washington Post By Courtland Milloy Columnist March 27 Email the author Raised as a religious evangelical in the Deep South, Willie Parker had a straightforward view of abortion. He thought it was […]
How John Bolton and Mike Pompeo mainstreamed Islamophobia
Source: Vox By Zack Beauchamp John Bolton, President Trump’s pick for his next national security adviser, and Mike Pompeo, Trump’s pick to be the next secretary of state, are well-known hawks. […]
Coroner who refuses to let Jewish or Muslim burials skip the queue accused of breaching human rights
Source: Telegraph BY Olivia Rudgard, religious affairs correspondent A coroner who refuses to allow Jews or Muslims to skip the burial queue has been accused of breaching human rights laws at the High […]
Teacher who tried to build ‘army of children’ jailed
Source: BBC News A “dangerous liar” who trained an “army of children” for terrorist attacks in London has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years. Umar […]
Saudi women strive to bring male guardians to a Twitter end
Source: The Guardian By Liz Ford Millions of women embrace social network to push for social reforms including abolition of system of male dominion Supported by Saudi Arabia has more than […]
Far-right, hard-left leaders forced out of French march to honor Jewish murder victim
Source: Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – Leaders of the far-right National Front and hard-left France Unbowed movement met booes on Wednesday when they joined a march in honor of a Holocaust […]
A Hitler-Era Abortion Law Haunts Merkel, and Germany
Source: The New York Times By MELISSA EDDY BERLIN — She was an obscure gynecologist in a central German town who never intended to stoke a debate that is driving a […]
France honours gendarme who sacrificed his life in Islamist attack
Source: Reuters BY Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron led national tributes on Wednesday to the gendarme who switched places with a woman hostage during an attack […]
Report: Key unofficial bishop in Vatican-China deal released
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Catholic missionary news agency says an underground Chinese bishop who is a key player in a proposed Vatican-China deal over bishop nominations […]
Pope visits retired pontiff after doctored letter scandal
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Tuesday with Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI in the first known contact between the two, following a major […]